Anyone have any legitimate "close-calls" while climbing?
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One time I was top-roping with my buddy Sal and I put my right hand into a large black hole, and out of this hole emerged a flying squirrel (it was a male)and it flew to the tree behind me. This event scared the bejeezus out of me and I ended up letting go of the large black hole and took a 8-10ft. whipper. Luckily my belayer was paying attention! |
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I know of someone here in red rock canyon who found a hole at the top of the route that had some cute mountain lion cubs in it... Long story short they got the f*** away, didn't want to wait for momma lol. |
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I once got a hangnail that looked like it might be getting infected. Some neosporin cleared it up but it was touch-and-go for a few days. |
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Crack Attack wrote:...I was top-roping ... and took a 8-10ft. whipper. Luckily my belayer was paying attention!You sure about that? |
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jeff that is epic! did you use a band-aid? glad everything turned out ok |
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Many years ago, my partner and I set up a rappel in the Crestones on a big horn of rock. I got 10' down the rappel when my partner saw the horn wiggle and told me to unweight the rope and come back up. It turned out that the horn was not attached. |
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While climbing multi pitch I farted and a little something extra eeked out. Not sure if that is a close call or truly an accident. |
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I climbed up around 15-20ft to a little ledge to plug a piece of gear. When i got up on it i noticed a poisonous snake around 2ft away from my hand that quickly ran to the back of the ledge where I was planing on placing the gear. So I ended up having to carefully climb around the snake and up around 15ft on some shitty holds before I could get a gear placement in. |
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Damn Jake that's crazy. Good thing you survived. |
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"Legitimate close-calls?" You mean like as opposed to the not-in-any-way-a-close-call top-roping scare the thread opened with? |
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First dance with the devil |
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Keep posting Chaz. You inspire me |
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JP.8d wrote:Keep posting Chaz. You inspire meYou gotta admit...he's either the best troll or worst gumby ever, both inspiring in their own right! |
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The obvious name: I also encountered an 18" centipede here that was equal to a 10.5 rope. |
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[1] One time I was top-roping |
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I partied in Denver once and woke up with Peyton manning in my mouth. |
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Maurice Chaunders wrote:I partied in Denver once and woke up with Peyton manning in my mouth.Hey Mo-Chaun did you realize Peyton was the last of a very long line? :) |
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Sorry to resurrect this thread but I was in tears reading the conversation and the video had me on the floor! |
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Crack Attack wrote:One time I was top-roping with my buddy Sal and I put my right hand into a large black hole, and out of this hole emerged a flying squirrel (it was a male)and it flew to the tree behind me. This event scared the bejeezus out of me and I ended up letting go of the large black hole and took a 8-10ft. whipper. Luckily my belayer was paying attention! Fast forward a couple months and I still have some trepidation top-roping routes outside. I always carry a stick with me now to poke any holes that might contain marsupials or various rodents. I'd like to hear any of your stories involving close-calls or near death experiences! -Chaz SochenI had a flying squirrel attack me once back in the late 60's. He had a talking moose with him as well. At least that's how I remember it..... |