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Re: [redlude97] Lowering accident. Serious Injuries:
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funnelator
Jun 1, 2011, 12:08 AM
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In both instances the climbers were out of site but within earshot of the belayers.
In the first accident, the climber assumed he would be lowered and the belayer assumed the climber was rapping. No words were exchanged.
In the second accident, the climber said "take me up" and the belayer heard "take me off". No confirmation was requested or given before the climber committed his weight to the rope.
In both accidents the climbers fell to the ground.
Each of these teams had climbed extensively together.
These two accidents remind me of a pair I climbed next to long ago who used different intonations of just one word, "Dude", for almost every climbing command. I was at an anchor next to the climber when he arrived. Dude first meant "I'm off belay", next "you're on belay", next "climbing", and finally "climb on", all with slightly different enunciations and tone. They both looked stoned. As no one got hurt is was pretty funny really.
(This post was edited by funnelator on Jun 1, 2011, 12:24 AM)
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Post edited by funnelator
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Post edited by funnelator
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