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So, while I have never, ever heard of someone getting hurt from a bolt failing due to victory whips, I have seen and heard of many other ways to injure yourself sport climbing. Here are just a few:

Falling going to the frist bolt, not stick clipped.
Lead fall on lower angled rock.
Lead fall on steeper rock, bad belay.
Lead fall, hit ledge.
Lead fall, dropped by belayer (usually with gri-gri)
Dropped by belayer while lowering.
Anchor cleaning error.
Various pulls, sprains, tears, etc from actuall climbing.

Any others?

Whiplash from hitting the wall really hard. everyone knows the ankle story already

....horrendous impairment to ego when you fall from V0 holds 70 ft off the deck.

falling with rope or gear in mouth!

charlie wrote:....horrendous impairment to ego when you fall from V0 holds 70 ft off the deck.

Amen.

Also, add ground fall while clipping 2nd or 3rd bolts.

rope around leg

severe neck injury due to very large climber falling on the belayer's head from just above the first bolt

oh, and I've heard that getting your pubes pinched in your harness and yanked out is pretty awful, but don't have experience there.

turing an ankle on the trail...

Falling rock hits belayer in head.