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kobaz
Aug 31, 2009, 1:01 AM
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Today at around 4pm there was a leader fall at the Coburn climbing area. The leader placed a #3 Camalot in a flake, climbed above it and fell, pulling the Camalot.
The leader fell about 15 feet, hit a ledge, and fell another 15 feet to the ground. There were several people from the group I was in who rushed over to help, Three WFA's myself included, one WFR, and one NCR guy.
The climber was cleared of neck and back injury and moved off of the talus. The climber was wearing a helmet but didn't appear to have hit their head. The climber was in good spirits and complained of ankle pain. Our assessment is fractured ankles.
911 was called, and in the meantime our NCR guy rigged a haul to get the injured up from the climbing area back to the main trail. Firefighter EMTs arrived within 20 minutes and brought a litter. They didn't have vertical rescue experience so our NCR guy was left in charge. We packaged the injured into the litter, attached the haul and brought the climber up and out. Rescue time was about an hour and a half.
Best wishes to the injured climber and their family. Name withheld for privacy.
I want to thank the Centre Hall fire department and rescue groups, as well as the Mount Nittany EMTs for helping to make this a very successful rescue.
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coolcat83
Aug 31, 2009, 1:47 AM
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I wish him the best, good job with the rescue. one question, he only had one piece in?
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kobaz
Aug 31, 2009, 2:15 AM
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Yeah, one piece.
The area was a newly cleaned area. Still a little chossy though. I had TR'd it earlier in the day and there was one section (a few feet higher than the section fallen from), where almost every hold I grabbed felt like it was going to give way.
The golden rule that I've always tried to follow: Keep two pieces between you and the ground at all times.
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socalclimber
Aug 31, 2009, 2:56 AM
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Good job.
Kinda wondering about the piece behind a flake. As a general rule, not a good idea.
Two to stay off the deck is my motto.
Again, well done on the rescue. Consider uping to a WFR. Well worth it. I've had mine for 10 years and I re-cert every year regardless.
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kobaz
Aug 31, 2009, 12:55 PM
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socalclimber wrote: Consider uping to a WFR.
Yeah, I've been crazy busy lately with barely even enough time to climb outside often. Either over winter or next spring I was planning to take WFR.
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boymeetsrock
Aug 31, 2009, 1:03 PM
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Good job getting the injured climber out !!!
Best wishes to him/her for a speedy recovery.
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