Crazy Big Falls
Somehow, in the course of procrastination or avoidance, I came across a blog post with a link to a link to a link to this wild compilation of on-line video: Biggest Rock Climbing Falls Caught on Video. I highly recommend clicking through and watching the whole collection. They actually made me feel really good about our safety system!
And Mom, if you are reading this… I (Mark) never fall. Ever.
Well you don’t fall (often) and you certainly don’t climb so high above gear. These climbers all knew they were risking big falls when they climbed that way. Our system results in much shorter falls.
Still, it’s nice to see everybody walk away!
haha – been in that situation before. the panic of being pumped and not able to get gear in and just going for it. but never fallen in those instances – damn, there’s no wood to knock on! only metal and plastic. that can’t be good…