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happiegrrrl
Feb 17, 2007, 4:26 PM
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Speaking of gyms and communication....
I did have a near miss(or, more aptly, a near splat) in the gym once.
I was pretty new, and there was this fun route that included a roof crux that I just couldn't pull through. I finally got it, and was so happy for myself. Pulled up to the anchors and said "take."
I heard the "Gotcha" but the rope didn't go taut, and I had slack between me and the anchor rings. I yelled "Take" again, and got a more eexasperated "I heard you. Gotcha."
Thinking maybe my knot was pulled to the rings, and the excess to my harness was what was causing the slack, as had been the case another time, I checked the anchor rings.
Now, it should also be mentioned that the route had taken all I thought I had to give. I was definitely pumped and wanting relief.
So, when I looked at the anchor rings, and saw my knot was NOT pulled against it....I was like "WTF?" Plus, I was starting to sweat and could sort of feel my energy to hold was waning....
I yelled "FUCKING TAKE" and looked down to my belayer. He had a look of "What's WRONG with you?" on his face.....and was holding the gri gri latch WIDE OPEN. With his brake hand on the ripe, above the gri-gri as if ready to feed it through.
Yuh.....
He yelled back, in a nasty, voice "I SAID - I GOT CHA!!!"
Well - the surge of energy that went through my body was incredible. Letting go or falling was no longer an option and I swear my fingers grew Spiderman silk right then and there. Or Gecko suction. Or skyhook talons. Or something. I was on those holds like I'd been epoxied into place and the cement had bonded fully.
But I knew.....that holding was not a permanent solution. I instinctively understood that this was probably not a good time to be explaining how the gri-gri works.....
Instead, I SCREAMED...."LET THE FUCK GO OF THE GRI GRI!!!!"
The guys hands BOTH flew up in the air like a robber hearing "Freeze" and being on the recieving end of a big old gun with a cop not afraid to shoot on the other side.
I dropped off the hodls, the gir-gri caught me.
I am sure I swore a bit, and when the guy asked if he should lower me, I said "NO." By then, the supervisor was on board, and I asked them to make sure he didn't drop me.
I got to the ground, took myslef off rope, and started to stomp off, muttering something like "fuckin' idiot." The guy actually yelled "What's wrong with you? I HAD you!" He insisted he had correctly been handling the devise and my accusations that if I'd come onto the rope I'd have fallen to the ground were untrue. He had no idea.....
(This post was edited by happiegrrrl on Feb 17, 2007, 4:32 PM)
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Post edited by happiegrrrl
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Post edited by happiegrrrl
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