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    Envoyée le dimanche 13 juillet 2008 13:10:32
    par maverick1166
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    We spent a whole week climbing in Yosemite National Park. On our last planned day in the park, we suffered our third fall (ironically on a single-pitch climb), but with this one injuries were incurred.

    The lead suffered severe bruising on the leg and pelvis and severe bruising on the 6th and 7th vertebrae. X-rays have not shown any fractures, but a CT scan showed a broken taylus bone in the right ankle.

    The route is "Eat at Degnan's" at the Wawona Tunnel West End (left side of the tunnel as you are looking at it from the West end). The route is a 5.9+, well within the lead climber's ability.



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  • MilkaAlpenmilch

    That's why you should always wear a climbing helmet, whatever you're doing on the rock!
    vendredi 11 mai 2012 06:45:30
  • Centrodemasa

    Maybe is not so cool climb using a helmet.....this guy was very lucky, he could get an injured in the head easily.
    mardi 01 mai 2012 17:33:21
  • gearls

    OK. Just so everybody here who doesn't climb knows. This is 100% the climbers fault. He was over confident and tried to run out the last half of the route without placing any protection. You fall twice the distance of your last piece plus some from slack left out by the belayer and from rope stretch. This was merely a matter of inexperience and stupidity. (Unless he didn't have any gear that fit, which in this case, would void my whole statement. )
    mardi 03 avril 2012 15:54:32
  • HEFT312

    lol at jeans
    samedi 11 février 2012 22:32:15
  • madscotsman65

    i bet this guy will never lead a climb without putting more protection on to a climb before moving to the next hieght of any root be safe on the rock dont try to climb to impress your mates it will kill you in the end
    jeudi 19 janvier 2012 06:42:37
  • ishotthepuppy

    this vid quality is a bit crap, but he was climbing a a crack(pretty open from the video) and sometimes there aren't that many places along the route one can place cams(anchors).... btw spotter for weightlifting would be a belayer for big wall climbing, spotter could also be used if your bouldering(short wall no ropes but pads)
    vendredi 23 décembre 2011 16:48:48
  • Oceansiders

    having been climbing for three decades, most of it leads on granite much like that crack, I can tell you that guy was crazy for not putting in pro while he had the chance. You can run out climbs like he did, higher up without the risk of decking.
    jeudi 08 décembre 2011 14:41:10
  • aslanbc

    agreed, if he simply placed an extra piece of protection near the top, he would have been fine! A helmet wouldn't have hurt either...
    jeudi 24 novembre 2011 02:18:28
  • libville

    When you're watching some of the more accomplished climbers you have to remember that, while it looks and is daring, they take every precaution imaginable. They scout the route, wear helmets and work with people they trust. Above all, they don't make rookie mistakes like these guys that can get you killed or paralyzed.
    samedi 05 novembre 2011 05:19:31
  • markopolo669

    Layback technique was bad (too far from wall). Despite the leading belay, which I fully understand the techniques of keeping some slack out, there was way too much slack. For some odd reason, climbers generally just don't like to wear a helmet, which I think is really stupid. I've seen three times where if a person had been wearing a helmet, things would have been different for them and two of them are never climbing again - primarily due to loose rock and not the climber or belayers techniques
    jeudi 06 octobre 2011 08:11:13
  • surfbum5412

    YES!! Awesome video. "undo my shoe please, now!." Haha, what a tool.
    vendredi 30 septembre 2011 17:03:54
  • maverick1166

    Doesn't look like it ...
    lundi 12 septembre 2011 10:23:18
  • mykylc

    You're very lucky you have the opportunity to right your wrongs on a climb like this again. Intense fall.
    dimanche 04 septembre 2011 14:03:30
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