Trip Report
On getting rescued on a sea cliff in Wales
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Wednesday November 18, 2015 2:10pm
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David C
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About the Author
David C is a trad climber from UK. |
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 18, 2015 - 02:31pm PT
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Glad everybody gonna be otay!
Nice write-up, jawhohl!
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Nov 18, 2015 - 03:04pm PT
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Quite a story. Thanks!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 18, 2015 - 03:53pm PT
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hey there say, David C... whewwwwwwwwwwww... and wow, and say, oh my, as well... :O
thanks for sharing all this... good to know, all is well now...
whewww... scary stuff, :O
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Nov 18, 2015 - 05:57pm PT
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I know a guy, John Wiley, my professor in law school, who occasionally posts here I believe. He had a newspaper article in his office of getting rescued by an RAF helicopter after getting swept off a ledge at Gogarth. An air bubble got trapped under the chest of his anorak, which was enough to keep him from sinking into the Irish Sea until the helicopter crew could do its job. Gnarly stuff that.
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couchmaster
climber
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Nov 18, 2015 - 05:56pm PT
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Holy mother of God. Wow
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Nov 18, 2015 - 06:12pm PT
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w00t! Big day out!
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Nov 18, 2015 - 06:14pm PT
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Rescue is a big thing. Good call asking and damned thanks for giving.
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jonnyrig
climber
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Nov 19, 2015 - 09:42am PT
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Nice write-up.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Nov 19, 2015 - 10:00am PT
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First off, glad everything turned out OK.
Secondly: helmets, helmets, helmets!
Thirdly, that was a really entertaining story. I feel kind of guilty saying that as people could easily have died. But there are great lessons to be learned and you enumerated them well.
Thanks for sharing this here.
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David C
Trad climber
UK
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Author's Reply
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Nov 22, 2015 - 01:02pm PT
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Yep, helmets would have been a very good idea.
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