Climber survives 100-foot fall on Cathedral

[theriault]

http://www.conwaydailysun.com/featured/story/fall081011

sending positive vibes his way! happy he's alright!

[CaliMan]

and he started back up...
Bring water next time, and don't drop your gear! Lucky man!

[*Chris*]

I think the issue was not really that gear was dropped. He was cleaning an aid pitch by jugging a fixed line. By the sounds of it he was disorientated/confused and both ascenders came off. He fell onto a backup knot.

When cleaning you're often taking your jugs of the line while passing pieces. This can leave you connected in with a single jug. Jugs can do funny stuff. They torque themselves off ropes. Their teeth can slip.

Tying frequent backup knots can be a pain in the arse and costs speed... but flowers happens. Clearly, it happened to this poor fella. I can't even fathom a 100 footer. Hell no. I tend to tie backups in every 30 feet or so with 2 ascenders and about every 50 feet with 1 ascender / GriGri combo. This accident makes me reflect a bit on that system.

Wishing this dude a quick recovery.

[Dom]

I think the issue was not really that gear was dropped. He was cleaning an aid pitch by jugging a fixed line. By the sounds of it he was disorientated/confused and both ascenders came off. He fell onto a backup knot.

When cleaning you're often taking your jugs of the line while passing pieces. This can leave you connected in with a single jug. Jugs can do funny stuff. They torque themselves off ropes. Their teeth can slip.

Tying frequent backup knots can be a pain in the arse and costs speed... but flowers happens. Clearly, it happened to this poor fella. I can't even fathom a 100 footer. Hell no. I tend to tie backups in every 30 feet or so with 2 ascenders and about every 50 feet with 1 ascender / GriGri combo. This accident makes me reflect a bit on that system.

Wishing this dude a quick recovery.

Hey Chris thanks for explaining this. Now I understand what happened.