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Odd, this rock climbing isn't like the gym!

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wankel7 · · Indiana · Joined Oct 2010 · Points: 10
Sims · · Centennial · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 655

Easy low angle routes can be humbling if you are not use to being a little run out.

DFrench · · Cape Ann · Joined Apr 2007 · Points: 465

I think if you choose a run-out multi-pitch climb as your first trip outdoors then you deserve to be humbled.

If hubris takes you to the point where you need rescue despite being uninjured then you deserve more than humbling. I hope these two have to foot the bill.

Robert Buswold · · Northglenn, CO · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 80

That's pathetic. What a waste of money and resources for the city.

H BL · · Colorado · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 95

I used to see this quite a bit back east. I used to work at an indoor gym back in NY years ago. I'd head to climb the Gunks on the weekend and see people whom I only taught how to tie in and belay out there with some new gear trying to lead!! Insane!

For this they should pay for the resources. Accidents happen but stupidity well.

Ed Wright · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2006 · Points: 285

These two passed up a chance to have a real adventure.

Peter Beal · · Boulder Colorado · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 1,825

The First is a committing route for sure, though it seems they were past the worst part, if they were actually 300 feet up. What might have been even more mistaken was to keep pushing and get in real trouble later, like falling and getting hurt or worse. Speaking of which, I now know two people who have wound up in the hospital from serious injuries due to a gym fall.

I am surprised at the calls to pay for the rescue. I am sure just about every climber has gotten into some kind of trouble (or pretty damn close) that somebody else could frame as incompetence. And since when did the BC sheriff have "rescuers"?

wankel7 · · Indiana · Joined Oct 2010 · Points: 10

I wonder if the rescuers just put on their approach shoes and soloed up to them ...:p

Julius Beres · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jun 2008 · Points: 364

Wow.. call for rescue on the First on a beautiful Sunday??

What is wrong with people? Are we that anti-social? There must be a hundred people who climb the first every weekend day in the summer and fall... Why not just politely tell someone you screwed up and ask them to help you out? If they were 300 ft up, they just needed to get to the Baker's Way ledge and then walk off...

Danielyaris · · Salem, OR · Joined Jun 2011 · Points: 20
Julius Beres wrote:Wow.. call for rescue on the First on a beautiful Sunday?? What is wrong with people? Are we that anti-social? There must be a hundred people who climb the first every weekend day in the summer and fall... Why not just politely tell someone you screwed up and ask them to help you out? If they were 300 ft up, they just needed to get to the Baker's Way ledge and then walk off...
that happend when my friends and I climbed Durrance on Devils tower years ago. A couple was stuck near the top as they only had small stoppers and a bit off route. They were out of water and when they saw us asked for help. We gave them water, got them to the top, and got them down! I'd climbed the flat irons too and always thought it was pretty crowded on a weekend.
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