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Sioux Juan
Big Wall climber
Costa mesa
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 2, 2015 - 07:23pm PT
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Alpamayo
Trad climber
Davis, CA
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That'll teach you to keep the rope in front of your leg.
(I assume you fell with the rope behind your leg?)
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couchmaster
climber
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Rope burns suck for sure. Big ones, like yours, much more so.
That's gonna be there a long while. Ouch, heal up. Care to share the story?
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Sioux Juan
Big Wall climber
Costa mesa
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2016 - 12:37pm PT
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the story is .........I walked by just after this guy took a leader fall on the first pitch of some north face Tahquitz route ? we were on our way to do white maiden's walkway.........tucker, Robert and I ...........MAN ! this guy was in shock fer sur ! and acted cool bout it ( that's how we figured he was in shock ).....he was badly hurt ! looked to the flesh to me.....just saying ?
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Jan 12, 2016 - 12:41pm PT
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Long story short; lowered Brian Becker on a hip belay in Garden of the Gods. Oouch.
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overwatch
climber
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Jan 12, 2016 - 12:59pm PT
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Burned all the hair off your legs.
I don't have pictures but I sustained rope burns to my fingers on both hands just above where the half finger leather gloves ended...almost to the bone. I was working the rail at a Theatre and we were doing Cats. Huge heavy set piece that I kept getting s h i t from the stage manager for not bringing in fast enough.
I sent it winging in, all pissed off at getting gaffed by the guy, and couldn't stop it in time before it slammed into the deck, even though I held on until I was pulled off my feet trying to stop it. My fingers looked like hamburger and took forever to heal. I got to go home early. I will never do that job without full leather gloves again.
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I know...no pics, it didn't happen but my fingers were way worse than anything shown so far. I still have a little loss of sensitivity from like 10+ years ago
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Hard Rock
Trad climber
Montana
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Jan 12, 2016 - 01:54pm PT
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Had rope burns with the hip belay. Using a gold line would increase your chances. It also built character.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jan 13, 2016 - 11:03am PT
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You don't know rope burns until you've rapped off an overhang using the Dulfersitz
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wallyvirginia
Trad climber
Stockholm, Sweden
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Jan 13, 2016 - 11:43am PT
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I know what that feels like. This was about a week later, the scab would crack whenever I walked somewhere so it took ages to heal.
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