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Small fall but a broken foot at Camels hump

Nova

14-Mar-2012
1:38:19 PM

Hey all, I have been climbing for the last couple of years and lurking here just as long but decided to finally register and post!

Spent a nice day at the somewhat crowded Camels hump on Monday (12/03). I was leading the now appropriately named State of shock which i had done a few times before. This time at the last few holds i lost my footing with new shoes and down i went!

I Couldn't have fallen much more than 3 metres to the bolt bellow but with that ledge the way it is it was enough to do some damage. Right foot was sore but i had injured it on Australia day (getting a ball off a roof somewhat intoxicated) which was nothing serious so i did not think too much of it other than knowing my day of climbing was over. I winced my way out to the car and headed home.

After it started to feel worse the next day i spent 10 hours in emergency at Ballarat base and got 3 completely different diagnosis (nothing broken, get a CT to check ligaments. severely broken in 2 places will need multiple surgeries and then lastly broken in 2 places, elevation and a cast for 6 weeks required.)

Looking forward to trying it again as soon as i can!

mikllaw

14-Mar-2012
1:56:32 PM

Damn; ledges are bad. The stuff which feel safe (low angle and ledgey) will always make you pay.Spend the time on the hangboard

IdratherbeclimbingM9

14-Mar-2012
9:41:00 PM

On 14/03/2012 83nf15h wrote:
>Hey all, I have been climbing for the last couple of years and lurking
>here just as long but decided to finally register and post!
>
>Spent a nice day at the somewhat crowded Camels hump on Monday (12/03).
>I was leading the now appropriately named State of shock which i had done
>a few times before. This time at the last few holds i lost my footing with
>new shoes and down i went!
>
>I Couldn't have fallen much more than 3 metres to the bolt bellow but
>with that ledge the way it is it was enough to do some damage. Right foot
>was sore but i had injured it on Australia day (getting a ball off a roof
>somewhat intoxicated) which was nothing serious so i did not think too
>much of it other than knowing my day of climbing was over. I winced my
>way out to the car and headed home.
>
>After it started to feel worse the next day i spent 10 hours in emergency
>at Ballarat base and got 3 completely different diagnosis (nothing broken,
>get a CT to check ligaments. severely broken in 2 places will need multiple
>surgeries and then lastly broken in 2 places, elevation and a cast for
>6 weeks required.)
>
>Looking forward to trying it again as soon as i can!

Welcome to posting on Chockstone 83nf15h.
Sorry to hear about your accident as being the first post you make, but hope that you recover quickly, and it is good to see that it has not dampened your enthusiasm.

rolsen1

14-Mar-2012
10:00:15 PM

Always thought a fall from near the top of that one would be nasty, glad to hear you're keen to get back on it.

Nova

15-Mar-2012
12:59:39 AM

Yeah i wouldn't recommend it!

On a side note the group of people climbing next to me noticed my belayer not paying much attention and let him know that he needs to more on the ball. I overheard them talking about Chockstone so if they happen to have a read of this one thanks for that! I wont be leading with him until he has had some more experience.Think i will just suck it up and wait for my regular partner to be free!

cruze

15-Mar-2012
8:03:12 AM

I am surprised more accidents like this don't happen at Arapiles with quite a lot of rope out and stepped low grade climbing. A timely reminder for everyone especially in the build up to the Easter crazy season.

Thanks for your first post, I hope your recovery is smooth and you are back out there soon!

Wonderdog

15-Mar-2012
3:21:17 PM

I was out there climbing with the kids around on Grey Arete... think we said hi on the way past. Yes, not a great place to fall... hope you get better soon. Always good to have a decent belayer, rather than one that feeds out the slack and shouts "below! below!!"

bones

15-Mar-2012
3:29:45 PM

that crag is cursed
http://www.chockstone.org/forum/Forum.asp?ForumID=5&Action=Display&MessageID=6033&PagePos=&Sort=

Wonderdog

15-Mar-2012
6:08:12 PM

Crag's not cursed... climbers make mistakes. (Like naming a route in the Sluts Honour theme and then taking your kids there years later and having to explain what the route name is...lol And sometimes we fall off and get hurt. I saw the same accident on Poxbow in the late 90's. It happens.

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