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kevinwaldock
Jul 31, 2008, 7:32 PM
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http://www.miltoncanadianchampion.com/news/article/194889
article says he was rapping, anyone out there have any info?? and what of the other 3-4 incidents this year?? thank god i graduated to leading at nemo/kelso sounds like a bad year. but really what do you expect from ontario slimestone??
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getout87
Jul 31, 2008, 7:42 PM
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kevinwaldock wrote: http://www.miltoncanadianchampion.com/news/article/194889 article says he was rapping, anyone out there have any info?? and what of the other 3-4 incidents this year?? thank god i graduated to leading at nemo/kelso sounds like a bad year. but really what do you expect from ontario slimestone??
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kevinwaldock
Jul 31, 2008, 7:43 PM
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ha ha ha that's funny. i actually find nemo quite solid and relatively safe, and have only seen 3-4 other parties there and have been climbing lots there this summer. BTW thanks for yer advice for doing the slab and top secret in a day, that was probably the best climbing day i've ever had.
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geezergecko
Jul 31, 2008, 8:02 PM
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granite_grrl may be able to enlighten you on the relative safety of Nemo. Then again, this whole climbing thing is as scary as driving on the 401 on Saturday night.
Pity that Top Secret is no more due to rock fall.
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kevinwaldock
Jul 31, 2008, 8:22 PM
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ya that totally sucks, top secret was awesome. did that rock fall happen this winter? i guess i'm not surprised due to the rock quality!! where on the route did the rock fall happen, was it around the final corner. ya i read what happened there on ground zero just glad that it wasn't serious and recovery when well, i hate hearing about any injuries in this sport, but it makes you think on how many accidents on the escarphment get reported. i guess when climbing in milton the leader must not fall right or is that climbing anywhere in general??
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geezergecko
Jul 31, 2008, 9:24 PM
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kevinwaldock wrote: ...did that rock fall happen this winter?...
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Aunor
Jul 31, 2008, 10:01 PM
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"....when his safety equipment failed..."
Doubtful...
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majid_sabet
Jul 31, 2008, 10:20 PM
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Aunor wrote: "....when his safety equipment failed..." Doubtful...
I hate it when a climbing gear fails to it's job
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sungam
Jul 31, 2008, 11:58 PM
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majid_sabet wrote: Aunor wrote: "....when his safety equipment failed..." Doubtful... I hate it when a climbing gear fails to it's job
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granite_grrl
Aug 1, 2008, 11:55 AM
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kevinwaldock wrote: thank god i graduated to leading at nemo/kelso sounds like a bad year.
Last year that huge block was pulled off on Harliquin onto someone's head. The year before that I fell leading at Nemo and another guy fell at Buffalo, both of us were hurt very badly. And those were just the few major incidents that I'm aware of.
I still climb on the eascarpment. I'm just a lot more careful and speculative of it
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davidbr
Sep 7, 2008, 5:51 PM
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I agree that it's unlikely the climber's gear failed (unless the reporter means that a piece, off of which he was rapp'ing, blew...).
But, if the article is accurate to the extent that the accident happened on rappel, then we can't blame the rock for this one.
Sure, things here can be loose. Sure, the gear can be questionable. Sure, routes can change from one year to the next. All of the above also applies to ice and alpine climbing and it all means we have to climb with those factors in mind. Our sport is an exercise in the management of odds. Most of what we do guarantees nothing, but is done in order that the odds tilt a bit more in our favour. In Southern Ontario, we just have a few more variables to factor into our probability equations - as in alpine and on ice. That doesn't mean it's a particularly dangerous place to climb, just that some routes are more dangerous than they tend to be in other areas, and that they have to be climbed differently.
It's the nature of climbing that a person can do everything right and still get hurt. Cheers to Granite Girl and everyone else who has had bad luck on this limestone and still not given it up.
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