Someone's got their knee stuck on Ruper again

Michael, Stay away from the Whitney-Gillman on Cannon Cliff. I got my knee stuck there years ago, but was able to lift it out before it swelled up. There's been at least one motor oil rescue from the same spot.

Well, you could have gotten your whole body stuck in a coffin sized room deep in an Arkansas cave. That was a lot of fun. Shedding clothing was the way to freedom as I recall after much gnashing of teeth and useless flailing.

WAIT! Fox news accurately (as always) reported that a HIKER had his knee stuck in a crevice. Are you sure this was you?

hehehe

I have to admit the story made me chuckle. I'm glad you are ok. That had to have been a tense moment.

I once got my knee stuck in Huston Crack for 20 minutes. No soap required. My tears were plenty lubrication enough. Kidding.

Legs Magillicutty wrote:WAIT! Fox news accurately (as always) reported that a HIKER had his knee stuck in a crevice. Are you sure this was you? hehehe

"Man hiking up Ruper Mountain had knee stuck in crevice for several hours, needing rescue..."

A man from Boulder who was standing at the base of Ruper Mountain, and had planned to hike the crevice that day told reporters that it sometimes happens to the best of them, and they refer to it as fixed pro. The man had also shown our reporters a tied off loop of flat rope that cliff hikers will sometimes attach to fixed pro when ascending the crevices.

Michael, I'm glad you're okay!!! I would have cursed like a sailor, and cried like a baby if I was stuck for that long. A small bottle of massage oil will be added to my climbing pack, really!

Thanks for all the well wishes! I seriously can't believe how fast this story has spread. The only part that annoys me is that the media outlets get to tell my story for me, because I love to tell a good story. Anyway, I was back in Eldo yesterday and besides the new-found fame and the ripped jeans, it was like the whole thing never happend.

Gigi and I have some questions, Michael. What did the climbers below you on the route do? Did they climb on through the scene? Did they perhaps sling you as they would a chickenhead or maybe clip their rope through a quickdraw on you harness and use you as fixed protection?

Inquiring minds want to know...

hats off to john, I didn't want to ask it; but I'm not one to shy away from natural or fixed pro myself

Ha!

"Oh yeah, I'm just gonna clip him. He's BOMBER!"

John Hegyes wrote:...or maybe clip their rope through a quickdraw on you harness and use you as fixed protection?

That sounds pretty sketchy; gear loops are typically only rated to a few kN. Better put a screamer on that one. ;)

Michael Verdone wrote:Thanks for all the well wishes! I seriously can't believe how fast this story has spread. The only part that annoys me is that the media outlets get to tell my story for me, because I love to tell a good story. Anyway, I was back in Eldo yesterday and besides the new-found fame and the ripped jeans, it was like the whole thing never happend.

Dude I have a dozen or more of the same type stories. This one isn't going away anytime soon. Glad your okay and got to meditate on life!

Justin Cantrall wrote: That sounds pretty sketchy; gear loops are typically only rated to a few kN. Better put a screamer on that one. ;)

Could be... but that depends on the harness. The gear loops on my Metolius are rated for 10kN. I wasn't recommending clipping the stuck climber's harness, I was just sayin'.

Justin Cantrall wrote:That sounds pretty sketchy; gear loops are typically only rated to a few kN. Better put a screamer on that one.

Maybe he wasn't talking about gear loops. I wonder what the strength rating of piercings are.

Ear - 2kN? Navel - 4kN? Nipple - ouchkN?

Or slinging a natural "chicken head."

Hank Caylor wrote: Glad your okay and got to meditate on life!

Yeah, that part of the story sounds almost too good to be true. I sometimes have unexpected hangups that I wish I could use for constructive reflection, but usually not so much. And the particular circumstances...man, maybe if you practice transcendental meditation or something!

John Hegyes wrote:Gigi and I have some questions, Micheal. What did the climbers below you on the route do? Did they climb on through the scene? Did they perhaps sling you as they would a chickenhead or maybe clip their rope through a quickdraw on you harness and use you as fixed protection? Inquiring minds want to know...

To answer your question: Right above my knee were two really big nuts that weren't jammed in the crack, but they were big enough and strong enough to hold a good lead fall. Amazingly, all the male parties declined to use them, but the female parties usually took advantage.

you wish

I guess if my life truly depending on it; sometimes ya just gotta clip & go.

Michael Verdone wrote: To answer your question: Right above my knee were two really big nuts that weren't jammed in the crack, but they were big enough and strong enough to hold a good lead fall. Amazingly, all the male parties declined to use them, but the female parties usually took advantage.

Good answer. Good. Answer.

I can see Hegyes switching into a lot more off-wid... oh, nevermind

Beached Nuts wrote:Several years ago at Indian Creek I was lead "Big Baby" and got my knee stuck. As you who've stuck a knee know, this pisses you off. I screamed and bitched at my knee until it came out. This was overheard by some woman in an RV on the road. She hollered up "are you ok" I responded (now unstuck and hanging from gear) "It's my vagina" "What!@?" "It's my vagina, it's in really bad shape" (pause) "Well you should try having a baby" and she drove off. What followed were many years of comfortably sending the big baby at whim, until this spring, when I got my knee stuck again and effectively unsending the route.

ROFLMAO

I had almost totally forgotten about that

I may have never laughed so hard in my life.