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General Climbing Discussion

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THE OFFICIAL GUTTED!!! THREAD 18-Dec-2007 At 4:27:46 AM james
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>Anyway, what I really wanted to ask is....Has anyone experienced/seen
>a really big slab fall? Luckily I
>never have, but recall hearing the advice that if you start slipping you
>needed to...."grab the rope, turn
>around to face downwards and start running...." !!!!!!!

I've taken a couple 4-ish metre falls at Buffalo & it was fine, no scraping down the rock at all. It was quite the revelation, falling on slabs can be ok!

I've heard about someone falling off the dyke mantle on pitch 1 of the Dreaming (@ Buffalo) - apparently they were ok also (!!!).
For those who don't know it, the last gear is at the bend in the rope (PS: Mark didn't fall off in this pic).




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