Honnold injured being lowered
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Alex Honnold was recently climbing at Index. He was being lowered from a climb. The rope went through the device his belayer was using. He fell a short distance and fractured two vertebrae. |
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I read about this a couple weeks ago and was surprised nobody brought it up on MP. But yeah, not much to say about it, other than to mention the obvious irony of the world's premier living free soloist falling off a rope... |
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Goes to show, you never know! |
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If you climb long enough you will get an injury of some kind. In some light they are good - it can force us to take a step back and reflect, maybe take a step away from climbing and work on other things in life (its an obsession for most of us that we are addicted to). In other cases such as chronic injuries its beneficial because we actually take a rest day. |
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This will teach him to stop climbing with ropes! Sh!t is dangerous! |
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Ted Pinson wrote:This will teach him to stop climbing with ropes! Sh!t is dangerous! Could have been much worse...glad he's ok. I'm sure once he's recovered he'll laugh about this, as the other time he seriously injured himself was also comparably mundane (hiking) compared to his usual antics. You have to at least appreciate the irony.......dude should've downclimbed! |
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keithconn wrote:Goes to show, you never know! I always try to remind myself that I need to check everything like it's my first day out.I always reference Lynn Hill forgetting to finish her knot. I always do the double check with partners to avoid easily missed mistakes of that nature. |
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Sucks. Guy should just stick to free-soloing, way less dangerous. |
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i was there that day. |
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He went to China and projected Corazón de Ensueño with his fractured vertebrae. Look up "Getting up Getu" on YouTube. |
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Tim Lutz wrote:Honnold has a girlfriend?!Honnold isn't going to last much longer if he keeps being careless like this. Girls and ropes are dangerous. |
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Tim Lutz wrote:Honnold has a girlfriend?!you missed your chance. |
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Downtownt wrote:i was there that day. i believe the lore has since become... Honnold fell while being lowered. Beckey was belaying him, but was too weak to catch the force of the fall on the rope-ya know, cuz he's like 95. Rope slid through his hands. Honnold decks; blames Beckey. we were all pretty surprised...What? |
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should have used a gri gri? |
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jleining wrote: What?index folklore. Morgan Patterson wrote:should have used a gri gri?ropes go right through those, too...? |
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Downtownt wrote: index folklore. ropes go right through those, too...?didnt for me when we used a short rope unknowingly... saved my buddy's life. If it was an ATC he would have likely been killed or seriously injured. |
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Morgan Patterson wrote: didnt for me when we used a short rope unknowingly... saved my buddy's life. If it was an ATC he would have likely been killed or seriously injured.does not compute. care to elaborate? anyone else had this happen? |
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If the belayer had lightening quick reflexes and let go of the lever the instant the end of the rope passed through his brake hand, the falling climber would actuate the cam. Of course there would need to be just enough rope left after passing through the brake hand for the friction to stop the climber before the rope passed all the way through the device. I can see it working, but it would have to be a very lucky catch. |
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I love the humble brag "I was climbing in approach shoes" as if that actually adds to the story/lesson. |
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Downtownt wrote: does not compute. care to elaborate? anyone else had this happen?Used cam to hold/brake rope when there was only inches of rope left. . . if was ATC with no brake probably would have dropped friend |