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frand004
Sep 8, 2005, 2:17 AM
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Does anyone have any information on the injury/fatality that occurred in Joshua Tree on Sunday Sept 4th? Group of 3 climbers in Lost Horse behind DQ Wall. One was airlifted out.
Any information would be appreciated.
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trenchdigger
Sep 8, 2005, 4:02 PM
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In reply to: Does anyone have any information on the injury/fatality that occurred in Joshua Tree on Sunday Sept 4th? Group of 3 climbers in Lost Horse behind DQ Wall. One was airlifted out. Any information would be appreciated.
I assume you're referring to the Saturday, 9/3 accident. Our group of 7 was at Shorter Wall when one in our party fell a total of about 20 feet injuring his back. Because of possible back and head injuries, he needed to be carried out, and the half-mile scramble back to the cars would have been a nightmare to haul a litter, not to mention in the encroaching darkness, so a chopper pulled him out. I'll leave it up to him to post an accident report if he'd like. Despite some nasty road rash on his back and a few broken tranverse process bones in three lumbar vertebrae (relatively minor - no danger to spinal cord), he had no serious injuries and walked out of the hospital the next morning.
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caughtinside
Sep 8, 2005, 4:19 PM
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Hey digger, I read your TR, did he actually fall while belaying?
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frand004
Sep 8, 2005, 5:03 PM
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Thanks guys
Turns out that one of my partners works with the guy who got injured. He says he will make 100% recovery.
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erisspirit
Sep 8, 2005, 6:02 PM
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Yeah it was a friend of mine... I don't have a lot of details yet, and have asked him for more. He is a member on this site tho so hopefully he will post up some details.
All I know is
"If you're curious, I broke the transverse
process
on the 3rd through 5th vertebrae in my lower back"
and that he should make a full recovery
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