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Gene
climber
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Sep 27, 2011 - 08:14pm PT
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Wow!!!!
Great pics, Tom. Thanks. Props to SAR!
Sullly,
LMAO!
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Sep 27, 2011 - 08:17pm PT
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Yes, WOW!!!
Well documented.
Worth checking out, y'all...
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Fish Finder
Social climber
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
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Sep 27, 2011 - 08:19pm PT
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Awesome.
Some of the best if not thee best in the Nation.
Go Yosar !!!
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jstan
climber
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Sep 27, 2011 - 08:19pm PT
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I have to ask a question. Even when we don't do anything silly while climbing, as in this case, we really by rights, should expect to want to pay $100,000 for medical and rescue assistance when the worst happens.
Does this ever enter into our thinking?
Insurance is great but ultimately people struggling just to keep their heads above water each month end up footing the bill.
Should this not be in our thinking? Somewhere.
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BriGuy
climber
black hills
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Sep 27, 2011 - 08:27pm PT
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Tom, great report! Way to go YOSAR.
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Sep 27, 2011 - 08:35pm PT
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Fantastic. A lot of brilliant "behind-the-scenes" techniques developed by John Dill here in terms of allowing a helicopter to safely do this type of manoeuvre.
Hats off!
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Sep 27, 2011 - 08:44pm PT
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Sorry for the trauma Michael, and I hope you heal quickly. This makes me realize how lucky I was with a big fall earlier this year that took off all the skin but left the finger and tendons attached.
But damn, that rescue is more cool than the made up stuff in Cliffhanger!
How does the rope from the chopper get attached at the belay in such a way that it is secure for people but doesn't leave the chopper stapled to the wall in an emergency (or rip out the anchor bolts if the chopper has to leave suddenly)?
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Sep 27, 2011 - 08:49pm PT
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Way to be on the scene. It is really impressive YOSAR was able to react so quickly and pull it off.
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Johnny K.
climber
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Sep 27, 2011 - 08:53pm PT
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Glad he got his finger reattached successfully!
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TruckeeJC
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 27, 2011 - 08:55pm PT
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Nice job YOSAR and best wishes for a speedy recovery. That seems like a really frickin' random injury.
Jack
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Land of God-less fools
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Sep 27, 2011 - 08:57pm PT
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Ouch!
The nose scores another thumb.
Impressive rescue, and pics.
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Matt M
Trad climber
Alamo City
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Sep 27, 2011 - 08:58pm PT
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@jstan
While I agree that a high profile rescue like this does raise those questions there are probably far more "rescues" done by SAR for all those lost hikers and such. Multi-Day searches etc etc. Do you charge each individual for such things? I'd argue only in cases of gross negligence. Sh*t happens and it's nice to know it's not quite a dog eat dog world out there in nature.
My wife works at a level one trauma center in town. If you knew how much $$ is wasted on frivolous transfers of patients that are DOA or will be due to DUMB ASS stuff (DUI is common but there's much more to go WTF!?!) From what I've heard I'm HAPPY to help a climber out of a predicament with my taxes. It's the 100s of low lifes and idiots out there EVERYDAY that I hate providing "help" too.
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elcap-pics
Big Wall climber
Crestline CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 27, 2011 - 09:04pm PT
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Yo.. I talked to the climbers involved and they have insurance with the Austrian Alpine club that they say will cover the expenses.
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Sep 27, 2011 - 09:06pm PT
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Another terrific rescue by the YOSAR folks!
Great photos Tom! The detail & palate of colors are something special. Sorry that it was such an unfortunate injury that precipatated the rescue but I'm glad to hear that they reattached the thumb of the victim.
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Sep 27, 2011 - 09:07pm PT
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Tragic, but very good ending
Great shots of the rescue Tom.
I have a little more respect for those SAR folks now.
Thanks
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Timmc
climber
BC
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Sep 27, 2011 - 09:25pm PT
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Props to pilot and guys at end of the long line. Nice images too.
Nutjob, an Italian hitch (Munter) is often used but (obviously) not sure in this case.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Sep 27, 2011 - 09:40pm PT
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Sometimes it amazes me that I was once a member of Yosar, in the
loosest sense and before it was called that. I went on several
rescues, because the rescues were done by those available,
the climbers who knew how to climb and how to handle ropes.
It's amazing to see how far the world has travelled since those
mid and later 1960s... I remember one rescue where someone
came running into Camp 4, one of us, I'm sure, and yelled someone
had fallen on the Apron, and about ten of us as equally sudden
stampeded toward whatever transportation there was to get there...
There is also a very distinguished history for the Rocky Mountain
Rescue Group, in Colorado, who have made thousands of rescues
and saved hundreds of lives. They've done some really big
and significant rescues, such as off the Diamond on Longs.
While I made a few outings with them
into the high country, to carry someone down some long trail
after they fell on talus and broke a femur, most of my contributions
were in a more local way to Boulder. I was often the rope gun,
as it were, to lead up the rock for the rescue group. Kor, Rearick,
I, Culp, Dalke... we all served in that role at different times.
I was a guest speaker not long ago for the 60th anniversary of
the RMRG, and I really began to realize how little credit some of
these people have gotten, silent members of the group who have
been there for years and years. When I was a kid they brought me
along, to help me learn, and in those early days they even plucked
me off a rock or two....
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Sep 27, 2011 - 09:53pm PT
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awesome job! Quick healing to the injured climber. Susan
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