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csproul
Sep 27, 2010, 3:58 PM
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Here is a link, as posted on MP, detailing an accident that occurred here in NC. It appears that this is another incident of someone getting a hand/arm caught up in a carabiner during a fall.
http://mountainproject.com/...n__9252010/106902526
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notapplicable
Sep 28, 2010, 1:05 AM
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The two recent accidents of this sort are kind of unnerving. Standard wisdom has always been not to grab for the draw in a fall lest you end up fish-hooked but it never occurred to me that the biner might reach out and grab you.
I usually stay pretty loose during a fall and don't tuck my arms or anything but that might have to change...
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Gmburns2000
Sep 28, 2010, 2:28 AM
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YIKES! Wow.
Best wishes to the injured climber. Thankfully there were supposedly trained folks nearby to assist.
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ClimbSoHigh
Oct 15, 2010, 1:48 PM
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This is a good reason to stop falling! If you don't fall less can go wrong.
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Kartessa
Oct 15, 2010, 2:33 PM
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ICK! Every time I just see the title of this thread it gives me the heeby jeebies.
Speedy recovery to the climber!
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