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A Tough Day At Malham Cove 4-Sep-2017 At 12:16:07 PM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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The lady involved attributes the main reason* for her injury (hit the back of her head), was a loose harness, that although cinched tight and she wouldn't have fallen out of, allowed her to continue falling backward and rotating to the side when she alleges the rope was pulling the harness upright from the attachment point, as is normal in a caught fall.

I'm not in a position to be judgemental due not knowing all the facts, however I strongly suspect she is downplaying the possibility of rotational forces that can occur in some falls due last point of contact with the rock coming into play with inertia / momentum etc. This despite not catching a leg behind the rope, which she is sure she didn't do.

(The secondary reason was not wearing a helmet.)