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Buck Wilde
Boulder climber
Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 6, 2017 - 01:09pm PT
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I feel like I keep having the discussions with people about the safety issues surrounding wearing rings and watches while climbing. Can y'all share some horror (or lack thereof) stories to give me 'ammo' in these discussion?
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Climberdude
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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Thank you for bringing this up. I see people climbing in the gym and outdoors all the time with rings and watches on. I tell them about the dangers of this in that they can get stuck and pull of the skin, called "gloving", but they just give me blank stares. I do work on machinery where we are prohibited from wearing rings and watches for this reason.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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A word of caution to those Prince Albert guys too...
No pic needed...
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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No pic wanted either
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Prince Albert? As in tobacco? Io non capisco.
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Buck Wilde
Boulder climber
Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2017 - 02:30pm PT
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they just give me blank stares
Me too...that's why I brought this up.
Seems obvious to me but for some reason some people don't get the risks.
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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The wife gave me grief for years because I didn't wear my wedding ring, used to wear it on a cord around my neck. She finally left me alone about it. I still don't wear it after I quit rock climbing years ago, too much machinery at work, and I still climb trees on occasion and never liked what the ring did to my skin whenever I hooked it on a branch stub or other hazards.
I do like to hang from my huge ear piercings and swing from limb to limb though...
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Never had any damage. I just remove the ring and watch before climbing. They get in the way. And as stated, watches can get trashed in cracks.
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TimH
Trad climber
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Googling "Pictures of ring avulsions" is not for the faint of heart (or of delicate stomach)
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