General Climbing Discussion

Topic	Date	User
Upside down	7-Jun-2007 At 7:31:33 AM	TonyB
Message
I've been climbing for about 12 years but I'm new to leading. It appears to me that there are positions when leading that could cause a climber to flip upside down in the event of a fall, resulting in a head injury. For example when flagging, say facing right, with the left foot high and close to the right hand, the rope can either pass to the right of the body or to the left on the cliff side. If the right hand slips, the body will rotate right with the rope pulling in the same direction and inverting the climber. However keeping the rope away from the cliff would I assume, usually make clipping easier. Can anyone give any advice from experience please ?

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