Chockstone Forum

      Sponsored By
      ROCK
   HARDWARE

Chockstone Photography

Australian Landscape Prints

Chockstone Forum - Accidents & Injuries

Report Accidents and Injuries

Author

Totem Pole accident

kieranl

12-Feb-2019
5:29:27 PM

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-12/totem-pole-climber-rescued-in-tasmania/10803672?pfmredir=sm

Bad news. Wishing them a full recovery.

IdratherbeclimbingM9

12-Feb-2019
6:21:31 PM

Might be this recent Chockstone poster?
http://www.chockstone.org/Forum/Forum.asp?Action=DisplayTopic&ForumID=3&MessageID=17683&Replies=0&PagePos=0&Sort=#NewPost

I also add my best wishes for a speedy recovery to whoever the injured person is.

rightarmbad

12-Feb-2019
8:59:11 PM

The Totem Pole is a notoriously dangerous route, with a number of climbers injured on the 65-metre-tall column over the years.

Yeah?
How come the climbing community hasn't heard of these?

trog

13-Feb-2019
1:55:54 AM

> How come the climbing community hasn't heard of these?

Full value approach and exit, tick
Shedding rock (See Lynn Hill, Paul Pritchard, + ...), tick
Known Accidents (Paul, + ... ?), tick

Doesn't really seem too badly hyped (for a mainstream media report on climbing).

Best wishes to the latest accident victim for a good recovery.

There are 4 messages in this topic.