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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 6, 2011 - 03:07pm PT
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Supertopo contributer, Lars Johansen, was injured at the Pinnacles yesterday in a rock fall incident. He is in ICU in San Jose. He is quite broken up. Send him good vibes.
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Get well soon Lars. Thinking healing thoughts.
Erik
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A5scott
Trad climber
Chicago
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prayers, mojo and good vibes sent
scott
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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so sorry to hear this!
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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So sorry to hear about this. Good luck to Lars.
Even though I don't know him, when he's ready to receive visitors I'd be glad to go see him.
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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Whoa, very sorry to hear. Best to you Lars!
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scuffy b
climber
dissected alluvial deposits, late Pleistocene
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Best Wishes, Lars. Heal well.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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positive thoughts going your way Lars.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Bummer...best wishes.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Rockfall sux. Heal up.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Positive vibes man, heal up!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Heal up Lars, here's some vibes....
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Best wishes...heal soon.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Ouch, I just met and talked with him at the base of Lava Falls on Sunday afternoon.
He's a longtime Pinnacles veteran; probably was being careful but sometimes things go wrong that overcome normally good plans.
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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It's important to note that this was not a climbing accident. It happened on the approach to the climb (class two or three). We still had our packs on. A huge boulder rolled on top of him.
Also, Lars is stable, but (obviously) still in the hospital. He had more broken bones than I can list.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Here's to a speedy recovery!
Quote from Toula's Rock-n-Road, from a non-local:
"You know what your poop looks like after eating corn-on-the-cob and a Payday bar? It looks like Pinnacles National Monument."
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Gagner
climber
Boulder
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Whooa - bummer, that sucks.
All the best for a speedy and uneventful recovery.
Paul
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 6, 2011 - 07:43pm PT
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From Mud and Crud web site:
As we were moving uphill, Josh was in the lead, then Lars and then me. We were in a bit of a slot between a slab and a short cliff. The three foot diameter boulder came loose with no warning. Josh and I agree that Lars then literally threw Josh out of the way (it appears that Josh has a minor wrist fracture in spite of Lars’ effort). I dove off to the left. Lars had nowhere to go. The boulder came to a stop on top of his legs. Nothing Josh and I tried would budge the boulder; it must have weighed hundreds of pounds. As I was running for help, Josh dug under the boulder to free Lars. It took 45 minutes of digging with his bare hands (and a broken wrist). Josh is EMT trained and between him and NPS ranger Mark they absolutely saved his life.
Brad Young
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
WA, & NC & Idaho
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Best wishes for a speedy recovery Lars!
You'll pull through!!!
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