Continue with onX Maps
Continue with Facebook
Thumb Severed during Lead Fall
|
Lucky for him, hope the healing goes well. |
|
I think it's pretty amazing that the thumb fell on a ledge and was actually recovered. That never happens when I drop gear! |
|
I think it's amazing that they put three rescuers' lives at risk for some dude's opposable digit........strong work, I guess. |
FrankPS wrote:I think it's pretty amazing that the thumb fell on a ledge and was actually recovered. That never happens when I drop gear!Thumbs don't bounce and ricochet much! |
|
Does this happen often? Until yesterday I'd never heard of such a thing happening until I saw it first hand. I was canyoneering with a group down one of the canyons in Red Rock and one of the guys in our group degloved his thumb. He was coming over a lip into a free hanging rap and flipped backwards and at the same time his thumb got pinched between the rope and the rock and the skin came right off. It was pretty gruesome. It's really weird to hear about the Yosemite incident right after. |
|
It sounds more like a freak coincidence to me. Yikes! De-gloving sounds and looks awful! |
Tyson Anderson wrote:He was coming over a lip into a free hanging rap and flipped backwards and at the same time his thumb got pinched between the rope and the rock and the skin came right off.Was he wearing gloves? |
|
Wow. Just Google Image searched "De-gloved". Ugh... |
|
Ifyou'reinterested Tom posted a much more detailed accounting on the El Cap report. |
Eric Holden wrote: Was he wearing gloves?Yeah but they were some really thin synthetic ones so I don't think they offered much protection. I usually belay/rap without gloves but I think I might buy a good pair of leather ones now. |
Zeke wrote:It sounds more like a freak coincidence to me. Yikes! De-gloving sounds and looks awful!Happened last year on El Cap too - thumb decked, was found, and reattached. Two thumbs down for aid climbing. |
