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Climber dies at Diablo Canyon
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Very sad indeed. Any details as to what caused the accident? |
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Sarossy, 59, fell around 170 feet from the second set of anchors on Appendicitis (5.9+) at the Sun Devil Wall – an area known for its classic multi-pitch sport routes. She had been cleaning the anchors when she fell.
Her friend, quoted above, was in the canyon at the time of the accident. “I turned around just in time to see a dark object fall to the ground... I guess I thought it was a large boulder. The sun was setting on the wall, so it was just dark enough to not really be sure of what I saw.” Sarossy was top-roping Appendicitis with two ropes tied together. “She was clipped into a figure eight on a bight in the middle of the second rope to avoid passing the knot…” her friend explains. As the light faded, Sarossy went up to clean the anchor. It's likely that she clipped the wrong side of the figure eight on a bight, the tail end of the rope, back into the anchors rather the rope side that went to the belayer. When she weighted the rope, there was nothing to hold her and she fell to the ground—the tail end of the rope whizzing through the anchors. rockandice.com/climbing-acc… |
