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wizard
Jul 25, 2004, 7:18 AM
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Does anyone know what happened at Williamson Rock today (Sat)? I was at the top of Being There and heard from the direction of Waterfall Wall, rockfall, then screaming, wailing, and people yelling for a doctor. It was awful to hear. Hope whatever happened ended okay. Terry
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pbjosh
Jul 26, 2004, 4:26 PM
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anyone?
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jt512
Jul 26, 2004, 4:53 PM
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In reply to: Does anyone know what happened at Williamson Rock today (Sat)? I was at the top of Being There and heard from the direction of Waterfall Wall, rockfall, then screaming, wailing, and people yelling for a doctor. It was awful to hear. Hope whatever happened ended okay. Terry
A girl got hit by a falling rock. She got a nasty cut, which required stitches, but was not otherwise hurt. I heard from her dad yesterday that she's doing fine.
-Jay
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Jul 26, 2004, 5:03 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: Does anyone know what happened at Williamson Rock today (Sat)? I was at the top of Being There and heard from the direction of Waterfall Wall, rockfall, then screaming, wailing, and people yelling for a doctor. It was awful to hear. Hope whatever happened ended okay. Terry A girl got hit by a falling rock. She got a nasty cut, which required stitches, but was not otherwise hurt. I heard from her dad yesterday that she's doing fine. -Jay |
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jt512
Jul 26, 2004, 5:11 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: Does anyone know what happened at Williamson Rock today (Sat)? I was at the top of Being There and heard from the direction of Waterfall Wall, rockfall, then screaming, wailing, and people yelling for a doctor. It was awful to hear. Hope whatever happened ended okay. Terry A girl got hit by a falling rock. She got a nasty cut, which required stitches, but was not otherwise hurt. I heard from her dad yesterday that she's doing fine. -Jay ouch! i'm glad to hear she's alright. where and how did it happen?
A climber accidentally knocked a loose hold off a climb, a routine occurance. Holds, sometimes big ones, break off. We need to remember that rockfall is an ever-present hazard.
-Jay
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Jul 26, 2004, 5:18 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: Does anyone know what happened at Williamson Rock today (Sat)? I was at the top of Being There and heard from the direction of Waterfall Wall, rockfall, then screaming, wailing, and people yelling for a doctor. It was awful to hear. Hope whatever happened ended okay. Terry A girl got hit by a falling rock. She got a nasty cut, which required stitches, but was not otherwise hurt. I heard from her dad yesterday that she's doing fine. -Jay ouch! i'm glad to hear she's alright. where and how did it happen? A climber accidentally knocked a loose hold off a climb, a routine occurance. Holds, sometimes big ones, break off. We need to remember that rockfall is an ever-present hazard. -Jay
Helmet?
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rrrADAM
Jul 26, 2004, 5:29 PM
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Williamson = Sport Climbing
Sport Climbers don't generally wear helmets. :wink:
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mountainchick82
Jul 26, 2004, 5:43 PM
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After I decked on a ledge with my head barely missing the ledge and going over I baught a helmet. Just because its sport doesn't mean that you can't get a head injury. I'd rather wear one than not.
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jakedatc
Jul 26, 2004, 5:54 PM
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glad the girl is ok.. on the rockfall note watch out under Main Cliff at Rumney.. we heard a bunch coming down and people yellin Rock sunday. just got opened after the falcon closures so the winter shake up is working itself out
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ikefromla
Jul 26, 2004, 7:00 PM
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further proving my theory that williamson is pure choss.. seems every time i go there (which is infrequently these days) something breaks.
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eyecannon
Jul 26, 2004, 7:13 PM
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Damn, that sucks :(
As far as helmets go, I've never seen a single person wearing one when they are not climbing...
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ikefromla
Jul 26, 2004, 7:15 PM
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In reply to: You see all the epoxy on the big-ass hold on Labyrinth ??? Must be about 2 quarts worth ??? |
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tripperjm
Jul 26, 2004, 7:17 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: further proving my theory that williamson is pure choss.. seems every time i go there (which is infrequently these days) something breaks. You see all the epoxy on the big-ass hold on Labyrinth ??? Must be about 2 quarts worth ???
Easy boys, we all know Williamson is a choss pile. And rrrradam, not the place for that discussion! Show a little respect and compassion for the beautiful young girl that was injured and her parents, who by the way are likely friends of yours.
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dalguard
Jul 26, 2004, 7:33 PM
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By girl do you mean child?
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tripperjm
Jul 26, 2004, 7:34 PM
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In reply to: By girl do you mean child?
Yes
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rrrADAM
Jul 26, 2004, 7:37 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: In reply to: further proving my theory that williamson is pure choss.. seems every time i go there (which is infrequently these days) something breaks. You see all the epoxy on the big-ass hold on Labyrinth ??? Must be about 2 quarts worth ??? Easy boys, we all know Williamson is a choss pile. And rrrradam, not the place for that discussion! Show a little respect and compassion for the beautiful young girl that was injured and her parents, who by the way are likely friends of yours.
My bad... You're absolutly right.
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climbsomething
Jul 26, 2004, 7:39 PM
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How about,
Not sitting directly underneath a climb? (teaching your child to not sit directly underneath a climb?)
Yelling rock? Knowing what it means?
Head injury?
...Really?
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jt512
Jul 26, 2004, 7:41 PM
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In reply to: further proving my theory that williamson is pure choss.. seems every time i go there (which is infrequently these days) something breaks.
Something breaks every day there.
-Jay
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ikefromla
Jul 26, 2004, 7:47 PM
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In reply to: Something breaks every day there. |
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Jul 26, 2004, 8:20 PM
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In reply to: Williamson = Sport Climbing Sport Climbers don't generally wear helmets. :wink:
I was there on Saturday. I think of the roughly 40-50 people I saw climbing, probably about 5 of them had helmets.
I don't get it though. I was belaying with mine on after I almost took a dinner plate to the head at Malibu Creek last week. Yelling "rock" is nice, but you might have 1/4 of a second to identify the problem, gauge where it's going to land, and move out of the way. Just in case my spider sense doesn't save me, I find it comforting to have something hard wrapped around my brain.
We've pretty much all agreed that you wear a helmet when you go biking. How is it that we're too cool to wear one sitting for 8 hours in a falling rock zone?
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ikefromla
Jul 26, 2004, 8:47 PM
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you could just avoid climbing in a falling rock zone.
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jt512
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In reply to: you could just avoid climbing in a falling rock zone.
In Southern California?
-Jay
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There are certain sport areas where it may make more sense for the belayer to be wearing a helmet than the climber.
When we climb at the Minimum wall in Maple (cobbles frequently get pulled off), I often wear helmet belaying, and when we took our dogs, we'd always tie them well away from the wall.
Just because it's sport and fairly safe for the leader, doesn't make it safe for people below. Witness a similar accident posted below in Idaho that had a much less happy outcome.
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