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Fall at Cliffhanger climbing gym 28-Mar-2007 At 3:58:34 PM rolsen
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Last Wednesday night at Nuna they had a lead climbing lesson thingy - I was not part of it and do not know what went on but much of the belaying (and climbing) that I observed was extremely dubious.

Way too much slack, hands too close to the belay device, climbers hauling in rope to clip high above their heads and climbers stepping over ropes and obviously not aware of the consequences of doing this (two different climbers in the space of 5 minutes while I was watching). The person belaying next to me at one stage looked very dangerous with way too much slack which because of the angle too which she was standing from the wall had hooked around a jug - I can only imagine what might happen in a fall.

I stood there for a few minutes deciding if I should offer help or go speak to the supervisors to suggest they offer more advice or help - in the end I decided not to be one of "those people" but reading this thread makes you think.

Richard

PS. This is not a response to the accident in question, just topical as this only occurred one week before this latest accident.

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