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sizzlechest
Jan 18, 2003, 6:17 AM
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Better not to wear a ring while climbing, like we didn't already know !!
No that is not my hand.
Caution kinda gross:
http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/media/posters/posterimages/hand.jpg
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rockjunkie
Jan 18, 2003, 6:21 AM
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KICK A$$!!!!!!!!
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jono
Jan 18, 2003, 6:39 AM
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thats hardcore, did he really lose it climbing? my dad has some sick stories of guys in the army doing the same thing.
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coldclimb
Jan 18, 2003, 6:45 AM
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If that were your hand, I think you'd be having a hard time getting all your letters while typing. Kinda interesting, but I don't think I want to see the pic of the guy who climbed with his unbreakable-band watch on.
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flying_dutchman
Jan 18, 2003, 7:37 AM
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thats great for the thin finger cracks; just slip off the skin and volia! you can crank pin scars.
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jds100
Jan 18, 2003, 6:26 PM
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[small]This topic was moved to the Injuries & Accidents forum by jds100[/small]
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bandycoot
Jan 18, 2003, 6:36 PM
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I think that was one of the most vile things I've ever seen! Jesus, now I never want to wear a wedding ring!!!
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john1987
Jan 18, 2003, 6:37 PM
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That's all I have to say about that.
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passthepitonspete
Jan 18, 2003, 6:39 PM
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Yet another great excuse for avoiding a wedding ring.
Perfect.
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esimhs99
Jan 18, 2003, 7:13 PM
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AHHHHHHHHH that sucks!!!!!
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shortfatoldguy
Jan 18, 2003, 8:12 PM
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Confession time.
I edited my wedding ring out of the first photo in my profile. It was the only time I've ever climbed with it on, and the only reason it was there was that the climb was a really easy all-slab route, and I forgot it was there until I was ready to cast off on the first pitch and there were annoying people behind us acting all impatient even though we were being very efficient.
Oh, yeah. Gross picture. I guess. It's just flesh and bone, people. We all have both.
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xanx
Jan 18, 2003, 9:11 PM
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how does something like that happen? i mean, does the ring get caught on something? if so, what sort of things?
sorry for my ignorance
mike
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jumpingrock
Jan 19, 2003, 6:45 AM
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I would imagine that would be from hand jaming and the ring got stuck when dude took a fall and the rest is history...
eww.
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nadroj
Jan 20, 2003, 11:40 AM
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During an electrical rescue corse I did a few years ago we were shown about a dozen photos of electricians who had lost fingers and in a couple of cases whole hands from wearing rings while working on live equipment. They sugest wearing the rings on a necklace if there is any risk of it catching.
Not a bad idea!
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crux_clipper
Jan 20, 2003, 11:49 AM
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yeah, not a bad idea at all, untill you fall and the ring around your neck gets hooked, leaving you with a pull off face
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nadroj
Jan 20, 2003, 12:09 PM
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could be an improvement in some cases.
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climblouisiana
Jan 20, 2003, 2:55 PM
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How did that really happen?
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dashingleech
Jan 20, 2003, 4:20 PM
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Looks like it occured during "aviation maintenance" while working on a Navy plane. I imagine you'd have to take a pretty hard fall and catch it just right to cause that sort of damage while climbing, if it's even possible.
I wonder if they have any good "necklace" posters.
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psalmadventurer
Jan 20, 2003, 5:04 PM
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i always forget i am even wearing my ring
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xanx
Jan 20, 2003, 5:07 PM
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not being a crack climber (read: gym rat for a year) i didn't know that sort of thing could happen. thanks, i'll remember never to wear a ring climbing (and to tell others not to)
thanks
mike
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climbhigh23
Jan 20, 2003, 5:51 PM
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i bet that's what a finger would look like if you stuck it in a bolt hanger on a sport route, and took a fall. that's pretty gross...
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shortfatoldguy
Jan 20, 2003, 6:11 PM
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It can happen to you while climbing. There's a photo in the Mazamas clubrooms, here in Portland, of a hand minus one finger that got left behind in a crack courtesy of a wedding ring.
I imagine it would be rather easy to do, actually.
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spydermonkey
Jan 20, 2003, 7:00 PM
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Thats cool looking, bad, but cool looking.
spyder
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neadamthal
Jan 21, 2003, 1:31 AM
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actually this injury had nothing to do with climbing. its a safety poster carried by the US Navy. i imagine he (i'm assuming its a 'he') got his ring caught in something mechanical.
but the point still stands, and i imagine this injury would be the result of failing to remove any rings before climbing
-- it makes me shudder just thinking about it...
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