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Slip at Eurobin Falls 24-May-2010 At 12:52:49 PM jkane

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Ah, I see. Thanks for that. Interesting (scary) story about the previous fracture too.

I'll share my injury story in the hope it helps someone. My first real lead fall was on a granite slab. At the 4th bolt (I think) on a route at Mt.Teneriffe. I had the bolt plate on the bolt and was reaching back around to get a QD off my harness when I started sliding. Here's the stupid bit. I turned around - presumably to get a better view of where I was heading and also attempted to stop myself by standing on the third bolt as it whizzed up to meet me. Needless to say, it didn't stop me. All that happened was that my ankle got badly sprained and took many weeks to recover. Also, I got swung into the side wall and bruised my @ss. If I hadn't -done that- attempted to step on the bolt, I probably could have finished the damn route! So if you are new to falling, my advice would be maybe practice falling. Make sure you know how to do this safely though first.

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Good point (below), probably best to find some vertical territory or even start at the gym - see http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=1838

and yeah, that's what I was getting at - have clarified.