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Chris Cunningham
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 16, 2015 - 07:10pm PT
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Rock Climber Plummets to the Ground
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a8a_1445030401
I have no other details. Usually, people who say "Nice!!" over and over are gym climbers. I don't think any of these folks caught the seriousness of what happened.
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overwatch
climber
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Oct 16, 2015 - 11:01pm PT
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Damn...their reaction was clueless
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Chris Cunningham
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 17, 2015 - 10:18pm PT
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I pulled the "plummets to the ground" from the original posting; I can plainly see he did not deck. They were top roping and I'm not buying the top cam pulled story; he was not setting gear on the way up and he did not go on a lower piece.
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John M
climber
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Oct 17, 2015 - 11:27pm PT
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Look to me like he was above the piece that pulled. He stepped on it and or dragged his foot over it. Then he fell and it pulled. The next piece down caught him. Looks like it was a bolt. But hard to tell.
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 18, 2015 - 08:33am PT
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Chris Cunningham -- "They were top roping and I'm not buying the top cam pulled story ..."
You are 100% wrong.
The other posters above who saw he was leading also were correct.
You can clearly see he was on the lead and his last piece blew when he fell.
His belayer did not do a sloppy belay like you seem to think.
Maybe your computer/screen doesn't show the video clearly enough?
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