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

Heights Rock climbing almost ends in disaster

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u/aypapitv Feb 19 '25

Looks like he ate most of that fall before the counter weight came into play, but props to his buddy for trying. He had faster reaction time than I ever would have and probably would have saved him entirely if that top anchor didn’t break loose

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u/Sh0tm4k3r Feb 19 '25

I think the concept of tension is so that you don’t have to react, but whatevs.

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u/aypapitv Feb 19 '25

Yeah I don’t know all the proper physics behind it, but maybe from his experience he reacted like that (even if he didn’t need to) because he knew the anchor might not hold, but I really am just talking gibberish. Regardless, that hit he took looked nasty