what happens when yr leg gets behind the rope and u get a static catch on an overhung climb ...
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Ouch! That guy is lucky he was not knocked out or worse. |
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Odd...the belayer is wearing a helmet. |
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Wow...that was a nasty fall. Glad the leader was okay, but another great argument for wearing a helmet. The irony is that the belayer was wearing a helmet. |
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WHERE'S HIS HELMET!!?!?!?! |
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Not pleasant to see! Bad bad whipper. Did he spin/twist because of the rope behind his leg? |
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The belayer also did not "static" catch the fall he actually took in an entire bite of rope and made the fall harder. Not that it matters much in this situation. |
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man, that SOUNDED awful. uggghh. |
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gription wrote:The belayer also did not "static" catch the fall he actually took in an entire bite of rope and made the fall harder. Not that it matters much in this situation.I'd say it matters quite a bit. |
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csproul wrote: I'd say it matters quite a bit.would not change the fact that the climber lacks the savy to stay behind his rope. still would have flipped. |
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Russ Keane wrote: I can't believe he went climbing with the cast on, and they filmed it. Pretty ridiculous I think.What's wrong with climbing in a cast? Technically he was actually in a splint which provides less protection. It looks like a Bennet's fracture on the xray, which I think is going to need surgery anyway, no matter if he climbs in his splint or not. |
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The comments on the Vimeo page elaborate on what other people think happened. |
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Definitely a very hard catch. Flipping upside down is one thing, but slamming into the wall was the belayer's fault. |
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gription wrote: would not change the fact that the climber lacks the savy to stay behind his rope. still would have flipped.True, but he probably wouldn't have slammed into the wall so hard either. So instead of breaking an arm, he would have just stayed upright and broke an ankle instead. |
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slim wrote:man, that SOUNDED awful. uggghh.Yes, my first thought too. |
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No helmet, even after taking the first upside down fall, and climbing with an injured arm in a cast/splint? Not too bright. |
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gription wrote:The belayer also did not "static" catch the fall he actually took in an entire bite of rope and made the fall harder. Not that it matters much in this situation.thats what i call static or hard ... basically what folks do on a "take" ... its not like the belayer ran back the belayer not giving a dynamic catch likely aggravated the situation ... on an overhanging climb a good catch would have dissipated the sideways force on another note its hard to tell from the angle if this happened here ... but a belayer pulling in the rope fast can increase the chance of the leg getting caught behind the rope as the rope gets taught much quicker than a dynamic belay you can see this here, but in this case the belayer had no choice but to give a hard catch due to the nature of the climb youtube.com/watch?v=gRmEukG… personally ive flipped off an overhanging route, not due to any leg behind the rope but because of the nature of layback moves when you fall sometimes of em ... a dynamic belay from my experienced partner meant that i ended up bouncing in mid air rather than smashing into the rock |
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he wasn't static he was dynamic in the wrong direction. ouch! |
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Good point! |
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thats what i call static or hard ... basically what folks do on a "take" ...quote> |
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I'm always saying I'd rather fall farther and hit nothing than smash into a rock sideways from a too tight catch. |