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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Jay,
I believe the account you are referring to is:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=2102154;page=3;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;
Posted by: cfarr
Mar 17, 2009, 10:14 PM
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While I am very hesitant to reply, I would like to know what happened, for closure I guess. I was the third or fourth person on the scene. I am still puzzled by what I saw. The second was about thirty feet up, hanging on what appeared to be the second rope for the third member of the party. The rope was clipped into his haul loop, with no line attached at tie in point! The lead line was hanging near the ground with the first half of a figure 8 near to the ground, and ran through 2 or 3 pieces not far from the top of the formation where the other end appeared to still be. Nothing appeared to be attached to the deceased. Too many unknowns to make conclusions, and while I have my guesses I'll keep them to myself. Hopefully someone can fill in the blanks.
Any information on how the second is doing would be very appreciated.
One problem with this account is that it is an observation sometime after the accident occurred. Wendell had already untied Woody from the lead line, which explains the "first half of a figure 8 near the ground". The rope may or may not have been in Al's lowering device at this time. I don't know the exact configuration, so I can't explain all of cfarr's observations at present.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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My question to TGT is: were the lead rope and the trail rope the same color? Could this have created confusion as to which rope was clipped into the anchor?
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