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scubasnyder
Jan 21, 2004, 6:56 PM
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i fell recently bouldering about 15 feet and got a sharp rock in the back it sucked
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maldaly
Jan 21, 2004, 7:36 PM
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I have three that are memorable:
1) In 1978 on an early ascent of Jules Verne (Eldorado) I took the big one on a 2" waist swami. It was probably 45 feet. Then I did it again.
2) In 1979 I rapped off the ends of my rope, 300' off the ground, at night, on the Apron, Yosemite. I fell 3' into a bush I didn't think was there. It wasn't much of a fall but it was memorable.
3) In 1999 I took a 200-footer while attempting a new route in Alaska. You can read the story here: http://www.trango.com/malstory.html
Mal
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hawgdrver
Jan 21, 2004, 8:00 PM
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jeffstephan
Jan 21, 2004, 8:28 PM
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I took a 28ft fall on lead that took me to the deck. I had just moved to Cali and was hard up to find a climbing partner. I finally met this guy who sprayed a bunch of b.s. and we took off to Texas Canyon to try this 5.11c. He had me on a gri-gri so I figured no problem. What should have been a 5ft fall sent me to the ground landing on my butt and smacked my head against the opposing wall. Blacked out, came to and had a 1 1/2 hr up-hill hike to the car. After getting to the hospital, I found I had a fractured hip and severly bruised backside. The biggest idiot in this story was me for not checking out my "partner's" abilities. Learned the hard way. Check out the following pic for more-
http://www.rockclimbing.com/photos.php?Action=Show&PhotoID=24158
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gunked
Jan 21, 2004, 9:36 PM
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How many lives do you have, Malcolm? :lol:
While aiding on P7 of Zodiac, my piece popped within two moves of the ledge. When I finally came to a halt, my head level was below that of the top of the black tower. I guesstimate that it was 60+. I guess that I got lucky that it wasn't another 10 or 15 feet lest I bounce off the ramp. :shock:
-Jason :D
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scott_davidson
Jan 22, 2004, 7:34 AM
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35-40' at governor lister cliff in bellingham, wa. i pulled one nut and a bolt caught me but i landed on the top part of a madrona tree upside down. the scary part was that when i lowered the last 10 feet to the ground, i looked up at the rope and the sheath was completely missing from 4 or 5 feet of the core and 2 of the 9 strands of core were sliced apart. i still dont know why, there werent any sharp edges and the rock is just soft sandstone.
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juanjo
Jan 22, 2004, 9:26 AM
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5 meters= Broken ankle :(
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tyify
Feb 3, 2004, 6:04 AM
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Broken Foot! 16 feet!
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ra
Feb 3, 2004, 3:40 PM
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Two years ago I fell down till the floor from almost 6 mts (5.80 mts exactely); my collegue was using an eight and I was double distance from the first bolt, I couldn't resist any more and .....splash! I went directly to the ground. I don't know how but nothing was broken. From that time I began to read climbing books to inform about this sport and, afortunately, I haven't had anything similar to this:shock:
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ipsofacto
Feb 3, 2004, 4:42 PM
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mmckinney
Feb 3, 2004, 4:54 PM
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the scariest long fall i have taken is a 35' aid fall on the giraff down in the baja... i pulled a peice after three hook moves. got alittle bloody from the piece hitting me in the mouth. i have taken 35' on sport climb called surf right, a link up in frustration creek. the crux was at the end of a string of moves after a clip... took that a # of times. 20' on trad... 1.5 tricam the first year i started climbing. that slowed me down.
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smallnutsandbigballs
Feb 3, 2004, 5:05 PM
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Man, the fall of 1985...I thought it was never going to end. I remember thinking to myself, "Jesus...where the hell is winter already?!"
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copperhead
Feb 3, 2004, 6:10 PM
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Does rope jumping count?
230’ off of the Rostrum in ’98.
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boss
Feb 3, 2004, 6:14 PM
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30' on a #4 BD stopper
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ksudyno
Feb 3, 2004, 6:41 PM
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It was at HCR on Sour Girl, took a 35 foot fall and my heels grazed against the ground, that could of hurt!
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coldclimb
Feb 3, 2004, 6:52 PM
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In reply to: Does rope jumping count? 230’ off of the Rostrum in ’98.
mmmm, fun
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gregtrammell
Feb 3, 2004, 7:52 PM
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The longest fall I ever took was about 20 - 25 feet. I was about a foot away from clipping the third bolt on Mamplitude when I took my fall.
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