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Blue Mountains - male climber injured after fall |
9-Nov-2013 At 8:57:07 PM |
White Trash
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On 9/11/2013 Sticky Ricky wrote:
>On 9/11/2013 Stugang wrote:
>
>>Whether my recollection is wrong or not I've done the same thing many
>>times (naughty I know), but always in the right situations. Also I reckon
>>i would of done a better job of catching dan with a waist belay and no
>>gear than the muppet belaying him that dropped him.
>
>I understand that this forum is about armchair climbers talking with each
>other which I am now one of. But people how can we start judging Sean and
>what he has done. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. I'm sure if this fella
>had his time again belaying he would do things differently.
>
so your lining up to let sean kop belay you first then?
>>if you are a muppet you are likely to hurt someone regardless of the
>gear
>>you own, and if you climb with a muppet you are likely to get hurt.
>
>There is a little bit of muppet in everyone. We all make mistakes and
>a lot of the time we get away with it. I have done plenty of silly things
>and most of the time I got away with it. However there have been times
>I haven't. I once abseiled off the end of my rope......and dropped a leader
>10 m after loosing control of my device. I saw myself as a competent climber
>but I made a silly mistake. I was slagged by my then friend who I dropped
>and by others for making a mistake, most of whom were not there. I am still
>traumatised by the incident.
>
>Not knowing the full story we should all respect Sean and his actions.
yeh?
no thanks, i don't want him belaying me.
>Bullying him into making a statement won't work. As a community we should
>try and learn from this incident and maybe we will learn the full story
>at some time. Until then don't judge.
>
>Ricky
this thread is trying to learn from the incident isnt it?
your cal of not judging for yourself ricky, but not for me thanks. |
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