Accident report - indian creek
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I was climbing Fingers in a Lightsocket yesterday 9/8/16. Supercrack buttress, Indian creek. I have climbed it before and knew what to expect. Yesterday I was at the crux, where the route slopes back and there are two pin scars that you must hit one after the other. My left tips were locked in the lower scar, and my right tips were in the upper scar. I had a red C3 at my feet. My feet slipped and i shockloaded my tips which blew out of the scars. The red C3 got shock loaded and popped out as well as the piece below it. My 0.3 X4 held about 10-12 feet down. |
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Wow man. Glad to hear you didn't ground and wishing you a quick recovery. |
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Wow! Looks like you sliced your finger tips clean off.. YIKES! That had to hurt like all get up! Very sorry you had this happen. The crack edge you were finger jamming must have been quite sharp to cause such damage. Looks like the surgery will be reconstruction. |
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OH man! I wish you a speedy recovery! |
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Wow. Started reading and thought for sure it was a troll job. Scrolled down and saw pic. Yikes. My worst nightmare come true. Hope you have a speedy recovery. |
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Ahhhh! dude, that is really crazy. |
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nasty! hope you make a decent recovery. |
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wow. Just. wow. |
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Daaamn. I hope you heal and recover as well as possible.. |
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Holy Shit Grog! ...+vibes! my friend and I just did a climb where we were talking about that happening, if you blew the move on a certain hold. We both were like ...nah, you'll get your fingers out.... knot |
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This reminds me of an accident report written up in a Climbing Magazine's Epic issue. Some guy lost a finger falling on the Yellow Spur in Eldo. Same exact deal. Ugh! This is just a risk of finger jamming from what it sounds like. You fall, you could lose them. |
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Pretty cool you can keep a positive attitude / sense of humor after getting your tips ripped off like that just yesterday. Feel like it would take me some time to get to that point. Hope you have a quick and easy recovery! |
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Good for you to give some! Best of luck on the recovery |
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Bionic opportunity? |
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Grog, I think the fingertips were gone as soon as they had your full weight, so an accident. Could you have avoided it? Yeah, never fall. Yeah, don't climb. Probably not gonna happen, eh? |
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Holy shit! |
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Holy crap... heal fast and good luck with the recovery bro. GNARLY |
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Best wishes on a speedy recovery bud! Thanks for sharing and for having a good outlook in a not so good scenario. Inspiring |
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Crazy, when I think of destroying skin in a crack, I always envision a sharp (granite) splitter with really deep fingers where both feet unexpectedly pop. |
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OUCH.... never saw that before. Looks like you did put your fingers in a lightsocket! |