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Accident at Arapiles - Sat 31st Oct |
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2-Nov-2009 7:22:12 AM
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Hiya
We were just leaving after a weeks climbing when there was an accident near the Bard Buttress. We got to know a lot of people there so would like to know if anyone knows who was involved and if they are OK?
Cheers
Kev
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2-Nov-2009 9:09:12 AM
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Male suffering from heat stress on Syrinx. Sorry I can't be more specific - don't know his name.
He was assisted down and taken to hospital by ambulance. Haven't heard how he is but assume he would have been rehydrated and checked out.
People need to be careful with the hot temperatures that we are getting at the moment. If you're inexperienced or likely to be moving slowly, avoid long climbs in full sun. If you don't know the crag very well, at Arapiles the Select guide gives you a fairly good indication of how much sun you're going to be in.
Take heaps of water. It's a good idea for the leader to wear a camelback. Oh, and don't get really drunk the night before cause you'll be dehydrated before you start.
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2-Nov-2009 12:37:27 PM
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>Oh, and don't get really drunk the night before cause you'll be dehydrated
>before you start.
Kinda defeats the purpose of going to araps, doesn't it?
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2-Nov-2009 1:27:43 PM
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LMAO - that WAS one loud night - people flooded in for the long weekend on Friday. Smart money was to start early in the day for practically the whole of that week as temperatures soared into the low 30's from Tuesday. Sadly not too much smart money around.
Kiwi Kev
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2-Nov-2009 5:51:42 PM
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we were glad we stayed at the gums, some friends camped at the north pines and were very annoyed by one guy in particular with an extremely loud voice, an American accent and a potty mouth.
back on topic, glad to hear that it wasn't anything more serious.
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2-Nov-2009 9:33:38 PM
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On 2/11/2009 gordoste wrote:
>we were glad we stayed at the gums, some friends camped at the north pines
>and were very annoyed by one guy in particular with an extremely loud voice,
>an American accent and a potty mouth.
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Probably didn't go to the Gums because he knew you had a hammer?
;-)
>back on topic, glad to hear that it wasn't anything more serious.
Serious enough, though I am glad person is now OK by all accounts.
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3-Nov-2009 9:14:20 AM
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Na we ended up with a biig rock :)
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4-Nov-2009 6:55:39 AM
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On 2/11/2009 gordoste wrote:
>we were glad we stayed at the gums, some friends camped at the north pines
>and were very annoyed by one guy in particular with an extremely loud voice,
>an American accent and a potty mouth.
Same old culprit...some nice explosions though. The coppers cut a few laps two days after looking for info too.
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4-Nov-2009 12:29:49 PM
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On 2/11/2009 KevinP wrote:
>Sadly not too much smart money around.
We climbed in Intrepid Gully most of the day, which was brilliant. The cool air coming out of the chasm felt like someone had turned on the aircon. Still drank nearly 3 litres of water though.
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4-Nov-2009 4:47:17 PM
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Yeah we hid in the Gullys all weekend too, found it hard too believe that people were out on tiger wall on the weekend. So were they maddogs or englishman?
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4-Nov-2009 5:44:21 PM
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On 4/11/2009 D.Lodge wrote:
>Yeah we hid in the Gullys all weekend too, found it hard too believe that
>people were out on tiger wall on the weekend. So were they maddogs or englishman?
Neither. They where in a stretcher being carried by the SES...
Not entirely true. I was out there on Tiger wall. It was a great adventure.
Pleasure consists simply of the restoration of that condition which was expelled
by the element of pain, while passing from one's actual state until one returns to the
state formerly experienced. An example is provided by the man who leaves a restful,
shady spot to go out into the desert; there he proceeds under the summer sun until he
is affected by the heat; then he returns to his former place. He continues to feel
pleasure in that place, until his body returns to its original state; then he loses the
sense of pleasure as his body goes back to normal. The intensity of his pleasure on
coming home is in proportion to the degree of intensity of the heat, and the speed of his
cooling-off in that place. Hence the philosophers have defined pleasure as a return to
the state of nature.
--Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
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4-Nov-2009 7:41:28 PM
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Well the guy in the desert is just silly, he should have stayed in the pub, heaps cooler there ;)
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5-Nov-2009 10:52:25 AM
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Hi Guys,
That was my lead climber getting rescued off the top of the third pitch on Syrinx on Saturday. Indeed it was heat stress. There was also a lot of other factors that could have come into play as well but didn't due to the right decisions being made at the right time. Could have been worst.
I'm writing up a full run down at the moment and will post it asap once it's ready.
Ben
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9-Nov-2009 2:26:44 PM
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Report linked here: http://www.chockstone.org/Forum/Forum.asp?Action=DisplayTopic&ForumID=5&MessageID=5658&Replies=0#newpost
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10-Nov-2009 12:13:09 PM
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How much video footage did your friend Amy get?
Some might be useful watching, especially if she got the rescue stuff!
Glad to hear it didn't put you off climbing, for the record, you need about 5lt of water & be fully covered from the sun if you want to climb in the sun, and that's AGAINST doctors orders ;)
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