Anal Impalement

And here I thought I was bold telling the story of how I shat myself walking home from the pub.

Jeezus Brandon...that sounds horrific. Hope you heal up ok.

Yeah - definitely something that’s been on my list of worst nightmares - surreal to actually see it happen to someone.  I’ve got a few bucks for your GoFundMe, should one get created.

dang man that sucks!! how in the fuck does that even happen

I've seen guys come back from explosive and burn injuries, my brother included. 

one freak accident, guy covered two kids as another boat hit them from the side, net result, the offending boat landed on his lumbar spine and blew apart his vertebrae, with an emergent cauda equina syndrome. major post-surg infection, sepsis; survived all that, and He's walking again, although assisted, still unbelievable on his recovery. kids made it unharmed, they'd be dead.

heal well bro. Ask for pain meds early and often while you can.

maybe give the ANAM a write up on this one.

Get a gofundme setup, i'll toss in for a good bottle of scotch, when you can enjoy.

A V wrote:

I am not a litigious individual… but… why in the world did the gym use something that would impale a falling climber? Why not use large bright squishy traffic cones? An impalement accident was inevitable.

I’d be pretty pissed and wanting some kind of explanation to be honest. I think it’s actually harder to find stiff poles to use as opposed to traffic cones. 

Feel free to set up a gofundme for the medical costs, I’ll contribute to my fellow man since it’s how we pay for that stuff in this shithole country of ours ;) 

I personally feel like in this situation the poor decision making from both parties cancels out as far as blame goes. No the gym should not have been using poles or setting near an active autobelay. No the climber shouldn't have been climbing near an active setting area, should have clipped in, and shouldn't have just yeeted himself off from 15ft up. A shitty situation all around, but I think its damn near impossible to pin blame on either side. 

Definitely the wildest gym injury I've heard of. Hope you heal up quick. 

A V wrote:

I think that the blame lays squarely with the gym, since they are the ones who are responsible for not creating anal impalement scenarios for their clients. It’s simple really. Can somebody realistically fall here? If they do, do we want them to be impaled anally as a result of their fall?

Y’nawmsayn?

I nawyasayn for sure. Honestly just a slow day at work and this is the most interesting thing I've seen on here in a while. Theoretical scenario: same situation entirely but no pole; he hits the deck at an odd angle and breaks a leg/fucks up his back/etc. Is it still the gyms fault? I mean they didn't specifically pad the floor there in a way to not create serious injury scenarios. This whole thing is awful, but I think the whole butthole factor really pulls us away from the mistakes of both parties.

A V wrote:

I think that the blame lays squarely with the gym, since they are the ones who are responsible for not creating anal impalement scenarios for their clients. It’s simple really. Can somebody realistically fall here? If they do, do we want them to be impaled anally as a result of their fall? 

Y’nawmsayn?

Unless someone walked up and put that pole there while home slice was 15 feet up, he was climbing close to a closed area, as in, he should have seen the pole before he started the route. That’s why the poles are there.
PVC doesn’t exactly blend in.
He wasn’t in a bouldering area, he was on an auto belay route where even if he did fall, the impairment would have been slowed to an “awkward situation” speed.
The fact he was on an auto belt route not clipped in might say he wasn’t really paying close attention to his surroundings.
I mean, I feel bad for the guy, but it’s not always the gyms fault.

Well it’s been a while since I’ve got my post limit, AV- the set up was there when he walked up and didn’t clip into the auto belay. A jury would agree that the climber was using the facilities incorrectly, including jumping off a wall from 15 feet.
Maybe you think this is a POS country bc people don’t coddle you?
Im out, OP- good luck. All the best, and I’d just be wary of posting pics online while hopped up on pain meds. I’m an RN, and I sure as shit would not post my pic in a forum to corroborate someone’s story online, whether the patient was as well or not.

AV- Lets its. The gym lets its clientele…

It has nothing to do with being a patriot, it’s called self accountability and common sense. Stop being so fanatical 

All those people that called this a troll should feel like this dudes ass.

That some low odds stuff right there. What a scenario. Heal up man.

Hey nurse maybe hold on to this guys phone for a bit?

not sure he's going to want this all out there when the Dilaudid wears off

This whole thing seems like a HIPAA violation...

Why don't I see this story on CNN?

This is terrifying. Thanks for the PSA. Reminds me of the recall on dive sticks for pools in the early 2000s. I was a little kid and forever afraid to jump into pools after that.

SinRopa wrote:

I haven't seen many people leaping off the wall from 15ft up.  That sounds like a good way to get injured no matter how squishy the landing zone.

The gym's use of poles of any color seems dangerous.  He didn't see them when he jumped, but could have fallen off as well.  Were these put up underneath him while he was up there?

Sounds like a terrible injury; best wishes to the OP.

Are there not that many bouldering areas in your gym? The Spot in Boulder has 17-ft boulders and almost every World Cup Bouldering Comp has climbers jumping from 15-ft (or more) heights regularly. I understand this is a route but if the floors are springy enough why not jump off from 15-ft if you’re ok with it? I don’t see it that often by the ropes but that’s mainly because the gyms near me have a “No Bouldering Above the 1st Bolt” policy for people that decide to traverse or boulder in the route area vs the bouldering area.

Call Saul.

Jeff S wrote:

I'm the nurse (also a climber) in the hospital taking care of this badass dude. His story is most definitely true. Super gnar accident and Brandon still has an awesome attitude and sense of humor about it. Get well soon Brandon! You absolutely deserve a free lifetime membership to that gym and let's climb together when you get outa here!

Thank you Jeff!  Brandon is my brother so thank you very much for taking care of him. My family and I are all shaken up but I just got to FaceTime with him so that helped. Much love. 

A V wrote:

I am not a litigious individual… but… why in the world did the gym use something that would impale a falling climber? Why not use large bright squishy traffic cones? An impalement accident was inevitable.

I’d be pretty pissed and wanting some kind of explanation to be honest. I think it’s actually harder to find stiff poles to use as opposed to traffic cones. 

Feel free to set up a gofundme for the medical costs, I’ll contribute to my fellow man since it’s how we pay for that stuff in this shithole country of ours ;) 

Brandon is my brother and I completely agree. I called the gym to have a civil discussion with them about it but they wouldn’t tell me much, which is understandable. 

Ryanb.wrote:

Hey nurse maybe hold on to this guys phone for a bit?

not sure he's going to want this all out there when the Dilaudid wears off

This whole thing seems like a HIPAA violation...

Agree with the HIPAA violation. 

I'm a nurse who has worked in administration and closely with HR for many years. Jeff, trust me, your hospital has a policy forbidding what you have done in this thread. Please, for your sake, delete those posts. Anyone who quoted it please take it down too so Jeff doesn't lose his job.

(The fact that that post was even made makes me suspect this is a troll as HIPAA compliance training is a yearly requirement and all nurses should know this.)

SinRopa wrote:

The fact that “family members” are posting on accounts created today is making me suspect the same thing.  

I dunno, there’s so many red flags for this being a troll, but I’d feel like a big jerk if I called them all out specifically and it all ended up being true.

Let’s just say there’s a lot here that’s worthy of further discussion...

If I’m wrong I’ll make it right as best I can on the inevitable GFM, the lack of which is another questionable aspect to this incident.  Or maybe I’m just being cynical.  Worst accident ever or best troll ever?

You should feel like a big jerk...

Still calling troll...why are so many buying this BS?

I'm gonna go ahead and say Brandon is probably cool with Jeff's post, essentially invalidating a HIPAA claim. And if not, deleting the posts won't matter anyway...it's out there.