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General Climbing Discussion

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Nico
31-Mar-2004
4:31:35 PM
Locked out climber dies trying to abseil into apartment

March 31, 2004 - 3:10PM
HONG KONG: A mountain climber in Shanghai fell to his death when he tried to
abseil into his apartment after arriving home without his keys, it was
reported today.
The experienced climber tied a rope to his waist and tried to lower himself
from the 11th floor of the block of flats where he lived onto the balcony of
his 10th floor flat.
However, the rope snapped as he began his descent and he plummeted to his
death, the Hong Kong edition of the China Daily reported.
DPA

Rich
31-Mar-2004
4:50:25 PM
bugger. 'experienced' hey?

rodw
31-Mar-2004
4:55:33 PM
Good rope, or was that shoe laces.

Rich
31-Mar-2004
5:12:47 PM
maybe his clothes line..

IdratherbeclimbingM9
31-Mar-2004
5:25:13 PM
Obviously forgot to pad the sharp edge while lowering himself (this is not abseiling in my opinion).
Either that or he 'melted' through his anchor in the process of lowering ...
joemor
31-Mar-2004
5:56:48 PM
perhaps he use sme tat utop the building as his ropes were locked in his appartment?

rodw
31-Mar-2004
6:57:40 PM
On 31/03/2004 A5iswhereitsat wrote:
>Obviously forgot to pad the sharp edge while lowering himself (this is
>not abseiling in my opinion).
>Either that or he 'melted' through his anchor in the process of lowering
>...
He probably looped his nylon rope through a nylon sling...that'd do it

mousey
31-Mar-2004
8:11:05 PM
does it say anything about his anchors? maybe he just neglected to establish that part of the rig
glacier-rat
31-Mar-2004
9:01:21 PM
does this guy qualify for a darwin award? or at least an honourable mention?

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