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saxfiend


Dec 31, 2006, 10:41 PM
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Stranded Climbers Rescued at Laurel Knob  (North_America: United_States: North_Carolina: Western: Laurel_Knob)
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Imagine hanging in your harness all night in 25-degree weather with a stream of water running down a water groove over your feet and legs. For an amazing first-hand account of this and the next morning's rescue, check this link:

http://carolinaclimbers.org/.../viewtopic.php?t=666

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Dec 31, 2006, 11:30 PM
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Yea, I read that story earlier... pretty crazy stuff. It's too bad that they did not just make a makeshift leaver anchor with all the gear they had, but it seems that they were kind of out of it b/c of the hypothermia.


tradrenn


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Fack me man, that was an Epic, holy shit.

Thanks for posting it Saxfiend.


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