Another accident at Lyttelton Rock
13 July 2006 - 3:29pm
Not much was reported about the last one (rap accident, a little over 6 months ago), but now another accident has happend.
Unfortunately, the article is less than informative, but the gist of it seems to be a bad cam placement....
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3729866a11,00.html
13 July 2006 - 3:53pm
#2
bolted himself into the sheer face with a camming device .....?
I think they mean "bolted" in a loose sense of the word. perhaps "attached" would be a better word....
Yeah, some of what was in that article disturbed me enough to write some 'feedback' to Stuff.
13 July 2006 - 8:02pm
#3
Feeding time at the Zoo?
13 July 2006 - 8:38pm
#4
who's Tim and why is he at the Zoo? :wink:
13 July 2006 - 8:47pm
#5
typing wine and dinner don't mix well
14 July 2006 - 10:00am
#6
this is my favourite quote:
It's common to use bolts on a climb if there are bolts, but just because there are bolts in the region of the climb doesn't mean you can use them
what?
14 July 2006 - 12:03pm
#7
it's like bouldering. just cos there's a good hold nearby doesnt necessarily mean you can use it.
14 July 2006 - 12:05pm
#8
it's like bouldering. just cos there's a good hold nearby doesnt necessarily mean you can use it.
this sums up why not to boulder or sport climb :lol:
14 July 2006 - 12:14pm
#9
Not a very informative article.
it's like bouldering. just cos there's a good hold nearby doesnt necessarily mean you can use it.
Hahahaha. Score:10, Insightful.
14 July 2006 - 3:50pm
#10
All fun aside
'Clemence... fell... 6m, suffering severe head injuries.'
'Iyoda was "very lucky" not to have landed on his head, Ford said. "It's a hard landing and very rocky. He's lucky he wasn't any higher.'
And yet I still see climbers regularly leading on crap rock with no helmet. Darwins theroy of evolution at work (hopeful they haven't breed yet).
14 July 2006 - 7:00pm
#11
This if it is the climb I think it is is not crap rock but it does have a few tricky gear placements ( the useful bit is a 5 hex at the break).
I guess Richard being misquoted again...
15 July 2006 - 12:04am
#12
This if it is the climb I think it is is not crap rock but it does have a few tricky gear placements ( the useful bit is a 5 hex at the break).
I guess Richard being misquoted again...
Yes, on all points (I hope for Richard's sake)! I haven't done said climb, but that is probably due more to my wussness and percieved ability to read PH's rock than anything else :roll:
(....I assume I will regret this post in the morning.....)
Having cleaned (all 3 draws!) Bombs Away (scared the s*** out of me, and I was following!) , toproped Getting Rid Of Mister Clean and seen the photo, I am assuming said Mr Iyoda was probably on Scratching Julius. A bold endeavour in the winter, if I do say so myself (the (drunken) wuss is speaking).
PS, I really do hope he is okay. An accident can happen to any of us, and I would hope that if it was me, everyone would be gunning for me to get better and get back on the rock (which I wish Mr. Iyoda as well)!
15 July 2006 - 9:29am
#13
Scratching Julius was my first thought and you are probably right. I didn't look at the photo too closely. Is the person pointing up looking up Citizen Kane perhaps? which is cetainly a more goey route than S.J.
15 July 2006 - 12:35pm
#14
Scratching Julius was my first thought and you are probably right. I didn't look at the photo too closely. Is the person pointing up looking up Citizen Kane perhaps? which is cetainly a more goey route than S.J.
Yes, it does look like he is pointing up CK, the cop(?) in the foreground looks like he is below SJ.
bolted himself into the sheer face with a camming device .....?
I think they mean "bolted" in a loose sense of the word. perhaps "attached" would be a better word....
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