happiegrrrl
May 28, 2008, 3:13 PM
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....that would require not only the space person understanding and knowing how to prussik, but someone else out of....the remaining 7 climbers.... to know the technique.
Pretty amazing that, apparently, nobody did. But to be fair, maybe someone did suggest it and the screamer was too out of control to deal with it.
I look at GoClimb's arrow drawing and - am SO glad I was nowhere near that area. I thought, when reading the Gunks.com post, that I heard the screamer, but was wrong. The one I heard was on Sunday, and further west on the cliff. The imagery of a person dangling* like that and getting them onto the ledge as was described....makes me pretty queazy.
What freaks me out, and not just in this scenario, is how many people are willing to bring people out with them who don't have basic skills, in climbing NOR do they have the skills to assist those partners that they are are well aware cannot be responsible for themselves.
* Should this event be referred to as The Dangler, Direct Variation?....
(edit: Oops, I have been writing GoClimb, and it's Cracklover...I am getting senile).
(This post was edited by happiegrrrl on May 28, 2008, 3:15 PM)
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