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Climber falls at The Rock (south of Wagga) 12-Jul-2013 At 4:28:14 PM Shutts

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Hey there, I thought I might elaborate for you!!!
It was a 15m grade 8 as it was to be my wife's first time climbing!
I finished the climb and anchored off a massive boulder 10m up the hill from the cliff edge.
I abseiled back down the rope toward the cliff edge to belay my wife from their. The ground was very loose and rocky. I stopped about 1m short of the cliff edge.
I tied a figure 8 to clip in to and belay from. I thought i was on stable ground where I was and I undid my gri gri, grabbed my pas and as I was reaching to clip it the ground under me gave way!
100% my fault, I should have clip in first and I knew it but as we all know sometime people take short cuts?
One I'm pretty sure will never happen again!
Anyway, me and a pile of rocks went over the edge and I fell 15m hitting the wall once or twice on the way down and crashed in a heap next to my wife!
Somehow I didn't break anything but will be stiff an sore for a while to come yet!!!
Dave