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waltersiebert
Mar 27, 2008, 12:25 AM
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A nine years old girl fell 18 m (app. 50 feet) to her death. She was caught by the belay rope after 2 meters drop, and then suddenly continued falling to the ground. Reasons unknown.
http://www.abendzeitung.de/muenchen/5521
http://www.n-tv.de/939098.html?260320081424
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robdotcalm
Mar 27, 2008, 6:20 PM
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Given the mechanical translation on Google maybe this will be useful
The key paragraph in this report is
Es gibt zwei weitere Szenarien. Das erste: Der Familienvater ließ das Seil los. Das zweite: Der Knoten, der das Sicherungsseil mit Sandras Klettergurt verband, ging auf. „Als sie am Boden lag, hing das Seil nicht am Gurt“, sagt Andreas Feile dazu. Er war in der Halle als einer der ersten bei Sandra. Mehr will er dazu nicht sagen. Seine Halle war am Mittwoch geschlossen.
There are two possible scenarios. First, the father lost control of the rope. Second, The knot, which attached the (safety)rope to Sandra’s harness failed (became undone). Andreas Feile said, “As she lay on the floor, the rope was not attached to her harness. He was one of the first in the gym to reach Andrea. He declines to say more. The gym was closed on Wednesday.
Also, of significance.
“ Niemand weiß, ob er Klettererfahrung hat.“
No one knows whether he (the father of one of the girls who had taken them to the gym) had climbing experience.
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overlord
Mar 30, 2008, 10:03 AM
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damn, thats sad.
imho the most likely scenario is that the knot came undone. im not sure, but the comment about the rope not being attached to the harness suggests this possibility rather strongly.
also they have checked all the gear and it was 'safe'.
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waltersiebert
Mar 30, 2008, 1:03 PM
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Most probably she was not tied in properly.
Either the knot was not right or not finished.
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