Ice climber rescued from 2nd Flatiron
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Glad none were hurt. |
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Indeed. Thanks again to the guys and gal that dropped a rope to my sorry ass. Suddenly a no-brainer as to where this year's charitable contribution is going. |
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It bakes balls to own up to a bad judgement call right away. Kudos to you. |
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I'm sure RMR is much happier helping a stranded climber, over a body recovery. Way to suck up the pride and make the correct decision for YOU. Learn from all of this. |
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Skullybones wrote:I'm sure RMR is much happier helping a stranded climber, over a body recovery. Way to suck up the pride and make the correct decision for YOU. Learn from all of this. Well said. |
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CJC wrote:Eric glad you're ok. Little surprised you thought that thing would be around long enough to solo...you know how ephemeral flatirons ice is right? E facing, first sun and rapidly warming temps come on man. If you want some free advice definitely think about why you thought you could pull it off ok? Lucky you didn't get your clock cleaned from ice falling off above you at the very least. Again, glad you're safe.Wasn't really expecting it to be in but wanted to have a look anyway. As soon as it was clear that I had missed the conditions window, and I would likely get clobbered by falling ice, I bailed across the face to safer ground. Probably spent a grand total of 60 seconds in a position where falling ice may be an issue. However, at that point where I was exposed to any sort of objective hazard from above, it was still early enough (intentional) that nothing had started to peel off yet. |
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Glad to hear there was a happy ending. I bet you were sitting on that ledge waiting for RMR being all "damn it, time to start a countdown to the inevitable MP heckling" haha. In all seriousness, you did the smart thing, and it sounds like a fairly simple and safe rescue for them to do as well. No harm no foul, that's why RMR exists. |
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CJC wrote:Eric glad you're ok. Little surprised you thought that thing would be around long enough to solo...you know how ephemeral flatirons ice is right? E facing, first sun and rapidly warming temps come on man. If you want some free advice definitely think about why you thought you could pull it off ok? Lucky you didn't get your clock cleaned from ice falling off above you at the very least. Again, glad you're safe.Nothing wrong with going to check something out. Though admittedly, bringing some sort of skinny rope/cord to rappel with would have been prudent |
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willeslinger wrote:Glad to hear there was a happy ending. I bet you were sitting on that ledge waiting for RMR being all "damn it, time to start a countdown to the inevitable MP heckling" haha. In all seriousness, you did the smart thing, and it sounds like a fairly simple and safe rescue for them to do as well. No harm no foul, that's why RMR exists. As I recall, you soloed Martha's this past spring? Good reminder to all of us that trouble can come while climbing wherever we are, be that an alpine ice route or just screwing around on the 2nd flat.Correct on all accounts. And its always good to have a little feedback that's not coming out of my own head. |
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Eric I'm truly glad you weren't injured and that the mountain peeps have been relatively kind with their rebuttals. |
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I can't say "well, it has happened to the best of us" but it has happened to me. |