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Climber injured in bluies after 30m fall 2/Jan/13 4-Jan-2013 At 11:32:47 AM pecheur

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On 4/01/2013 mikllaw wrote:
>This was sent to me this morning:-
>
>Hi Mike, saw your posts on chockstone, thought I would let you know what
>I know so you can kerb the speculation - I'm not on chockstone.
>
>The climbers are from Victoria, a couple. The guy was starting up the
>second pitch but whilst looking for gear placement, the rock broke. He
>tumbled, but no details on how far he fell from off the belay, I suspect
>greater than the length of the rope since it is just off the belay. THe
>fall pulled the gear and belayer, and ripped the rope too (I dont know
>how ledge maybe?). They fell 12m from the first belay to the ground.
>
>The peoples names started with P (male) and S (female) so you can assist
>with people who are worried about relatives. I know the guy from Thailand
>a couple of years back. Hope that helps. The guy is waiting surgery but
>is conscious, femur and some dmage to spine. The girl has some more serious
>injuries to her chest and lungs collapse, is undergoing surgery now. Her
>mother is coming up from Victoria to be with her.

I've actually been quite impressed by the restraint shown by the Chocky community so far. I would have thought the ages of the climbers (though her age was incorrect in the ABC article) would have been enough.

A LOT of the Chocky community know one or both of these two and that people haven't been posting much speculation is a good thing.