Baraboo Scanner reports a 38yo male fell at the Lake on Saturday 9/29/18.

I know there were 5 cams, several slings and many carabiners left at Brinton's Crack. I pulled the gear today (9/30) and kept it in hopes of returning the items to the group of climbers involved in the incident. We also found a Driver's License in the area and that is with the gear in case it's related.

Thanks Alex.

So it was a climber?  Hope they are going to recover climber or not. 

Maybe Alex's comment is related? A lot of gear gets forgotten - the two could be coincidental.

Report says Ice Age trail.  Is the CCC considered part of that?  Glad he’s stable at least.

Ted, the CCC isn’t, but the trail on the top of the East Bluff is part of the ice age trail.  

Along with the gear I found a lot of blood and trash from medical supplies, definitely related.

Alex Beld wrote: Along with the gear I found a lot of blood and trash from medical supplies, definitely related.

Bummer. Now I'm mentally running down the list of people I know that are my age and climb at the lake trying to account for all of them.

There was a big slackline set up between Brinton's and Bill's yesterday. Given the timing of the scanner post 7:19p (late dusk), and the many carabiners Alex found; I'm wondering if that's related.

This looked like a trad fall

I was guiding most of the day on Saturday at and around Brinton’s and would like to know more details if anybody has them.  There were quite a few people around and the mood was social and friendly.  Wishing the best for the injured.

jon jugenheimer wrote: Ted, the CCC isn’t, but the trail on the top of the East Bluff is part of the ice age trail.  

Ok, so then Alex’s observations could be related. Hope everything is well.

I spoke with some of those involved and the guy was up and walking the next day. I was told he was very lucky.

All I can say is it is related and the climber survived. More info will come out later in sure. 

Craig Martin wrote: All I can say is it is related and the climber survived. More info will come out later in sure. 

Lol, I don't think we have a column for slackline injuries yet.

Craig Martin wrote: All I can say...

Then why say anything at all? Either inform the public so we can learn, or not. 

Well the trad gear and medical stuff is related, not the slack line. I posted to let people know the guy is alive but I was talking with the warden who hasn't released the report yet. I also contacted the guy who found the gear and he's in contact with the owner. Didn't want to say to much prior to the report but wanted to get a couple facts out there and I should have been clearer about what was related. 

Sorry to hear that Green has another report to write.  Best wishes for a swift recovery.

Doug Hemken wrote: Sorry to hear that Green has another report to write.  Best wishes for a swift recovery.

Another in depth report so we can get the facts?! Can't wait...dont remember seeing the last one though.

The gentleman in question was on Brintons direct for his first lead at DL. It was the end of the day, slowly getting dark and had just sprinkled.  He said that he chose the direct, as he just spoke with another climber that was on the regular route in their approach shoes and reported the traverse to be “slippery”. He thus thought going straight up would therefor be safer. Climbing into the crux he reported both route finding issues and the arrival of “Elvis Leg” while downclimbing and rerouteing.  

One cam pulled (and is reported to be quite damaged) during the fall from above the alcove.  The climber did not have a ground fall, but did sustain a concussion from the fall hitting the wall somewhere.  He was then lowered to the ground and carried out.  

I meet the climber and the belayer yesterday and those were some of the details that were reported.  The cam, which I did not see was “Yellow, a .3 or a .4”. Only knowing BD cams personally, I can say neither the .3 or .4 from any style is yellow, so I am not sure what was placed. 
The climber was from Iowa, the belayer was from Chicago.  They were reliving the experience on Sunday when I meet them and he seemed fine and healthy.  I didn’t ask about any specific injuries but from the outside, it looks like he will make a full recovery from any issues.