• Yosemite Climbing Accident


    Envoyée le dimanche 13 juillet 2008 13:10:32
    par maverick1166
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    Note 4.2 sur 93 vote(s)

    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.

    Commentaire(s)
  • DeadEND2012

    Should you lie him down? LAME
    dimanche 29 août 2010 17:45:27
  • CalGSR99

    "I think i broke a foot AGAIN"
    mercredi 18 août 2010 20:56:24
  • EvilLamas

    that looked painful! He's lucky his injuries were so minor!
    mardi 17 août 2010 18:03:08
  • halleck3

    Dude ran it out too much. Shouldn't do that when you're desperate - only when you're solid. Or when it's 5.3.
    lundi 16 août 2010 20:54:04
  • BL338

    Need to stitch the crack up bottom line.
    dimanche 15 août 2010 22:49:30
  • mrjimbeam2009

    hope everyone was ok, christ that looked awful
    lundi 26 juillet 2010 00:34:46
  • agolaymonday

    He simply didn't place enough runners, falling that distance its lucky only one of his runners popped
    vendredi 16 juillet 2010 06:25:36
  • funetiks

    Number one killer in Yosemite is climbing males ages 18 to 25. "Death in Yosemite" 2009.
    mercredi 07 juillet 2010 03:01:32
  • laddyy

    Great response from the fellow climbers. Thats the type of people you climb with.
    lundi 28 juin 2010 00:20:31
  • recoveredperv

    you say that the climb is "well within the climbers ability" and yet he is fifteen feet above his nearest protection point. I doubt any real alpinists would agree with your assesment of his abilities. I am glad he has the opportunity to learn from this mistake.
    dimanche 20 juin 2010 17:46:22
  • AntiHero12109

    that could have been prevented so easily.
    lundi 07 juin 2010 21:33:55
  • fixeeg

    I've worked in YOSAR (Yosemite Search and Rescue). Climbing in jeans is fine... climbing without a helmet, well, I'm supposed to say you need one, but I often climb without one. His big mistake was running out a climb when he had options for gear, unless he had nothing that would fit. But that would be dumb since you can see the entire climb from the ground, so bring what you need. Glad he wasn't too badly hurt... could have been a lot worse.
    mercredi 26 mai 2010 23:11:37
  • PaulWolf2007

    looks like a jam crack to me...
    dimanche 23 mai 2010 20:05:08
  • shafpupvet

    @TheWhiteSpiderUK I climb in jeans all the time and have no problem I would agree a helmet is a good idea but they actually will do more for you to protect from falling rocks not so much hard impacts from falling.
    mardi 18 mai 2010 14:45:03
  • shafpupvet

    @sytby How can you tell? I trad climb and i find it hard for you to say that there were placements when you can't see inside the crack and free the constrictions in the rock. You can also see he zippered his gear so he might not have been as run out as you might think
    mardi 18 mai 2010 14:43:01
  • wundertigger1

    Seriously underprotected the route, and no helmet. 'Nuff said.
    mardi 18 mai 2010 11:55:19
  • elKuarlos

    @nectarc0re A piece that would have made it a relativley ok fall popped. He should have had another in though.
    samedi 15 mai 2010 15:47:43
  • edvestures

    bishops terrace? Good attempt. trad climbers all know that the runout is sometimes necessary. We accept the possibility of injury. sometimes but rarely even death. I did it the same way but found a horizontal #1 metollious tcu right before the fall. still man you got the rocks just get a little more brains on the gear.
    vendredi 14 mai 2010 20:33:48
  • nahualito

    Mmmm wow that was a long placement between between the clips :S big fall
    mardi 11 mai 2010 23:47:21
  • rachilongis

    Climbing with jeans is ok. Not wearing a helmet is not ok.
    lundi 10 mai 2010 16:09:45
  • maverick1166

    @TheGnarfield the run out was a mistake, which many people have commented here. Trad is fine, and the gear is great. You just have to understand what you're doing, and how to use the equipment you have. Learn to lead Sport routes first (i.e. in a gym), then have an experienced climber teach you how to lead Trad. That's the lesson to take away from this video.
    mercredi 05 mai 2010 13:25:07
  • MrNalaka1000

    @snowyywwinters you got that right
    mardi 04 mai 2010 17:51:51
  • MrNalaka1000

    you got that right..
    mardi 04 mai 2010 17:51:17
  • LeeCarl1974

    Has anyone asked how the guy is, and how badly he was hurt?
    samedi 01 mai 2010 14:23:22
  • TheGnarfield

    How could not wearing jeans have done anything? I am a complete newbie but I thing I did notice is that he did not place a hold for quite a distance, did he run out? Was this a trad climb? Makes me not want to lead on a unbolted climb.
    dimanche 25 avril 2010 10:46:16
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