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Hollow mountain accident 28/4/2018 30-Apr-2018 At 8:30:41 PM jacksonclimbs

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On 29-Apr-2018 Kp wrote:
>It's all over Instagram mate.

Yeah I was posting it on the instagram.

Boulderer was on highball in Legoland on the trail up to VDL, we were hiking out, saw chopper, bumped into the guys mates. As I heard from them, one of the pads was up against a rock and so slightly sloping, guy landed on the slopy bit, ankle rolled. Friend up in QLD knows him, prognosis is just a broken ankle.

Also heard the chopper again on Sunday when we were at Watchtower.

That's the 3rd time I've seen someone pulled from a broken ankle with that chopper, 1st hand, in the past year. 2 times for a bouldering incident, other was an abseiler at Werribee Gorge.

I'd be curious to hear the medics thoughts on climbing and bouldering. They must get so many call outs for busted ankles.