I've just heard from a local guide i climb with who spoke to another guide who was at the scene at the accident. Not gospel, but much better than hearsay.
- the man who fell and died set up his abseil with a big knot of two ropes tied together, planning on abseiling on one, and accidentally clipped into the wrong side and fell.
I was climbing at Boars Head last Saturday so i was particularly interested in what went wrong. Reminds us all the be safe and check our equipment/setups very very carefully. Thoughts are with the families, especially at Christmas.
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