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GoMZ

Trad climber

Eastern Sierra

Mar 16, 2015 - 12:13am PT

Scott was one of the most positive people I knew. Damn, this sucks.

KitKat

Trad climber

Strawberry

Mar 16, 2015 - 12:14am PT

Oh my gosh! Tragic. Much love to you all, especially Scott's fiancé.

Capt.

climber

some eastside hovel

Mar 16, 2015 - 06:57am PT

This is very sad news. Condolences to all affected.

telemon01

Trad climber

Montana

Mar 16, 2015 - 07:09am PT

Scott Sederstrom is a Flathead Valley native. I met and climbed with Scott in the early 90's at Stone Hill. Scott was talented, humble and full of positive energy. When I first saw him climb, he was leading a classic hand crack called Night Flyer, cruising the crux so casually it was hard to tell where the difficulties lay.

He then went on to do the first onsight ascent of a thin face and finger crack called Skin To Win, a 5.11b project one of his best friends had cleaned and bolted but not yet led cleanly.

We finished the day at the Aquaclimb, an awesome deep water solo that requires a 45' 5.10 traverse over open water and then a horizontal roof crack that hung 15' above the lake. None of us pulled the lip on this hard 5.12, but Scott made it farther than any of us, flaming out at the lip and falling into the water below.

Smiles, sun and lots of Positive Energy! That is how I remember Scott.

Lynne Leichtfuss

Trad climber

Will know soon

Mar 16, 2015 - 09:31pm PT

Family, loved ones and friends will be feeling the grief tonight as the numbness of loss begins to wear off. My prayers of comfort and peace go to all who loved Scott. Sorrow and pain are sometimes life breakers. Be there for each other and let the flow of time heal .......a day at a time, a step at a time, with peace, patience and perseverance. Know that many here at the ST campfire hold you in their hearts, positive thoughts and prayers.

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Mar 17, 2015 - 06:17am PT

Well said Dean.

Condolences and vibes to all his people.

old craghag

Sport climber

Bishop

Mar 17, 2015 - 07:32am PT

Condolences to all, Scott was an amazing person who lived life to the fullest and on his own terms. He made a huge difference in the lives he touched. I feel sorry for the people that will never get to know him. He was loved by many and will be greatly missed.

limpingcrab

Trad climber

the middle of CA

Mar 17, 2015 - 09:52am PT

http://www.rockandice.com/lates-news/climber-falls-to-death-apparent-bolt-failure

Scott Sederstrom, 44, fell to his death on Friday, March 13 when a bolt failed on Life in Electric Larvae Land (5.10b) at Silent Pillar Wall, Owen’s River Gorge, outside of Bishop, California.
When Sederstrom did not return that evening, his fiancé drove to the lower gorge parking lot. She found his van and dog there. Inyo Country Search and Rescue began an organized search in the morning.

About an hour into the search, a family friend of Sedestrom’s found his body in the gorge. Sederstrom was on the ground, with an eight-foot loop of slack between the tie-in point on his harness and GriGri attached to his belay loop. A quickdraw was on the rope within the loop, and a bolt hanger, missing its bolt, was on the other end of the draw.

Sederstrom had a stick-clip attached to his harness. The evidence suggests that he was going bolt to bolt—unclipping the one below as he went—when the third bolt of the climb failed.

Sederstrom fell 25 to 30 feet to the ground, suffering trauma to his head. He was not wearing a helmet.

Big Mike

Trad climber

Mar 17, 2015 - 09:59am PT

Condolences to friends and family. Another loss to the tribe.

Reading the above I immediatly went into analysis mode. Let's not do it on this thread.

Or maybe start a proper RIP thread for Scott.

Fritz

Trad climber

Choss Creek, ID

Mar 17, 2015 - 10:04am PT

I never had the pleasure of knowing Scott Sederstrom. My condolonces to his family and many friends.

ionlyski

Trad climber

Kalispell, Montana

Mar 17, 2015 - 10:13am PT

That all sounds bizarre for sure; I have no interest in unraveling any of it.

I will only say that Scott was as experienced as you can get. Only by being older could a person possibly gain more experience than he had and that would be rare.

Waiting for someone who knew him better to start a memorial thread, when the time may be right for it.

Respect and sadness.

Arne

Greg Barnes

climber

Mar 17, 2015 - 10:42am PT

Two highly experienced climbers are investigating the broken bolt and replacing bolt(s) down there today. When we hear from them, I think we should start a new thread with their results, to keep this thread about Scott.

Daphne

Trad climber

Northern California

Mar 17, 2015 - 11:21am PT

Sending prayers of love and comfort for Scott's family, friends, fiancé and dog.

skitch

climber

East of Heaven

Mar 17, 2015 - 11:56am PT

Is no one allowed to discuss what really happened??? Seems like a very important learning lesson.

My condolences to Scott's friends and family.

Greg Barnes

climber

Mar 17, 2015 - 12:13pm PT

Is no one allowed to discuss what really happened??? Seems like a very important learning lesson.

People are showing admirable restraint with speculation. When we hear back about the broken bolt, we'll start a new thread about the accident.

SC seagoat

Trad climber

Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?

Mar 17, 2015 - 12:40pm PT

Very Sad. Thoughts to his family and friends and dear fiance.

Susan

Big Mike

Trad climber

Mar 17, 2015 - 12:43pm PT

I think a proper full name thread should be started by someone who knew him. Like Simon said.

couchmaster

climber

Mar 17, 2015 - 02:19pm PT

Greg said:

"When we hear back about the broken bolt, we'll start a new thread about the accident."

Thanks Greg. As someone who has rapped off single bolts (or worse) multiple times and lived to tell the tale(s), I look forward to hearing the full version. Please post a link to this thread when if goes up if you would please.

To Scott's loved ones, my deepest condolences to you all. Scott sounded like a wonderful person. The kind the world needs more of, sorry to see the world lose another good one.