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Accident on Bunny Buckets on Sunday 11-Jun-2013 At 3:12:18 PM duploboy

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Yeah my mates came up behind this incident and the apparently the leader had pulled out a massive amount of slack to deal with dead-stop rope drag around the lip. An intermediate belay might well deal with this.

But what about warning punters in the guidebooks and online that they should build up experience on 2-3 wandering pitches before jumping on this? Should double ropes 'highly recommended'? Do most folks get on there with any runners longer than 5"? How many of them carry prusiks and know a few self-rescue tricks? Would preservation of bolts&hangers rather than rings give dedicated sport-climbers a moment's pause before committing to something like that? (i.e. buying and learning to use hangers might be a reasonable stepping stone)

I'm not being mean spirited and not having a go at the individuals (or at Mike for doing such great work developing these routes!). Warren would know better than I of their experience- and the fact that they had layers and headtorches is an indication they did know what they were up. I've simply worried in the past that the accessibility of such routes would lure some people out of their comfort zone. (have heard other naive climbers enthuse about how much fun 'multip-pitching in the Blue Mountains' would be).

Glad everyone got out ok and the injuries aren't too bad after ED intervention. Sounds like rescue did a fantastic job of getting him down to the ledges he could be winched from.