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Mt York Accident 23-Jun-2010 At 8:53:30 PM WM

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On 23/06/2010 daave wrote:
>On 22/06/2010 oldfella wrote:
>>one thing no one has highlighted, is the commonly used, yet dodgy belying
>>practice of standing too far back from the base of the route...
>
>The worst examples I've seen of this is actually in the gyms. You're not
>outside, so there's nothing blocking you from standing close in to the
>wall and just because you're inside, does that mean you can't get hurt?

but on the other hand, when you're outside there's no opposing wall to limit how far back you can stand...

I was half wanting the leader to whip so I could watch this guy use his face to plough a trench all the way up the beach to the base of the route...

(PS commiserations to the wounded)