climber down

May 28, 2009 00:08

I was belaying Andrea on a climb at the gym, when I heard what sounded like something heavy tumbling, followed by a thud ... and then screaming ( Read more... )

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cyberspice May 28 2009, 09:10:45 UTC
Scary!

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chirik May 28 2009, 16:56:25 UTC
The gym doesn't give you too much benefit. The floor's padded, and you have solid anchors so don't have to worry about placing anchors, but ... falls can still be quite dangerous. Could easily have broken something or even had a bad landing be fatal. The longer climbs are 60' and a climber would be very unlikely to walk away from a fall off them.

Thankfully, they seemed to be okay, and it does remind everyone else to be more careful.

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chirik June 9 2009, 06:13:42 UTC
5.2 near the bouldering area.

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salia_chan May 29 2009, 06:32:24 UTC
'n this is why I made sure to multi cross check with like, two peoples the first few times I tried. Mew. @.@

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ergi_fae_woman June 9 2009, 00:20:17 UTC
Dear Goddess, I'm glad she's alright!

Wanted to say "happy recent birthday!"

I know its around recently, right?

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chirik June 9 2009, 06:13:17 UTC
Yeah, was on the fourth. Had a really good time. Thank you - I'll post about it soon.

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