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Peter
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 31, 2014 - 05:49pm PT
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Adult male maybe early 30s decided to free solo up almost the full height of the central area at PGSF today and decked. It made a nasty sound when he landed. He was carted out on a backboard but was conscious with no limbs sticking out at weird angles. I didn't see the fall but everyone heard the landing.
Anyone have any details? Was the guy of sound mind and what is the damage?
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Aug 31, 2014 - 07:11pm PT
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Wow . I usually can't sneeze without someone checking my knot or belay technique at PG Sunnyvale , I'm surprised someone didn't see him and try to talk him down ....
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Matt's
climber
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Aug 31, 2014 - 07:42pm PT
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lucky no one became his personal crash pad.
he could very well be fine, they seem to back board anyone and everyone
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Aug 31, 2014 - 07:44pm PT
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Stupid gym monkey behavior
Shocking
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Peter
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 31, 2014 - 07:47pm PT
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It seemed like he fell at least 30 ft based on where witnesses said he fell from. My intuition is that he was a novice and had no idea what he was doing. If he has no serious injury he is going to be sore as hell for a few days.
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Aug 31, 2014 - 08:08pm PT
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I wonder how long it will take for PG to get a letter from his attorney.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Aug 31, 2014 - 08:21pm PT
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I wonder how long it will take for PG to get a letter from his attorney.
Right, because responsible climbing gyms should have climbers on a leash and collar with their own personal safety attendant.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Aug 31, 2014 - 09:12pm PT
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Ground fall Floor fall - landing on mats.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Aug 31, 2014 - 09:33pm PT
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he could very well be fine, they seem to back board anyone and everyone
That's because it's called Mechanism of Injury. Standard EMS protocol. Since BLS/ALS personal don't have pocket CT/MRI scanners handy, they always take the side of caution. They did the right thing.
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i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
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Aug 31, 2014 - 10:57pm PT
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Stupid gym monkey behavior
Shocking yeah cuz nobody solos outside
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Aug 31, 2014 - 11:36pm PT
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Good thing the floor is as soft as the grades.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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glad I wasn't there today...
the floors are nice but I wouldn't want to fall from 30' onto them...
and I agree that the grades are soft, softer than the floors, I topped out at 5.11a yesterday and finally fell off a 5.11b (that would be a full number grade difference with the out of doors, unless not climbing for 3 months made me better).
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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If you fall from more than a body length or have a head/neck injury you're going to get backboarded and collared. Hope the guy lives to learn from his mistake.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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and I agree that the grades are soft, softer than the floors, I topped out at 5.11a yesterday and finally fell off a 5.11b (that would be a full number grade difference with the out of doors, unless not climbing for 3 months made me better).
There goes my mental image of Ed.-)
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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They're not consistant enough to be soft.
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crankster
Trad climber
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Bummer. Heal up and get back...on a rope.
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WBraun
climber
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Do they allow free soloing in the gym?
Anyways .... bottom line
Sh!t happens whether indoors or outdoors.
Best wishes to the poor guy who fell ......
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Sh#t happens. I used to work at a gym and would solo up/down/up/down for hours. Actually pretty fun... Hope he's OK
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Werner, they absolutely prohibit soloing above a certain height in the roped climbing area. I don't remember the exact rule but I think it's not getting your feet more than around 5-6 feet off the ground. Obviously you solo higher than this in the bouldering areas but in there you have lots of pads to position in addition to the soft floor.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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@phylp - the gym I worked at had a color change on the wall (white to blue) which was the 'bouldering height.' you can boulder anywhere so long as it's no higher than about 10 feet.
A good rule!
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