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skecthballer
Sep 14, 2003, 3:53 AM
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one time i was climbing and a bee came up to me and stung me right under my left eye
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tyify
Sep 17, 2003, 1:16 AM
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Lots of broken backs...Ouch!
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monkeyarm
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I partially tore my hamstring with a hgih heel hook on a boulder problem.
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dc
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fortunately, ive never had anything as bad as a broken back or any broken bones for that matter.. but i have had several in-grown toe-nails.. which hurt like hell!!! and theyre reoccurring too... thats probably the worst part about them :? :(
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climbinmike
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I took about a twenty foot lead fall near the top of a 5.10 and my leg got tangled up in the rope so I ended up hitting the wall upside down with my head and going unconcious til I woke up on the ground a few minutes later(I think) and having a gash in my forehead. I got 5 stitches, a CT skan, and a sponge bath from a nurse that looked like tara reid, ok I'm lying about the bubble bath she really looked more like Daisy Fuentes.
-It's about quality not quantity-
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ropeburn
Sep 29, 2003, 5:03 AM
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Today I severely dislocated my left elbow. I fell off a problem really awkwardly and I guess landed on my arm, well it bent backwards about 100 degrees, yowsarrrr.....that smarts! After spending five or six hours in the ER and being pumped full of heavy drugs, I get to go see a specialist tomorrow to see how bad I broke stuff.
Worst of all it doesn't seem I'll be climbing for quite a while.
....I got to go pop a couple vicadin.....
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hawgdrver
Sep 29, 2003, 5:30 AM
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tyify
Oct 12, 2003, 3:56 AM
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Thats awesome hawg...hahah
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dynoguy
Oct 12, 2003, 4:19 AM
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I've hurt my pride a bunch of times :oops:
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telemarkist
Oct 12, 2003, 4:33 AM
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broken left ankle, badly sprained right ankle
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crazygirl
Oct 13, 2003, 7:45 PM
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clinger, please stop climbing now
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cthcrockclimber
Oct 13, 2003, 9:56 PM
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one time I was sitting on this portaledge and my leg fell asleep.
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stick233
Oct 14, 2003, 2:54 PM
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man, i twisted an ankle once, but the worst was the down hike from the pond in queen creek. i slipped and caught myself and hurt my shoulder. now i'm sitting at work barely able to lift the damn arm. time to go see a doctor... i'll give it 3 days and the call goes through... figures, descending is more dangerous than climbing...
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hroldan
Oct 14, 2003, 3:12 PM
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A lesion on the lumbars 1-5 and 1 sacrolumbar... hurts... :(
I won't climb for 1 month... :roll: 24 days and counting...
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dontfall
Oct 14, 2003, 3:21 PM
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Other than some scratches and blood pressure rising when I can't get the crux, I've been fine.
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static_climber
Oct 14, 2003, 6:43 PM
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broken finger my right index finger.
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tucsonalex
Oct 14, 2003, 7:31 PM
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I got stung by a wasp at the Homestead on Saturday. Next time I'm bringing an extra large can of raid and if any of them come near me they're going to get fumigated.
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clymber
Oct 14, 2003, 8:16 PM
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pulled a tendon pulley around the 4th of july in austin..and afew flappers
and by far the worst was a blister on one of my toes from my climbing shoes
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jackwhite
Oct 15, 2003, 4:36 AM
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I severed my left Achilles tendon in a leader fall at Rumney, NH this past spring. Following repair surgery, I finally got back on the rock four months to the day after the accident (and a month after my 60th birthday), thanks to an intense PT program that started as soon as I was out of the hard cast (5 weeks post surgery). Muscle atrophy in the calf and ankle of the affected leg is the biggest problem to overcome ... my orthopedist tells me it can take a full year to totally regain the strength. Actually, doing downhill scrambles over rocky walkoff paths are harder for me now than climbing, because of the instability caused by ankle weakness.
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Oct 19, 2003, 3:00 PM
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In reply to: I got stung by a wasp at the Homestead on Saturday. Next time I'm bringing an extra large can of raid and if any of them come near me they're going to get fumigated.
If you get stung and finish the climb, you can upgrade the route! so a 10a will earn you a 10b. If you get stung in the crux or other hard part, and don't fall, it could earn 2 upgrades; 2+ stings will also yield double grade increase, like from a 10a to 10c..
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jacobs
Oct 19, 2003, 5:47 PM
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I popped my shoulder out one time bouldering.after that I stopped boldering.
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jesusismyhomeboy
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Lets see... A flapper
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tgreene
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June 26, 1993 ~ Around 3:40pm
I lost control of a rope at 75' while on rappel, and burned into the slab rock below...
I was rapping on a brand new rope that didn't belong to me, and started down too fast. I lost control of the brake, I so I tried to grab down on the rope above, but it sawed through my fingerless glove and burned a rope line into the palm of my hand. Instinctively, I completely released since my hand was literally melting, and once I realized what I had done, there was no turning back... The problem as I see it, was that I was using an ATC (brand new to the market at the time) and the new stiff rope was not doubled, so it shot through the device w/o any resistance. There was so much drag on the edge of the ATC, that it burned a slight groove into the side of it, and polished it like a mirror... Due to karma and all, I still use that very same ATC, and will never retire it! 8)
I landed on my left foot, causing the calcaneous to be driven up into my ankle, seperating but not breaking the 7 ankle bones. The impact radiated up and splintered L2 all to hell and back, and bone fragments were exposed to and surrounding my spinal cord.
I was Life-Flighted into Pittsburgh, where I was immediately told I was paralyzed and may never be able to walk again. I called BULL$HIT, refused surgery, and walked (hobbled actually) out of the Neuro-ICU ward 4 days later!
I thoroughly ripped into the media when they called my hospital room to do interviews (I saved the stories)... They wanted to know exactly where it happened and all of the specifics, but I reminded them that it folks like "them" that would use this info against us to shut down our favorite climbing and rappelling areas, while their own kids sit at home on their fat asses stuffing their faces with chips and playing Nintendo!
Since the ATC had only been on the market for a couple of weeks at that time, I may very well have been the first critical accident that could be attributed to it's use in a careless manner.
I think what pissed my off the most, was the idiot "rescuers" that showed up on the scene and despite the fact that it was only 34* out, in the dead of winter, chose to cut off my clothing to check my vitals. I tried to explain to them that I was already borderline shocky, and that I needed the warmth, but they insisted, and cut away my gear and clothing... They were unable to get positive vitals, because I immediately lost my core temp and went into full shock. To make matters worse, they hooked my up to a litter basket feet first, for the ascent up the extremely steep yak trail... I asked if they could be so kind as to turn me around, so I wouldn't pass out from being inverted for the hike out. Finally, it got to the point that my friends demanded to take control of the extraction, and they got me out safely and w/o further incident.
The last thing I remember before being loaded into the bird and getting pumped w/ Morphine was, my climbing partner hollering over to me that he had my gear for safe keeping, just in case I died and they got to split it up... While they didn't understand the meaning behind it, the reporters on scene had a field day w/ that comment, and it made the papers, along w/ pix of the extraction! :D
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