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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 12, 2017 - 04:18pm PT
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hey there say... ran into this by accident, looking for something...
wow, sure hope he is okay...
does anyone know him?
prayers for him, and his family...
don't know how he is doing...
http://www.unionleader.com/safety/Amherst-ice-climber-rescued-after-fall-on-Cannon-Cliff-02062017
[quote]About two dozen people, including 14 good Samaritan climbers, helped rescue an Amherst climber who fell 50 to 60 feet on the Black Dike ice climbing route on Cannon Cliff on Saturday, authorities said Sunday.
The injured climber, Nick Pearson, 47, of Amherst, said as he was finishing the climbing route Saturday morning, he secured his ice axes into frozen hard snow and when he tried to pull himself up, the ice axes gave way, causing him to fall 50 to 60 feet before his protection stopped the fall. - See more at: http://www.unionleader.com/safety/Amherst-ice-climber-rescued-after-fall-on-Cannon-Cliff-02062017#sthash.32tuydoN.dpuf[/quote]
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Feb 12, 2017 - 05:47pm PT
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the guy on cannon got a tib fib.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:02pm PT
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Glad the climber is okay. I suppose if your going to take a 50 footer on the Dike, the exit would be one of the better spots to do it, although the lower from there would suck royally. I recall rolling water ice bulges (WI3)?
First time I did the Dike in 1980, I followed much of that pitch with my eyes closed due to zero visibility from the swirling snows and no goggles. My moustache had 3" long icicles hanging off it walrus-like, and my wool balaclava was frozen to my scalp under my helmet. Took me 1 hour in my Datsun pick-up with a broken heater to get that melted off my head.
Many top outs in the Whites have blue ice emerging from unconsolidated crud once you hit the trees. Sink your axes in that at your own risk.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2017 - 06:03pm PT
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hey there say, tradmanclimbs... say, THAT is what i was trying to find...
and i found the article, instead...
aya, shared on her facebook page and i was very concerned about him...
thanks for sharing more info...
thank you...
wow, they both need good wishes and prayers...
whewwww, :(
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perswig
climber
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Feb 12, 2017 - 06:05pm PT
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Neebee, Nick Pearson posted the next day on our local site to thank the climbers and rescue crews who got him down the talus and to the road and an ambulance. He described his injury as a 'very' broken ankle.
Cannon is a BIG cliff, and a deceptive place.
From the talus, weather moving in. Toe of cliff on the right.
Dale
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2017 - 06:15pm PT
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hey there say, perswig... thank you so very much...
very kind of you, for the update...
thank you!
neat pic, too, there, by the way... :)
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as of course, i have NO idea, what the cliff is like,
thank you, :) now, i do, :)
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saw the 'go fund' me page, for
matthew... it looks pretty bad, :(
prayers and best wishes, and for the
funds to flow in... oh my...
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Aya K
Trad climber
Boulder, CO!
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Feb 12, 2017 - 08:41pm PT
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Hey neebee, Matty is doing as well as can be expected; much better even. One of my dearest friends from the Adirondacks. Thank you so much for your concern!!!!!!! :)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2017 - 09:24pm PT
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hey there say, aya... i will email you at the facebook and get some cards ready for him and send them to you...
you are MOST MOST welcome!!!!
will be praying, :)
will make him a dreamcatcher, too...
:)
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