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Accident at Arapiles: November 9th


Miguel75

26-Nov-2010
4:22:28 PM

No, I was scared! She had more hair under her arms than I have on my dome... I'm still amazed by the lush abundance of her pits.

I also realised I haven't replied to your PM. I'll be at the CBD hardrock next Thursday and will look to get some raffle tickets from you.


gordoste

26-Nov-2010
9:29:25 PM

pretty much. and if i may likewise take the piss out of your butthurt - it seems that yours is the fact that other people exist... how dare they!

olbert

28-Nov-2010
2:15:03 PM

On 24/11/2010 Wendy wrote:
>On 24/11/2010 shiltz wrote:
>>Easy routes are frequently more dangerous that hard routes in my opinion.
>> Most commonly because there are more ledges to hit than on the typically
>>steeper and more sustained hard routes. Also, a much higher proportion
>>of routes in the 25+ range are bolted, particularly at Araps and around
>>the Gramps
>
>Here we go again ... where does this assertion that bolts make climbing
>safer come from??? A bolt flew out of You're Terminated in the wind years
>ago. gfdonc posted about one unclipping itself. They can be in shitty
>places leaving you with bad falls, run outs, desperate clips and how the
>hell do bolts affect helmet wearing anyway?

Its not the assumption that bolts are safer, well..at least not for me. Its about the type of crag that it is and sport crags generally conform to the same type. I wear a helmet not becuase I might flip upsidown and hit my head (that could happen at both sport and trad) but to protect me from falling rocks. In my experience trad crags are generally more likely than sport crags for shit to be raining down.

In my experience sport crags are generally not accessed from the top and you never actually get to the top of the cliff - this greatly reduces the chances of shit falling. Most of the rocks that have landed nearby me have done so because a climber (or somebody) at the top has dislodged it. Anytime there is likely to be climbers above me when Im climbing Im going to wear a helmet.


freesolo

28-Nov-2010
9:46:54 PM

can we please close this thread???

dalai

29-Nov-2010
12:26:56 PM

On 28/11/2010 freesolo wrote:
>can we please close this thread???

Good idea. If anyone ends up with more details on the rehabilitation of the injured climber please PM me the details and I will update this topic.

Otherwise the helmet debate can continue in one of the numerous other topics...

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