Accident at Smith Rock State Park
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Just seeing if anyone has any other details about the accident? Hope the injured party is stable and will have a speedy recovery. |
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We saw him being carried out on a body board, but since there were so many people walking him out didn't get to ask any questions. He seemed to responding when people talked to him. I didn't see much blood, but who knows with bones..... |
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As Andrew P. pointed out, I posted the wrong news article for a fall last month. Sorry about that. Unfortunately, the KTVZ article is pretty slim. |
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This is 3rd hand info, but I talked to some folks that were nearby when he fell. It sounded like he was on a mixed line around the christian brothers and pulled some gear (and possibly unclipped an alpine draw from a bolt?) before decking. They were saying he had a neck/spine injury. |
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Says in the news article he opted for his own medical treatment... |
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those are different events ... latter link being an earlier incident |
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Third hand info: |
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Jons info is mostly accurate. The only inaccuracy is that the first cam remained in the crack. I was at the scene during his transfer out of the park. I spoke to several first hand witnesses. The man was climbing Hesitation Blues, he had clipped the first two bolts and managed to get two cams into the flake. He fell near the mantle move, striking a climber on the base of Double Trouble before hitting the ground. His butt hit first with his upper back and head hitting second. Witnesses reported hearing two loud noises during his fall and that after he came to rest he had one cam and one carabiner attached to his rope. His first cam was still in the crack with the alpine draw extended and missing the rope end carabiner. |