Worst case scenarios of wearing rings and watches climbing
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Buck Wilde

Boulder climber
Oregon
Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 6, 2017 - 01:09pm PT
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?
brotherbbock

climber
Alta Loma, CA
Nov 6, 2017 - 01:25pm PT
good times...
Climberdude

Trad climber
Clovis, CA
Nov 6, 2017 - 01:32pm PT
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.
Russ Walling

Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
Nov 6, 2017 - 01:38pm PT
A word of caution to those Prince Albert guys too...

No pic needed...
AP

Trad climber
Calgary
Nov 6, 2017 - 01:59pm PT
No pic wanted either
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Nov 6, 2017 - 02:04pm PT
Prince Albert? As in tobacco? Io non capisco.
Buck Wilde

Boulder climber
Oregon
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2017 - 02:30pm PT
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.
Bushman

climber
The state of quantum flux
Nov 6, 2017 - 04:03pm PT
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...
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Nov 6, 2017 - 04:09pm PT
https://www.orthobullets.com/hand/6061/ring-avulsion-injuries
(includes several gruesome photos)
cliffhanger

Trad climber
California
Nov 6, 2017 - 04:19pm PT
Supertaco threads on rings:

https://www.google.com/search?domains=supertopo.com&sitesearch=supertopo.com&client=pub-5123488992444294&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A000000%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BLH%3A38%3BLW%3A125%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fsupertopo.com%2Fimages%2Fhome_logo.gif%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fsupertopo.com%3BFORID%3A1%3B&hl=en&q=ring+gloving

Jimmy Fallon was just hanging out in his kitchen and almost lost his finger when his ring caught as he fell.

https://www.cnet.com/news/ring-avulsion-happens-to-people-other-than-jimmy-fallon-and-its-horrifying/

https://www.google.com/search?ei=1PoAWphgwaSPBN_Ko8gK&q=jimmy+fallon+ring+injury&oq=jimmy+fallon+ring+injury&gs_l=psy-ab.3...1106.9913.0.10476.12.12.0.0.0.0.470.1888.3j7j1j0j1.12.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.6.758...0j0i131k1j0i67k1j0i10k1.0.7bK_fC7o8_4
johntp

Trad climber
socal
Nov 6, 2017 - 04:25pm PT
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.
TimH

Trad climber
Nov 6, 2017 - 04:28pm PT
Googling "Pictures of ring avulsions" is not for the faint of heart (or of delicate stomach)
Stewart Johnson

Mountain climber
lake forest
Nov 6, 2017 - 04:57pm PT
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