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Climber's thumb reattached after mate finds it

comablur

30-Sep-2011
4:46:28 PM

Anyone have any more information

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8354048/climbers-thumb-reattached-after-mate-finds-it

egosan

30-Sep-2011
6:12:43 PM

el cap report: http://elcapreport.com/content/special-edition-elcap-rescue-92611

Comablur

30-Sep-2011
6:24:10 PM

Great photos, impressive flying

IdratherbeclimbingM9

30-Sep-2011
8:20:35 PM

On 30/09/2011 Comablur wrote:
>Great photos, impressive flying

Better than great. Stunning is the word I would use for both, and expect the Austrian fellows would have a few more!
☺
~> Well done YOSAR.

Ben_E

1-Oct-2011
4:43:39 AM

The sobering bit is that two days before that incident myself and my climbing partner bailed from our second day on Lurking Fear (over to the left on El Cap) after I took a fall and he somehow got his finger squished in the ensuing excitement at the belay.

Not nearly as high-excitement as that rescue, but still a bit of a but-for-the-grace-of-god-there-go-I (or at least my partner) moment when I read about it...

Fish Boy

2-Oct-2011
11:49:44 AM

are you heading up to squish? It aiding season now that the rains have come!

Ben_E

2-Oct-2011
11:57:26 AM

Nope, heading back to Melbourne tomorrow, you have the rainy season all to yourself!

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