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01-05-2015, 06:36 PM #1
2 Fatalities on Descent, el Potrero
This is some awful stuff:
http://www.climbing.com/news/two-cli...-chico-mexico/
I'm going to the gym to practice tying safety knots. jesus.j'ai des grands instants de lucididididididididi
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01-05-2015, 07:14 PM #2
Yep, knot the ends of your rappel rope. An all too common accident.
While I love the convenience of a rappel, I prefer an easy walk off.
I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...iscariot
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01-05-2015, 07:23 PM #3salmon powder
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really sad. a good reminder to take even then mundane things seriously in the mountains. sounds like these guys had a lot of experience. thoughts to friends and family.
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01-05-2015, 07:29 PM #4
Super shitty.
Prevented an accident at Church Bowl (Ahwahnee area) back in college by yelling at somebody who somehow thought their rope was on the ground and the ends were still about 20-25 feet up. Almost rapped off the end and would have without me yelling at them. No knots. Had to build an anchor in an awkward spot. I was on lead on something easy a little ways over and just happened to be looking.
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01-05-2015, 07:32 PM #5
I watched and heard a guy rap off the end of his rope while he was doing a fix and blast on rainbow buttress and I was setting up a ledge on spaceshot.
Absolutely terrifying. The thud echoing in the empty wintertime Zion canyon will live with me forever.
Knot your rope!Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
This is like hanging yourself but the rope breaks. - DTM
Dude Listen to mtm. He's a marriage counselor at burning man. - subtle plague
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01-06-2015, 10:57 AM #6
It's knot that hard. Jeebus!
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01-06-2015, 11:16 AM #7spook Guest
wow that would suck having the last thoughts going through your head being I'm going to die because I didn't tie a knot on the end of my rope.
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01-06-2015, 11:18 AM #8observing free range rude
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01-06-2015, 03:04 PM #9Registered User
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01-06-2015, 03:09 PM #10
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01-06-2015, 04:19 PM #11
Tragic indeed. I have climbed both of those routes with my wife. Sad times in a happy place. Vibes to their families.
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01-06-2015, 11:49 PM #12
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01-07-2015, 12:10 AM #13
Mr Darwin to the white courtesy phone please!
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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01-07-2015, 07:11 AM #14Registered User
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01-21-2015, 01:25 PM #15
A cotributor of ours was down for for a climbing trip when it happened. pretty moving story from her perspective here: http://www.tetongravity.com/story/ad...ath-in-potrero
"We're in the eye of a shiticane here Julian, and Ricky's a low shit system!" - Jim Lahey, RIP
Former Managing Editor @ TGR, forever mag.
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03-19-2015, 11:16 AM #16
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03-19-2015, 05:21 PM #17Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
This is like hanging yourself but the rope breaks. - DTM
Dude Listen to mtm. He's a marriage counselor at burning man. - subtle plague
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