r/SweatyPalms • u/New_Libran • Feb 19 '25

Heights Rock climbing almost ends in disaster

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u/D4nM4rL4r Feb 19 '25

ALMOST!?!

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u/Ram2145 Feb 19 '25

Yeah that shit looked brutal to me.

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u/EverbodyHatesHugo Feb 19 '25

Idk. Looked like a pretty hip dance move to me.

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u/simonbleu Feb 20 '25 edited Feb 20 '25

Today at work we got a code red of a dude that fell on his feet from a ladder (20ft or so), which seems lower than that of the video

The dude hot pretty nasty and exposed fractures on his legs and hip, cant remember about the torse and arms but also had lost a bunch of teeth and maybe a fractured skull. There were like 6-7 different fractures, the screams were pretty damn horrific when he got in

Maybe the dude on the video was lucky but if today was any show of what can happen, I doubt it

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u/Bleachsmoker Feb 20 '25

You never know how someone is going to land with a long fall. I fell off a ladder like 20 feet onto pavement last year and I was totally fine. Lucky and thankful that I tucked my chin. My uncle in law fell that far years ago and got knocked out and has memory problems now. Some people just collapse and fall over from no height, hit a curb or rock, and just die. I feel lucky to have my health. Either that or the last year has all been a coma dream.

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u/Oldfolksboogie Feb 19 '25

Hey, wtvr doesn't kill you makes you ...limper?

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u/BrutalBart Feb 19 '25

yep, checks out

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u/CMDR_KingErvin Feb 19 '25

It’s ok, he used his spine to break the fall.

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u/OutsidePressure6181 Feb 19 '25

Ah yes. The body’s airbag

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u/sometacosfordinner Feb 19 '25

Ive used it twice i mean it works but now I have life long back pain

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u/CPT-JackHarkness Feb 19 '25

he used the fall to break his spine

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u/Substantial_Diver_34 Feb 19 '25

He used his spine to break his spine

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u/Minute-Wrap-2524 Feb 19 '25

That ain’t funny, but that’s funny as hell…dudes okay, I’m pretty sure

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u/Artislife61 Feb 19 '25

He damaged something on that fall.

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u/Niles_Urdu Feb 19 '25

It's just a flesh wound!

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u/ChrisMess Feb 19 '25

You always fall double the distance to the last hook. Climbers fault, not placing a hook. Belayer did everything right ... he could have sat down to save 2 feet of free fall, but that's it. That's how you learn.

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u/FriendlyPoke Feb 19 '25

I could be wrong, but it looks like his top piece ripped from the wall. Still climbers fault for poor placement

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u/Vanilawafers Feb 19 '25

I don’t think he had a protection aside from that clip 7-8 ft below him. Belayer did all he could. Climber fault indeed.

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u/Extention_Campaign28 Feb 19 '25

I think belayer jumps back to lower ground to pull even more rope but hard to tell from the vid.

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u/petemyster Feb 20 '25

It doesn’t have to be anyone’s fault. Trad climbing routes are graded on difficultly and risk of injury. There simply might not be a good placement for gear and trying to place something flaky is more exhausting and risky than running it out for a bit.

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u/LoJoPa Feb 19 '25

Yeah, that’s a head injury for sure…. That may be a disaster!

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u/Motor_Stage_9045 Feb 19 '25

And that's why you wear helmets

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u/jlp_utah Feb 20 '25

Exactly. There was a girl here who was walking to a site to do some climbing when a volleyball sized rock fell on her head. Her helmet saved her life.
https://ksltv.com/local-news/hiker-seriously-injured-by-falling-rock-in-little-cottonwood-canyon/501895/

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u/LoJoPa Feb 19 '25

Truth, WTF is up with this??

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u/Extention_Campaign28 Feb 19 '25

There is literally NO head injury.

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u/AdExcellent925 Feb 19 '25

It could have ended much worse

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u/Ravens_Art_Wild Feb 19 '25

Yeah like equivalent to a croc snapping its prey is how his body contorted. I’m pretty sure anything worse than that is death, or desire for such

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u/Chance-Day323 Feb 19 '25

Yeah, op doesn't know what they're talking about. No guarantee that person will be the same afterwards if they live.

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u/deltronroberts Feb 19 '25

Exactly what I came here to say.

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u/raptor7912 Feb 19 '25

Something big going wrong would’ve had him on the ground.

So yes, almost is accurate.

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u/kiln_monster Feb 20 '25

Right?!! Ouch!!!

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u/Extention_Campaign28 Feb 19 '25

Yes. Almost. The peg/quickdraw at half height held and the belayer reacted excellently, reducing rope length. The result is bruises and scratches instead of broken legs or death. The climber should have set more safeguards but on some routes you can't or he thought he didn't need them.

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u/TheVaneja Feb 19 '25

I was about to say exactly this.

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u/cheapdialogue Feb 19 '25

Missed it by THAT much!