This poor guy took a short fall, hooked his arm, and then dangled from the biner on his arm (NOT the rope). He left gear on the second pitch of Break On Through in Eldorado Canyon and you'll get a slew of karma points if you can return it to him.

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One unlucky fall. Submitted By: Nick Wilder on Sep 4, 2010

Damn, looks like a fake arm you'd have sticking out of your trunk on Halloween cruising up, and down the Vegas Strip.

Heal well, Patrick!

Hope he gets his gear back. If not, let's send him some! OUCH!

Wow. Nice meathook maneuver. Get well soon!

funny John, that's what I thought, also.

ouch! I can't even imagine the conversation between partners at this point.

Nick, thanks for the ride.

For anyone wondering how this happened...I don't know, exactly.

I had the good left foot, I had good gear, I fell, and then I was shocked at the result. I can only speculate I got my arm pinched behind the gear and somehow created the perfect storm for the meat hook maneuver.

Thanks for the good wishes...the DMM Meathook carabiner has since been extracted.

A little warning would have been nice for cryin' out loud, geez

Yuk! Check out the rope groove on that 'biner. Heal fast.

That looks super painful. Now you've got an awesome souvenir though, and a cool ass story to gross out your grandkids one day!

You're tough, that's for sure- I'm sure the whole ordeal was extremely painful!

This same thing can happen if you grab a draw while falling and the carabiner catches the web between your thumb and index finger. Gahhhh! Seen a photo of that one, too.

Out of all the injuries you can get, that is probably the coolest one!!

That qualifies as one of the crazier accidents. Now I'll be afraiding of stabbing myself with a carabiner and not just the nut tool.

Was the gate taped open when it happened or is that after the fact?

Get well soon.

Evan

If a BD Oz can do so much damage, I wonder what a Positron with sharp keylock nose can do. Time to file the carabiners down. Get well.

Holy Crap! Best wishes!

I was eating my breakfast dude... This one needs a disclaimer. YUCK!!! Get well soon.

Nice puncture, Patrick. New we have one more reason to buy keylock carabiners. They come out of your arm easily.
Climb safe,
Mal

that is straight up kevin mcbrutal!

Hmmmmm. Wonder if that would have happened had it been an oval 'biner. What a drag!!
The chances of that happening seem so slim. Heal up fast and well!

I bet locking biners on every draw would help.

One of my partners has the annoying habit of rotating every single crab clipped to the rope, to lower the odds of an accidental unclip.

After seeing this picture, I may pick up that annoying habit myself!

Heal up buddy.

OMFG

I'm glad that his injuries were not much worse. That could have been REALLY bad if it ripped through taking all sorts of muscles and tendons with it.

I think he's earned the nickname Patrick "quickdraw" Kadel.

-Glenn

Ugh. I guess he now knows how a fish feels. Get well soon!