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Blue Mountains - male climber injured after fall 15-Apr-2013 At 11:49:10 AM vwills

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I'm not going to go into great detail, but the injured person was seconding the Saccharine Nightmare finish to sweet dreams (grade 17). They had started up sweet dreams and continued up SN which is a good alt finish. He fell 25 metres to below the point they had started that pitch. He was able to activate his epirb and had a mobile phone which I could use to speak to the emergency services, and other people climbing in the area also contacted emergency services. I am not going to speculate on the belay as the police will be conducting an inquiry.
We were just starting up Whymper and and went back to the ground to retrieve the rack and emergency tape (which was the limit of my first aid kit that day) and quickly climbed to the injured person. Thankyou to the group that gave me their first aid kit, I'm afraid I used it all.
Although his injuries are serious, it could have been a lot worse, having witnessed the fall. The paramedics and rescue services did a great job extricating him just before dark.