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ropecutter

Trad climber
folsom,ca
Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 14, 2010 - 12:45am PT
Anyone lose a thumb climbing?
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Oct 14, 2010 - 01:01am PT
Eh, no....hope not to either.
Mighty Hiker

climber
Vancouver, B.C.
Oct 14, 2010 - 01:05am PT
An older friend lost a thumb, years ago, but not climbing the Nose.
mcreel

climber
Barcelona
Oct 14, 2010 - 01:06am PT
The message board in Camp 4 is a good place to check to see if anyone found it.
TripL7

Trad climber
san diego
Oct 14, 2010 - 01:19am PT
Let's not thumb our nose at this!
BooDawg

Social climber
Polynesian Paradise
Oct 14, 2010 - 01:30am PT
Maybe someone lost their nose climbing The Thumb...
BooDawg

Social climber
Polynesian Paradise
Oct 14, 2010 - 01:54am PT
Maybe someone was rooting in their nose with their thumb...
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Oct 14, 2010 - 01:44pm PT

Tami

R U sure it wasn't Boobtoob?????
HighTraverse

Social climber
Bay Area
Oct 14, 2010 - 01:46pm PT
I've read the thread title three times and each time I come up with "Lost partner's nose on Thumb route"
mooser

Trad climber
seattle
Oct 14, 2010 - 01:46pm PT
This thread confuses me...
Roxy

Trad climber
CA Central Coast
Oct 14, 2010 - 01:51pm PT
this thread needs pictures
Mr_T

Trad climber
Northern California
Oct 14, 2010 - 02:29pm PT
I know a guy who found a finger once, but it was down near the Palisades.
ropecutter

Trad climber
folsom,ca
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 14, 2010 - 03:47pm PT
We found the thumb @ the base. They flew it to San Fran. They attached it and is in hospital for the next week plus. Will post photos when I get home.
He slipped on a bannana peel on lead.
Was on the Nose route Thumbing around.
hooblie

climber
from where the anecdotes roam
Oct 14, 2010 - 04:11pm PT
thumbthingth amith
Jingy

climber
Somewhere out there
Oct 14, 2010 - 04:14pm PT
someone at facelift one year, mentioned that they found a thumb climbing...


it was doing the hard moves on midnight lightening





Not gonna mention anything about where the above party stowed the thumb after it downclimbed...
Norwegian

Trad climber
Placerville, California
Oct 14, 2010 - 05:08pm PT
get well john.
f*#king eh. sounds like a tough turn of events.

let me know if you need anything while your recouping.

chuck
nutjob

Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
Oct 14, 2010 - 06:19pm PT
I hope they had a car to get themselves to the hospital, because hitch-hiking would have been out of the question.
Gene

Social climber
Oct 14, 2010 - 06:21pm PT
^^^ +1
Eric Beck

Sport climber
Bishop, California
Oct 14, 2010 - 06:25pm PT
Here's a story I heard from quite a long while ago. The leader is on the right ski track (Tahquitz) and has run it out a fair amount and is getting quite gripped. He makes it to a fixed piton, but is too pumped to clip in, and so puts his thumb in the eye when his feet pop. Needless to say, the thumb comes right off. Can anyone verify this story?
bringmedeath

climber
la la land
Oct 14, 2010 - 06:33pm PT
"The little feature in the middle of the "don't skate mate" pitch which is shown as expanding in the supertopo is not expanding any more because it fell off last tuesday when I weighted it. It cut off my left ringfinger, bad luck."

Found that in the Sea of Dreams beta on this site... classic!
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