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Todd Skinner
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:59 pm
by maine
I am sure many of you have already heard about Todd Skinner's death in Yosemite. For those that haven't
www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/toddskinner/
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:01 pm
by pigsteak
see mcglone's thread already posted here.
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:31 am
by McDowell
Isn't that the same place that Dano died?
Either way it's really sad.
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:00 pm
by bentley
Broken Harness Likely Caused Skinner's Death
By Dougald MacDonald
Although an official investigation remains to be completed, it appears increasingly likely that a broken belay loop on Todd Skinner’s harness caused his death. Skinner fell about 500 feet on Monday while rappelling fixed lines during an attempt to free climb a route on Leaning Tower in Yosemite Valley. Jim Hewett, Skinner’s climbing partner on Leaning Tower, is quoted extensively about the accident in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. “[The harness] was actually very worn,â€