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brendam
Oct 17, 2010, 7:32 PM
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uni_jim
Oct 17, 2010, 8:54 PM
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breast reduction surgery is the only solution.
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ozoneclimber
Oct 17, 2010, 9:05 PM
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A better belayer that provides a softer catch could solve your problem...
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giggly
Oct 17, 2010, 9:29 PM
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You could take up basket weaving.
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horseshoe
Oct 17, 2010, 9:49 PM
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Even though your current harness is women specific, it may be ill-fitting. It sounds as though it is situated too low on your hips. If you were on an extremely overhanging route (with your body already close to a horizontal orientation) it might have exacerbated the problem.
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jt512
Oct 17, 2010, 10:27 PM
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uni_jim wrote: breast reduction surgery is the only solution.
There's always ankle weights.
Jay
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rgold
Oct 17, 2010, 10:40 PM
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Guys can also be pretty top-heavy. And anyone can end up horizontal as you did in a long fall. The result is not necessarily the result of your particular endowments, which should be left as is, thank you very much.
As you found out, rotating to a horizontal position can be dangerous---I've read about broken backs.
I'm not at all sure a chest harness combined with a seat harness would be a good solution. It is true that they are used for all kinds of things, but long leader falls are not among their primary applications. Instead of back injuries, you get neck injuries from whiplash. I think this is one of the reasons European climbers gave up on chest harnesses years ago.
Perhaps the best approach, if you think your experience is more than a nasty single event, would be to train appropriate falling reflexes. Rotating chin to chest and sweeping the arms forward should help to rotate you forward rather than backward. Looking up and allowing the arms to swing back behind the torso would be the wrong position to get into.
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brendam
Oct 17, 2010, 11:00 PM
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Thank you rgold for your response. I just found up I suffered a small fracture during my fall. I am sore but very lucky.
I just joined the forum to get some advice as I am feeling very unsettled right now, but I see this forum is just a bunch of people (not everyone of course) with nothing better to do than ridicule.
RE: take up basket weaving...ankle weights etc.
Oh and by the way...I did look into breast reduction but it would cost me $15,000 min
I'll probably delete my name from this forum now.
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jt512
Oct 17, 2010, 11:34 PM
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brendam wrote: I'll probably delete my name from this forum now.
Just click the Delete button in your profile.
Jay
(This post was edited by jt512 on Oct 18, 2010, 1:51 AM)
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Lbrombach
Oct 18, 2010, 4:08 PM
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I'm not sure that I have any great advice, and I'm sorry to hear about the injury. Do you tend to flip over when just resting in the harness? I would think that you need to find a harness that allows you to hang more upright without a lot of effort...I don't know if that means just a change of harnedd or a chest harness. My first harness tended to be a workout to hang upright. My second harness is wayyy better about that. Also, sorry that some folks here are worthless, juvenile, douchebags. It's not the majority of folks here, it's just that theyre very vocal and can't keep their douchebaggery to themselves.
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Toast_in_the_Machine
Oct 18, 2010, 4:10 PM
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brendam wrote: I just joined the forum to get some advice as I am feeling very unsettled right now, but I see this forum is just a bunch of people (not everyone of course) with nothing better to do than ridicule.
Considering that 50% of the posts in this thread are advice you are looking at a good signal to noise ratio.
Relax, most everyone here has felt unsettled at some point while climbing and most can sympathize with the jangled nerves.
The other thing to remember, is that not eveyone comes here for advice. Some come here for a laugh. As this thread shows, it is easier to get advice. If you haven't followed JT's advice, please stick around. Who knows, you might be turn out to be a laugh a post kind of poster.
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boymeetsrock
Oct 18, 2010, 5:35 PM
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jt512 wrote: brendam wrote: I'll probably delete my name from this forum now. Just click the Delete button in your profile. Jay
How can we get you to do that?
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