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By Perin Blanchard
Administrator
From Orem, UT
May 16, 2008
Racking too much gear, as usual.

Found this on the KSL site: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3317100

Then this on SL Tribune's: http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9277474
By icsteveoh
From salt lake city, UT
May 16, 2008
belayin mr shutz on becky's wall

It's been a bad year for climbing in utah so far...
By Perin Blanchard
Administrator
From Orem, UT
May 16, 2008
Racking too much gear, as usual.

Well, the point is, this wasn't a climbing accident, but was initially reported as one.

Reporter: "What was he doing?"

Witness: "Climbing on a rope swing near some rocks."

Reporter: (sounds of rusty cogs turning and ratchets clicking into place): "A rock climber fell".
By Mark Nelson
From Coniferous, CO
May 16, 2008
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The trib article read ok to me.

As far as classifying the accident, I wouldn't put too much into something like this unless they reported multi-day search costs of a lost day-hiker scrambling about the hills as to an evac off of schoolroom.
By Not So Famous Old Dude
From Denver, CO
May 16, 2008

Perin Blanchard wrote:
Well, the point is, this wasn't a climbing accident, but was initially reported as one. Reporter: "What was he doing?" Witness: "Climbing on a rope swing near some rocks." Reporter: (sounds of rusty cogs turning and ratchets clicking into place): "A rock climber fell".


Exactly, I'm just surprised they didn't mention that he was "scaling" something.
By S. Gileadi
From Salt Lake City
May 16, 2008

I remember swinging on a rope swing up there years ago. I'm sorry to hear that happened.

Poor reporting by KSL for sure!
By Arie Leeflang
From City of Salt
May 16, 2008

Slack reporting for sure. I'm guessing it is the rope swing that gets perpetually hung on the trees between Goldfingers and Grayo. A local resident has been chopping that thing for years attempting to ward off such an accident (and destroying good teenage fun)(and cleaning up their mess). Tragic to hear another of our golden youth lost to mucking around.

I hope it wasn't Amanda Butterfield reporting....

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