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Ground fall at St Peters monday night	20-Aug-2014 At 9:09:10 PM	Rocker
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Glad your ok! Last newyears I fell about 3m in the same fashion- Belay failure, virtually no resistance from the rope, ATC guide type device, onto my bum and rolled back. No tingling/ funny feeling, full movement, just a super tense stomach. Checked out by Ambos and walked to the ambulance (~200m flat track) X-rays later showed compression fractures to L1 and L2, 8 weeks in a brace and 3 months without physical work, 8 months to full recovery. The stupid thing was my GriGri would have probibly saved me, and was on my rack at the belayers feet. Consider yourself extremely lucky! Hope you recover quickly. + you now have a much more aware, and safer, belayer! (I know I do!) Edit: I was lead climbing in Tassie, no gyms were involved!

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