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Re: [socalclimber] Ground fall at Pilot Mountain, NC:
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j_ung
Feb 15, 2011, 10:58 PM
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socalclimber wrote: Oh good lord and butter. The blame here lies in both camps. For starters, neither one had a clue what they were doing. Simply, the climber made assumptions, the belayer made assumptions. End result, the guy decked. When you look at these accidents, the usually seem to happen at the anchor point. Personally once at the anchor I'm not committing to the system till I'm sure of whats going on below. They both blew it. What are we talking about here? I think accountability for an injured climber's circumstances and the roles/responsibilities of climbers/belayers are two different things. Certainly, they both screwed up. But, IMO, the party injured while participating in climbing activities is always 100% responsible for his or her situation. If you choose to climb, then you have either accepted the risks or are ignorant of them. Those risks include bad belaying. This is something that the general public seems to get better than most climbers do. Though it's callous and insensitive to be sure, there's a measure of truth in the statement, "Serves him right for rock climbing." Let's see how many one-stars this draws.
(This post was edited by j_ung on Feb 15, 2011, 10:59 PM)
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Post edited by j_ung
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