Perhaps this has made the rounds, but I didn’t see it. Here is a good (casualty-free) reminder to be careful around big drops:
Trip Report
Perhaps this has made the rounds, but I didn’t see it. Here is a good (casualty-free) reminder to be careful around big drops:
townsend
Glad no harm involved.
There is simply no good reason to be that close to the edge without a safety tether of some sort. I just returned from a club climb at Wichita Mountain Wildlife Preserve (OK) this weekend. Two different leaders of the club set up top rope anchors — one did it for Saturday’s climbs, then had to leave, and another leader stepped forward to set up different top rope anchors for Sunday’s climbs. They set the perfect example — they are always using a safety tether when closer than 3′ to an edge.
In fact, in one case, the leader slung rope around a sufficiently grounded bush 30′ feet from the edge, ran the rope to the edge, and clipped in his safety tether to continue setting up a complex anchor with three primary points (we always set up top rope anchors where they terminate over the edge — best way to take care of rope AND the rock).
Come on — wear helmets AND use safety tethers.
spinesnaper
Thanks for sharing that video. It is pretty amazing.
Scott Patterson
It’s a good thing that it was a wet canyon! That would hurt if he fell on rocks!
Bootboy
Right on his head. That fall would have been fatal if it was onto rock.
Bootboy
Or to wear stealth rubber