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Havachatwithhexy... 4-Jun-2005 At 1:22:19 PM HEX

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Re: Ground falls
>on that henious roof projof mine at mt K, i firmlytold mybelayer to stand closer to the >wall...he firmlyignored me....about 4 secondslater iinevitably peeled off the lip of the roof >and hit the ground (on some dodgytreestumps) as the 'belayer' was fllung about 5 metres >and into the wall....
>another time morerecently at the climbing gym I climbed up to fix a spinner, the employee >belaying me thought it would be funny to pul out a huge loopof slack for when i let go- now i >dont mind this, but aparentlythe newby forgot that ropes stretch...i hit the ground HARD on >rope stretch from about 14m (concrete), yelped, glared, and hobbled away....

You won't be going on ANY climbing-tripz, if you don't get a bit more fussy about who belays you,Mousey ...

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" Screw you HEX !!! "

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