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St Peters Gym accident 25-Sep-2016 At 5:02:20 PM patto

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On 25/09/2016 Happywanderer wrote:
>Not necessary to know the names of the parties to the accident...and it
>would not necessarily be appropriate to have the person who fell provide
>evidence/information either.
>
>Again - I would point out that the fact that there is an 'Accidents &
>Injuries' section in this Chockstone internet site is self-evident that
>it is intended as a means to disseminate information and perhaps to learn
>from that information. Although - there doesn't appear to be a clear cut
>set of rules to guide posters when they reveal information about accidents.
>Presumably, this website is intended to be more that just a 'get well soon'
>paradigm...? I could be entirely wrong here. Maybe it is implied in the
>title of the forum that it is (ultimately) intended as a means of learning
>and improving safety in the outdoor rec industry?
>

It is absolutely correct that discussion of accidents and injuries and an important learning resource. And I concur with the rest of your posts and your assessment of the implications of such accidents. Not to mention your recognition that those with the most knowledge in such incidents are often reluctant to come forward to a public forum.

I've tried to throw a little bit of cold water on the peanut gallery speculation and discussion simply because the injuries sound significant and sometimes pushing expedient discussion is insensitive. Furthermore the mechanisms for a lead belay failure are largely well known so I doubt this incident is significantly different from hundreds of others that have occured here and overseas.

Make no mistake though. I've often been in the "peanut gallery" on many incident discussions. I've learnt so much about safe climbing, canyoning and other sports from extensive reading of accident reports.