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rhythm164
Oct 4, 2009, 7:23 AM
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20 footer that put me 8 inches or so off the ground
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peg_leg1
Oct 4, 2009, 1:13 PM
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About 12 years ago I took a 35 footer and decked after my last piece failed. It was in the Needles of South Dakota. I had 8 stitches in my eyebrow, broke my helmet, rope burn down my arm (serious enough to need bandaging) and multiple scrapes. Throughout the fall, all I thought was "this is it"
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clc
Oct 4, 2009, 3:52 PM
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maybe in Hawaii they measure the back of the wave and cali the face is considered from trough to crest.
Double over-head is big enough and easier to judge.
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cfnubbler
Oct 4, 2009, 4:37 PM
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amigosandiego wrote: Hello all and good morning. Just curious. Are we adding in our rope stretch to these numbers? Reminds me of the calculations of surf...California 10ft is considered 3ft Hawaiian.
LOL. I guarantee there are some "optimistic" estimates of fall lengths in this thread. My rule of thumb is to divide the reported length of a fall in half. I'd bet the farm that in most cases in this thread, this method would result in a more accurate figure...
Not all, but most.
-Nubbler
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TJGoSurf
Oct 5, 2009, 6:04 PM
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That is correct. I've hit some 25-30' at Pipeline. It was an amazing day, didn't even care about the fine I got.
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bandycoot
Oct 5, 2009, 6:46 PM
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I got the nickname "Rocket Man" from a friend when I took a 70' headfirst fall (essentially all air). I blew a clip, combined with some belayer error...
Shortly thereafter, the friend who nicknamed me "Rocket Man" earned the nickname "Tumble Weed" when she slipped before the anchors of Sundance at Suicide and rolled about 100' almost back to her belayer. Ouch...
Josh
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amigosandiego
Oct 5, 2009, 6:48 PM
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Hello all- as I do enjoy reading all of this fun stuff on many of the forums. I have a question regarding this topic. I already know the answer for myself but was wondering is a 25ft fall really 50ft since you were out 25ft from your last pro? Also, what catagorizes a whipper? To some folks 25ft is a fall on a crash pad and not much more. Not poking just curious.
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TJGoSurf
Oct 5, 2009, 6:50 PM
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Well a whipper is determined by the speed you fall. Once you figure out the distance, length of rope, and some other fun numbers once you hit 30mph it is considered a whipper. Anything less and you should quit whining. But there are also subclasses to the whipper which is far too complicated to explain on a message board
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cracklover
Oct 5, 2009, 7:39 PM
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Biggest: 35+ footer sport climbing. No big deal.
Scariest: 10 footer, 15 feet off the deck, on an FA, falling on micro gear in a loose flake. But the biggest reason I was scared was the big flake I pulled off (which caused me to fall), chunks of which hit me and my belayer.
Ah, the joys of desert climbing!
GO
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TJGoSurf
Oct 5, 2009, 8:12 PM
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Way to ruin the gag. I would find it funny people writing in chalk on the rock trying to see if they got a whipper.
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hafilax
Oct 5, 2009, 8:16 PM
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A real whipper should be breaking the sound barrier.
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shimanilami
Oct 5, 2009, 8:16 PM
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Biggest? I've taken 40 footers with no worries. Falls on steeps are no big deal.
Scariest? 10' up and 10' left of the last bolt on a 10b TM slab climb. Cartwheeling. Shredded knees. I was scared when I made the move, scared when I realized my balance was lost, and scared as I fell. Fricking sucked!
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