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Mt York Accident 21-Jun-2010 At 9:35:22 PM yim

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Hi everyone, I was the guy who had the fall. I don't really think the climb was to blame, I'm still relatively inexperienced (around 6 months climbing outdoors after a 3 year hiatus) which probably has a lot to do with it, but I think a few things contributed to me hitting the ground like I did.
From the ground, the place where I fell from looks like a reasonably easy place to clip, but once I got up there I just couldn't quite get comfortable with my hands and kept moving away from the bolt to find a better hold. I haven't climbed a route with carrots yet either, so far its been rings only. I had a bit of trouble putting the plate on, which made me lose my cool a bit. I managed to get the draw on, but by this point I was psyching myself out and rushing it. I should probably have taken a moment to get my position sorted before I tried to clip at all because I was a bit far away from the bolt and having to reach over to it. Anyway I grabbed the rope pretty hastily and tried to clip, but my right hand popped off and down I went.

4 hrs and 2 helicopters later I was a Westmead ED jacked on morpheine with doctors sticking their fingers up my date to see if I could still clench.

Anyway it was a bit of a blow to the confidence but I'm thankful I got away with minor injuries, I learned a thing or two about my judgement when it comes to climbing and I'll be back on the horse in a month or 2.