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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Dec 14, 2010 - 11:23pm PT
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Local news station reported this today "...7,500 ft tall mountain..."
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AlephZer0
climber
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Dec 14, 2010 - 11:47pm PT
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The climbers are down and safe. Apart from a broken bone in her back and being pretty battered up, the injured climber is doing fine.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Dec 14, 2010 - 11:51pm PT
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good work YOSAR. much appreciated. heal well climber.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 15, 2010 - 10:07am PT
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Thanks for the update, Sarah.
Get better soon!!!!!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Dec 15, 2010 - 02:30pm PT
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That's great news. Glad to hear everyone is [more or less] OK. Thanks so much for the firsthand "trip report" and the current info from Werner et al.
What were the weather conditions? Any snow?
I am curious as to the exact method of a rescue like this. I read Werner's presumed sequence above. When you say "lower", is there some sort of winch system involved? Do you use ropes or cables? Do you rebelay the ropes, or just use one long ass rope? What kind of ropes - regular static 11mm caving ropes? Or do you attach the injured climber to the rope with a rap device, and "ride" them down, like we do when we "ride our pigs" when rappelling with very heavy pigs.
Also, when I was on Mammoth Terraces this fall en route to Albatross, we watched a helicopter rescue just around the corner somewhere around the Nose. It appeared as though a rescuer was flown in, and that the victim was flown out in a litter. From what Werner writes above, no litter was used to fly out the victim?
What determines whether a helicopter will be used in the actual rescue, or knott?
Cheers,
Techno-geek wall climber Pete
From Edie's twitter:
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PAUL SOUZA
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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Dec 15, 2010 - 03:06pm PT
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Park rangers helped lower the trio down the 7,500-foot granite monolith to safety on Monday afternoon.
Really?? lol
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Dec 15, 2010 - 05:04pm PT
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You need to climb with me, Silver. We frequently have "all you can drink nights" on the summit after finishing a wall. And gourmet cans, heated round the campfire. What could be better?
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Dec 15, 2010 - 07:51pm PT
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Hey Sarah, glad to hear that you are doing ok! Best of luck for a quick recovery!
A few photos, taken from the base. Click on images for full size.
Nice job, YOSAR. You guys and gals run a smooth operation.
Good to see you again, Werner.
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shipoopoi
Big Wall climber
oakland
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Dec 15, 2010 - 08:45pm PT
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big action on the big stone. sarah, glad to hear you'll be fine with time. i've broken that procese thing also and yeah, it hurts bad for a few days. then slowly heals up. you would think things would be more solid on the TRIP, but really, there is a lot of loose stuff still up there. ss
ps you know what i say about rescues...that we each are entitled to one, but try not to have a second. LOL
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Bullwinkle
Boulder climber
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Dec 15, 2010 - 08:49pm PT
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Great Job by SAR. . .df
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Dec 15, 2010 - 09:45pm PT
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Word, Steve.
Glad to hear all is well. Or as well as can be expected.
Rock on, Sarah.
Excellent pics, Minerals.
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Shack
Big Wall climber
Reno NV
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Dec 15, 2010 - 11:13pm PT
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Sounds like it could have been alot worse.
Glad she is doing ok.
Really nice pics Minerals.
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Dec 15, 2010 - 11:49pm PT
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Werner, don't be fooled! Don't answer PtPP!! He's just trolling for a clever way to get all his haulbags airlifted off at the end of a route.
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Dec 16, 2010 - 12:19am PT
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Great job, team!
You all make me feel proud to be a member of the climbing community.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 17, 2010 - 09:09pm PT
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Any word on Sarah???
Hope you're doing okay!!!!
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Dec 18, 2010 - 05:22pm PT
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Glad she's doing well and survived!
Well done guys.
Tom
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Dec 18, 2010 - 05:38pm PT
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That's a great pic! Can you upload a higher res. version?
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OlympicMtnBoy
climber
Seattle
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Sarah (or other team mates), as much as I could use a couple extra Aliens and stuff, send me your info and I'll get you some gear back from P11. I guess we were the first team up there this year.
I ended up placing a ballnut, a small brass nut, and a black alien to get past the missing flake and over to the first bolt of the ladder. It didn't seem too loose in there now, but a tad trickier than the rest of the pitch.
- OMB
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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OMB, I was wondering if that gear that was mentioned on Moof's report belonged to them.
Good on ya for pulling this thread up and offereing to get their gear back to them, and letting us know the new gear order. +3 karma points to you.
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