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General Climbing Discussion

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Inverting in unexpected falls - how to avoid? 20-Jul-2009 At 3:52:09 PM yankinoz
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I took a weird upside down fall off a sport climb (The Balrog in Nowra) - had the fall not been witnessed I don't think myself or my belayer could have figured out what why I flipped.

I was told that my foot hit a ledge a couple meters above where I ended up. I didn't believe it at first (as my foot was fine) until I realised that I was probably decelerating at that point. It would make sense as I remember cheese gratering down the slab (good sized abrasion to my knee,) then off the buldge into space, then feeling the rope start to grab and then oops - upside down. I put a good gash in the back of my helmet too (people wonder why I wear helmets on sport climbs...)

From your description of the fall is it possible your feet hit a ledge while you were loading the bad piece - before it pulled?

Bummer about your wrist.

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