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hangover
Feb 3, 2003, 1:49 AM
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i was at my buddies house today buildering on his chimney. its got like inlaid stone all the way up to about 40 ft or so. i climbed up to about 30ft but didnt have the testicular fortitude to finish it out, even though im sure i could have. i just wasnt sure how far i could fall without getting hurt. we were dropping onto a cordless bouldering pad and i fell when my feet were about 20 ft above the ground and was fine, but i just didnt have the balls to go higher. how far have u guys fallen from without getting hurt?
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woodse
Feb 3, 2003, 2:17 AM
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Falling from 20 feet? Why not downclimb?
14-15 feet bouldering is my longest to answer your question.
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aireq
Feb 3, 2003, 2:28 AM
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what I would really like to know is how many times someone on this board has made a "how far was your longest whipper/fall/jump/suicide attempt .. ." post.
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hangover
Feb 3, 2003, 2:30 AM
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I down climbed about 8-10 feet but it was really crimpy and the footholds were'nt really there so i didnt really feel like downclimbing all the way, and if i wasnt goin to get hurt, y the hell not just let go.
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baywolf
Feb 3, 2003, 2:32 AM
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I took about a 25 footer on a slab. turned my leg into ground beef.
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boulderpaul
Feb 4, 2003, 9:49 PM
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ive take a few 20-25 foot falls, on all of these i was fine but on a 15 footer i sprained my ankle real bad. i believe it si the landing that you have to worry about not so much the height.
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pilgrim
Feb 4, 2003, 10:02 PM
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Took a fall from about 35-40 feet up, landed on a log and crushed two vertebrae in my back. Talk about a long rehab...
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daisuke
Feb 4, 2003, 10:04 PM
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I once fell from the top of a 30 ft route to 2 feet above the deck landing on top of some thorn bushes and my belayer, I was lucky I didnīt get killed, but since people are recounting stories about injuries I think mine donīt qualify too much, I was scared to lead for about 2 months later!
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mreardon
Feb 4, 2003, 10:06 PM
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On a route, took a 60 footer but stayed off the ground. Took another 25 footer upside down, again stayed off the ground. Took a 40 footer into the ground and on my back, but walked away from it (actually went back up and finished the route later that day). Bouldering I've taken a 20 footer when a heel hook blew and my spotter caught me (no crash pad). With a crashpad this last weekend I took a few 15 footers but only the last one bruised my heel (only used single crashpads, once we start doubling up, what's next - a stuntpad?).
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qacwac
Feb 5, 2003, 2:49 AM
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I'd say the biggest I've taken is probably only about 8 to 10'.
Man, I've got to get out more.
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misha
Feb 5, 2003, 2:52 AM
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i met a guy who fell from 30 feet and walked away unscathed.
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coclimber26
Feb 10, 2003, 3:19 AM
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15 feet with a flat sand landing...didn't get hurt just sand everywhere..
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lox
Feb 10, 2003, 7:37 AM
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There is a sick bolder problem here in Central Texas where teh last move is an all points off dyno to a jug at 24 feet.
When you snatch the jug, you kinda get horizontal for a second... way up there.
WAYYYYYYYYYyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy up there.
I have taken that fall a couple of times.
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oudinardin
Feb 10, 2003, 12:28 PM
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Yeah, there was this sick problem we were working on down in Bama. Highballin, took a 60 footer, landed flat on my back, bounced up to the 12th move, grabbed hold of a jug and took a dump in my pants, then fell back to the ground and ripped a branker.It was sick, man.
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rrrADAM
Feb 10, 2003, 1:44 PM
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Longest falls were both on Trad...
40 footer on a Yellow Alien on Castleton Tower.
40+ footer on a #9 in Mt Lemmon.
Numerous smaller falls, on both Trad and Sport.
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overlord
Feb 10, 2003, 3:51 PM
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about 3 m... thets 9 feet, i believe... but i dont boulder much, no crashpad. that was on a traverse.
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busterclimbs
Feb 10, 2003, 4:01 PM
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25 foot down, bounced about 40ft across, right, landed on a tree root at the end of last summer. went back to work on crutches.
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hanger
Feb 10, 2003, 4:17 PM
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I've fallen 20 feet on an overhand and missed the ground by about 6 inches
My worst fall though was finals route in a climbing comp. It traversed up to the left. I had slack out to clicp and fell 4 feet past the last one. all in all I did a 12 foot pendulum accross the face I was climbing and hit a perpendicular wall with my side.....really who would make it like that????????????/
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mikefreeman
Feb 10, 2003, 4:38 PM
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saw a guy take a 30 footer on a slab in josh this weekend. ouch. more ground beef on the rock now.
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jono13
Feb 11, 2003, 5:05 AM
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15 feet, but it was in the gym on a nice padded floor, so it kind of doesnt count
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marcsv
Feb 11, 2003, 5:31 AM
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my screamers are only 15 feet high
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xanx
Feb 20, 2003, 4:54 AM
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i thunk u are all missing the point... this is a BOULDERING forum, so i assume we are talking FREE FALLS, as in, whippers dont count. well, maybe if you deck b/c of a bad belay... what is the difference between bouldering and leading with a really bad belayer... but hopefully nobody is THAT bad...
anyway in dont really have any good stories... the best i have is about 15' one a stack of gym pads... but don't worry, i'll get out to the gunks this spring, and i will try my best to show no concern for my own health :wink:
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easysteve
Feb 20, 2003, 5:15 AM
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In reply to: I down climbed about 8-10 feet but it was really crimpy and the footholds were'nt really there so i didnt really feel like downclimbing all the way, and if i wasnt goin to get hurt, y the hell not just let go.
Please tell me how you didn't know you were going to get hurt?
I fell about 30 feet while rappeling. Seemed like less, but that's about what it was. No harm done.
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wv5ten
Feb 21, 2003, 1:55 AM
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22-23 feet but it was during a comp onto a huge pad inside.
outside, about 8 feet, guiding safely to my misty highlander, and my friends highlander. yay for good spots
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superbum
Feb 21, 2003, 8:07 PM
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18 ft and I f#@%ed my ankle for a week. Landed square on the pad too!
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