John Long decks at gym?

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looking sketchy there...

Social climber

Latitute 33

Nov 30, 2012 - 03:57pm PT

pinching a puny wafer with maximum might when his foot, which was splayed out on a slanting rugosity

Now that sounds just like John!

Heal up fast.

Toker Villain

Big Wall climber

Toquerville, Utah

Nov 30, 2012 - 04:07pm PT

Now it is going to be called "pulling a Largo".

steveA

Trad climber

bedford,massachusetts

Nov 30, 2012 - 04:11pm PT

Sh#t happens to the best of us.

I was in a gym climbing on one of those self-belay machines. Up down-up down, over and over until one time, I had a "senior moment" and forgot to clip in.

I was 2/3 the way up and came off. Fortunately, I landed on a matt; and proceeded to limp out, kind of embarrassed. I finally got a cat/scan a week later, since it was still hurting. The result-a fracture thru my tibia.

Heal up fast John.

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Nov 30, 2012 - 04:16pm PT

Gawdamn gyms sound dangerous......

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

Nov 30, 2012 - 04:18pm PT

that sucks... there is a mantra I repeat when I'm at the gym "don't get hurt in the gym, don't get hurt in the gym..."

of course, it happens...

heal up old-dad Largo!

moosedrool

Trad climber

lost, far away from Poland

Nov 30, 2012 - 04:21pm PT

SteveA,
Once, I forgot to clip the autobelay as well! But as I grabbed a hold, I just remembered that I forgot my chalk! Turned around and ... wtf??? I forgot to clip! LOL. sucs to be old

gyms don't hurt people, people hurt themselves

Toker Villain

Big Wall climber

Toquerville, Utah

Nov 30, 2012 - 04:22pm PT

Ed, or working on the roof, or up in a tree!

Gyms are for hardmen. People that don't climb in gyms are tossers.

Donald Thompson

Trad climber

Los Angeles,CA

Nov 30, 2012 - 04:30pm PT

I severely sprained my ankle at a gym last year. I was down climbing a boulder move and decided to hop down the last bit or two when my left foot encountered a seam in the gyms very old and unsafe floor mats. Ironically some new mats were stacked nearby ready to be soon installed.
Watch out for these nefarious seams and obviously old and should-have-been-tossed-out-long-ago mats and pads. Now I always look for seams ,tears, and bumps.

Mr. Largo, heal faster by using the power of the mind, which is distinct from the meat brain. I heard that somewhere.

Jebus H Bomz

climber

Reno, Nuh VAAAA duh

Nov 30, 2012 - 04:32pm PT

I didn't engage the mini trax once on a solo tr. I was in a nice handjam, fortunately, engaged that sucker and then hung on it to recover from the shock. I also forgot my backup device, so it was a complete mini stroke moment ;).

I love those auto belays and the solo set ups, but you gotta pick up the slack we can usually expect from a partner. Things like, hey, you don't even have a rope on you (another story for me).

WBraun

climber

Nov 30, 2012 - 04:55pm PT

How in the hell does a honed master such as Largo deck in gym?

Was he unroped?

This report is so way homo.

Largo is so much larger than all this way homo reporting ......

F10

Trad climber

Bishop

Nov 30, 2012 - 04:56pm PT

Whoa man, shoulda stuck with FS'n Left Ski Track and the like...

Heal up and best wishes on your recovery

Betelnut

Mountain climber

So. California

Nov 30, 2012 - 04:58pm PT

More musings from the genius, Werner.

Tony Bird

climber

Northridge, CA

Nov 30, 2012 - 05:05pm PT

a bad owie. here's to good mending, john.

strangeday

Trad climber

Brea ca.

Nov 30, 2012 - 05:08pm PT

Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery... Guess it shows that it can happen to anyone.

I've seen more compound fractures in the gym than in motorcross racing.