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I disagree.....Climbing petrified mudd, is way different than climbing granite.

Would YOU feel better if we didn't call your ridiculous exaggeration what it is? 28 feet isn't even a big fall for sport climbing (I have seen bigger whips off Latest Rage and Darkness at Noon) and for trad climbing, is merely slightly larger than average. Do you feel better now that you have sprayed......

Wew…..that only took about an hour before some person on here would discount what I wrote. Would you feel better if I changed the title to big fall instead of huge?

Are you the alex that fell? If so.....sure was dramatic.

OK....why cant he?

It is common to have only quick draws as anchors. Lockers would have been a safer way to go for sure.

This is one of the biggest falls I have ever witnessed in person. I was at Smith Rocks this last weekend. I was standing facing Zebra Zion with Ben (Beaconben). There were about 6 people in his group and another 5 or so hanging out and maybe 20 or so people on 5 gallons buckets and the surrounding climbs. One of Bens friends (Alex) was had just led Lions Chair (I think that is the name) 10.c first pitch. It is behind the tree in the corner that splits the hard man wall (magic light) with Zebra Zion. He had led it and most of his crew had top roped it and cleaned all the gear. Then he grabbed his rack and top roped up to the anchor which was two quick draws on two bolts. He pasted the anchor and started leading up the 5.11a next pitch. He got up about 6 or 7 feet past the anchor and threw in a tiny nut. You could tell he was nervous climbing past this nut. He started crying out that he wanted more gear. So he threw in a micro cam right next to the nut. Alex started climbing again but was obvious he was getting thrashed pretty quickly. He was about 4 feet from a bolt and now his feet were a good 4 – 6 feet above his gear and he was freaking out. He lost it and fell. Both of his pieces ripped out of the wall taking fist size chucks of smith rock with it. People on the ground had to duck…….Alex came to a crashing halt about 15 feet below the two quick draws (the anchor) that saved his life. After finding out Alex was ok the crowd yelled and applauded. Alex batmaned up to the anchor and cleaned it and went to climb something else. I do not feel that the climber was being unsafe in any way. Anyone else see this?

Why cant you?

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This is a little freaky...... B6Lstkiexhc

I agree. How belittling of them!

Allowing the Government to take MORE of people's hard-earned money, thus removing it from the marketplace? Price controls? Sounds like the first step towards Maxine Waters's dream of a nationalized oil industry. No thanks. I dont know.....alot of that I agree with.....at least the part about the candidate that tells it how it is.....That would be cool.

Thats because republican's are blind. Spoke like a true neo con.....

$4.10 by my house......sucks.....

BTW rain….the “work of art” I was referring to was not the line of bolts but the finished product of a new route. That could very well be all trad…….

Here's some real art for you....and you can use them over and over again, without making holes in the rock: What if its a blank face with no cracks to place the nuts in? If you could not use them at all Rain....how could you use them over and over again? Just saying......

Painful balls?

define reasonable? This statment speaks more to the person who wants a time limits ego than the FA party. Ego does play a part in route setting and FFA's ......maybe for some it plays a HUGE role. That is too bad......

What the hell is that.......

Think of it as your art work. You clean a piece of cliff band. And where I come from that means hours upon hours of work removing moss and grass and small bushes and huge engine size blocks. This is not only dangerous but time consuming. Bolts costs money.....a drill costs money.....by the time it is ready for leading you have put 4 weekends in a row of work in and a $100 worth of hardware (including a % of the drill). In the winter you get wet and muddy and cold. All so people like you can have a crag to climb at. I personally don’t think getting the FFA on a route you put so much work into is that much to ask. It’s not all about ego……it’s a sense of accomplishment. And hopefully……just hopefully you have created a classic……

nice pictures......

Too late!

Bolt it!

Quick....someone go F*&^ her!

Are you saying that in this particular situation that he would be rude to climb this abandoned climb? I disagree. If someone was serious about climbing it.....they would fix a line over it.