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Re: [kane_schutzman] The Most Bitchin Fall:
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munky
Mar 20, 2007, 4:53 PM
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I once was aiding up a flight of stairs (ya know gripping with vice-like severity at the railings) and slipped, fell, and rolled down 10 stairs. It would have been pretty heinous had I not drank a bottle of George Dicket before hand. Seriously though, a really good article on sketchy aiding techniques is in a climbing magazine a few issues ago. Its the one with Ivo Ninov on the front cover. He and his partner Ammon McNeely (a complete badass) did an Grade V A4 route in under 24 hours. All I can say is WTF! In the article McNeely is run out 40 feet or so on hook placements, meaning he has no gear for 40 feet and below him are a slew of shitty copperheads, RPs, etc. While runout, his haul line gets caught and he can't move. He's completely F-ed. He has to rap off of a hook placement 80 feet or so (bear in mind he is about 2000 feet off the deck) to free the haul line. Then he has to jug back up that rope all the while hoping that hook placement doesn't blow which would have sent him on the ride of his life. THAT'S GRIPPING!!
(This post was edited by munky on Mar 20, 2007, 4:56 PM)
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