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Climbing idols 25-Nov-2005 At 1:10:48 PM tmarsh

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On 25/11/2005 gordoste wrote:
>I always thought it was his pinky finger...

from elsewhere on the interweb:

December 4, 2001
Top American climber Tommy Caldwell, who in August freed the hardest line on the Diamond (the sheer East Face of Longs Peak in Colorado), was badly injured in a home-improvement accident at his Estes Park, Colorado house on November 29. Reportedly, Caldwell had been using a table saw to build a platform for his washer and drier when he inadvertently cut off his left index finger just above the middle knuckle. Beth Rodden was at home with Caldwell and helped find and ice the severed tip before getting him to the hospital. Caldwell’s finger has since been reattached with pins, and he is making good progress. He is expected to return home from the hospital on December 7. We wish him a full and speedy recovery.

The pins in the finger didn't work out as expected and he was subsequently given the option of reattatching the finger and facing a length convalescence or having the wound closed up and getting on with things. He chose the latter, and clearly is managing pretty well!