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philbox
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Jul 21, 2003, 6:13 AM
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Orangeoverhang who at various times inhabits this site and posts all those marvellous photoes of the climbing here in Oz took a nasty ground fall that was captured on video.
http://www.mrppp.com.au/.../neil_tower_fall.mpg
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coldclimb
Jul 21, 2003, 6:25 AM
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ooh, sucky... Is he ok?
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foograbbinstone
Jul 21, 2003, 6:28 AM
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HOLY SHITE
Phil- how is he ? looks like it was a nasty bounce! Was he seriously injured? Vid/ made it look like he kinda walked away from it.Or was that just his progression down the fall line? Any idea what the last piece of pro was?
Sorry about the bombardment of ?'s
foo
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ropeburn
Jul 21, 2003, 6:31 AM
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Ouch... Hope he's ok, looks like he got up awlful fast.
Did a piece pull? It's hard to tell in the video.
Best wishes.
Bruce
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koto
Jul 21, 2003, 6:38 AM
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lol at the way he just got up and walked on! Must've been your poor footwork neil :wink:
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phil_nev
Jul 21, 2003, 6:42 AM
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Hers a link to neils story.
http://www.chockstone.org/Forum/Forum.asp?Action=DisplayTopic&ForumID=5&MessageID=195&Replies=9&PagePos=0&Sort=
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renobdarb
Jul 21, 2003, 6:50 AM
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holy cow.
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fishypete
Jul 21, 2003, 8:53 AM
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He takes a 5 m fall and walks away with a few cuts...
I took a 2.5 m fall and smashed my ankle in such as way that it will never work properly again in my lifetime.
Lucky guy.
Fishy.
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deafclimber
Jul 21, 2003, 11:29 AM
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holy sheet !... at least he is alright !
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Jul 21, 2003, 12:50 PM
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Ouch! It's all too vivid. Glad we can see him get up and walk.
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dirtineye
Jul 21, 2003, 1:10 PM
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Wow, read the report in that second link.
It sucks when your placement fails. Learn to use tricams, they should work even in upside down OZ man!
I had a butt-fall of my own a few weeks a ago, only 20 feet right on my ass in soft dirt, mised rocks by a foot on either side, so I know how he feels-- dumb luck is a great ally sometimes.
COngrats to the belayer for having the quick reaction to haul up to stop a worse fall!
I'm glad you are OK, you and Phil should come visit the USA so you can fall in the proper hemisphere!
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tim
Jul 21, 2003, 2:12 PM
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God damn! That's rough...
Neil I am happy that you are alive!
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gretchino
Jul 21, 2003, 2:28 PM
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YIKES! :shock: Glad he's okay...
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epic_ed
Jul 21, 2003, 3:15 PM
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I'm certainly not that lucky. I would have ended up a crumpled mass at the bottom with compound fractures. Good to hear he's OK.
Ed
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sid_rock
Jul 21, 2003, 3:23 PM
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Looks like that Foster's commercial that was running in the States a few years ago had it right about you Aussies. (The commercial: an Aussie man is standing around, and this huge meteor crashes down on him and impales him into the ground. The Aussie says, "Ouch." Pause... The narrator says, "Crybaby.")
Orangeoverhang takes a 15 feet fall, lands on his back on solid rock, says, "F*ck," and walks away.
What the hell are you Aussies made of?!?
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enitine
Jul 21, 2003, 4:08 PM
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holy fuk! Glad to hear he is ok, I took a fall half that size from bouldering and broke my dam ankle...... :oops:
O well, some are more lucky than others..... :shock:
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maculated
Jul 21, 2003, 4:26 PM
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He had good luck because the camera was on him. Imagine having a tape of something if it has gone worse? Geez.
Glad you're ok.
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philbox
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Jul 21, 2003, 9:04 PM
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The one thing I wanna know is, if I move to the northern hemisphere, will I fall up the cliff when I peel off. :lol: :lol:
Neil mentioned to me that it all happened very quickly. One instant he was climbing and the next instant he was picking himself up from the ground. It took him a little while to orient himself to the new situation. All the blood spooked him a bit until he checked himself all over and only found superficial stuff.
It seems there is a rash of people falling off cliffs lately and I think I`m beginning to see a trend.
The experienced guys are being a little rash and taking things a little too casual and the inexperienced guys just plain don`t know and there are an awful lot of inexperienced people out there.
Climb safely guys, take that little bit of extra time to ensure that you know what you are doing.
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kman
Jul 21, 2003, 9:54 PM
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What was the piece that pulled? It looked like there was one at about waist level when he fell.
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kman
Jul 21, 2003, 9:58 PM
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Never mind. The info was in the last link that was posted.
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orangeoverhang
Jul 21, 2003, 11:32 PM
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Shock does amazing things. I promptly re-racked and climbed another route within five minutes.
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tenn_dawg
Jul 21, 2003, 11:46 PM
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Hardcore man.
My hats off to you!
Truly BadAss.
Travis
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epic_ed
Jul 21, 2003, 11:54 PM
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In reply to: Shock does amazing things. I promptly re-racked and climbed another route within five minutes.
Hardcore! Or just dumb and nuts. ;-) Probably a little of both.
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Jul 22, 2003, 12:01 AM
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In reply to: Shock does amazing things. I promptly re-racked and climbed another route within five minutes.
Shaken but not stirred!
Looked like your backside took the brunt of it.
Can you sit yet?
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Jul 22, 2003, 3:21 AM
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Whats up with those Aussies and tricams???
I recently started climbing with a guy from Australia; as I was leading this climb in the Gunks and began to place a small tricam, he shouts up, "are you really going to place that?" I was like, "... umm, yea, why not?" He began to tell me how tricams could never work and that before he left for America his friends gave him a pink tricam as a joke! I responded, "this little pink tricam will save your a$$ one of these days!"
It was funny, he just doesn't believe a tricam could work! I think tricams can be pretty bomber placed well in a good placement... however, improperly placed they're worthless, like most gear improperly placed...
glad you're ok orangeoverhang... that was nasty lookin... stuff like that keeps us on our toes I guess
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Jul 22, 2003, 6:38 AM
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:shock: :shock: :shock: wow man, did he bounce :?: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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one900johnnyk
Feb 9, 2004, 2:53 AM
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lucky man.. why didn't you put a piece in that horizontal crack that your hands slipped out of, by the way?? glad you're okay
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scubasnyder
Feb 9, 2004, 3:04 AM
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I sorta took a fall like that but landed on a jagged rock, it sucked but i got right up, it was at stoney ridge in pa, hurt like hell, too bad mine wasnt on video, glad your ok.
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karmaklimber
Feb 9, 2004, 7:23 AM
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:shock:
Holy mudda......
What a trooper.
Good thing he didnt hit his head...
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kunzie
Feb 9, 2004, 7:55 AM
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Far out....hats off to you mate, thats great work on the instantaneous recovery
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Feb 9, 2004, 10:39 AM
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Great fall! Actually looked quite graceful, you almost floated down to the ground!!
Good recovery, takes some balls to get straight back on the rock :lol:
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it seems that aussies are in a bad period!
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Feb 9, 2004, 12:46 PM
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:shock: :shock: :shock:
Hope he's feeling better soon! Get some TLC you lucky dog.
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Feb 9, 2004, 1:09 PM
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Wow!
I hate the noise gear makes when it pops!
Good to hear you are okay.
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Feb 9, 2004, 7:57 PM
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That was awesome! In a completely gruesome kind of way. Holy smokes, glad to hear that other than some bruises, he's okay! :D
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