Hazards of coincidence
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pud

climber
Sportbikeville
Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 24, 2007 - 10:32pm PT
Last weekend I was lowering my wife on the Right Peyote Crack at Jtree when she got stuck half way down.
I leaned over and looked to see what the hang up was.
I was sitting at the top of the climb and I looked into the notorious rope eating crack to see my rope parted and completely frayed.
For a second my heart began to race then I realized I was looking at an IDENTICALLY colored rope that someone had cut or was otherwise parted and jammed deep into the crack.
I saw that my rope was just above it and looped over a knob.

Karin took her weight on the low angled mid-section and I fixed the problem and lowered her safely to the ground.
Just a reminder that it's hard to always be prepared for the unexpected.
climbrunride

Trad climber
Durango, CO
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:59am PT
Woah, sppppooooooookkkkkkyyyyyyyy!!!

Glad everything was OK.
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