erik Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 flebebebebe yes i am. i personlly would not like to fall on said micro stoppers as the placements are kinda flared. and the upper pitch is dome rocking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleblebleb Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Yes, you're right, and the micros are pretty small. They're quite nice for body weight though. I shouldn't have said very well, it's more like reasonably well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gratefulali Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Thus far I believe he was not aid soloing, he was free climb rope soloing. I wonder if something happened on his way down while on that ledge then that you say is 50-60' up. That is about how high up the rope was dangling when he was found, so I've heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klar404 Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 hey! guy in J-tree! here is a link to a picture of the pitch thin fingers aprroach Hope your buddy gets better. That would be a shitty place to deck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialed Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Maybe rapped off the end of his ropes from the high anchor. I think a 60m barely reaches, but a 50m doesn't right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 ACTUALLY A 60M DOES NOT REACH FROM THE HIGH ANCHOR. ONLY A 70M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleblebleb Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 It seems like a nasty pitch to rope solo with one rope. The lower half is at least 50' and I'd guess the upper half is ca. 20' longer. Falling from the halfway anchors is an awful scenario, it's a big fall and the landing below Thin Fingers is very broken and nasty. When you say the rope was found dangling at that level, do you mean it was attached at that level or the ends were at that level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleblebleb Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 klar404 said: hey! guy in J-tree! here is a link to a picture of the pitch thin fingers aprroach Hope your buddy gets better. That would be a shitty place to deck That's a good picture. The guy in it is standing at the halfway anchor. The crack is the thin stopper crack that is fun/easy to learn to aid on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 (edited) If the rope was found dangeling, my guess is that he was rapping from the top and went off the ends(only a guess). I thnik a 60 meter rope comes about 20 feet shy of the ground, give or take a few. Still a long way to fall onto boulders. Thats terrible, hope he recovers to climb again! Eric, is this a friend of yours? Edited April 4, 2003 by Lambone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimL Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 I met Dino last spring in the valley after he and Crazy Jamis got off ZM. Cool guy. Hopefully his recovery will be quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialed Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Anyone know Dino's real name???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gratefulali Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 I don't see the link to the photo of thin fingers..I do have the link to the stanford .edu website of the pencil drawings of the climbs though..maybe you could send it to my private mailbox here. thanks. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gratefulali Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 btw, that is his real name. pronounced...deeno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 http://kar404.50megs.com/photohtml/indexhtml/spindex005.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gratefulali Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Can you send that link again for the photo of thin fingers...I don't see it. hmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gratefulali Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 i see it now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Heal quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dberdinka Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Very disturbing story, considering that he sounds like a very experienced climber and how common it is to be rope soloing on the lower town wall. I hope he has a full and speedy recovery. I also hope we can hear the full details from an authoritive source. Would like to avoid doing something similar in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gratefulali Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Exactly! That's why I joined your forum yesterday. 1)so I could piece together the possibilities to help him remember (if he ever does...trauma has a way of repressing memories to protect oneself). 2) So we can ALL learn from it! I'll be flying up there to see him next week..as soon as midterms are over for me. He's in surgery today for his arm..so far 6 hours in there! It's gonna be a long and windy road back to climbing for him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icegirl Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 I'm going to be at HMC this weekend, and was thinking of taking Dino some get well stuff (flowers/balloons/beer) from cc.com. Anyone else? I'll bring it up at PC tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Maybe we could open a thread that is "get well wishes" people could submit -- then you could print 'em up to go with the stuff you bring. Just an idea. Icegirl, if you like the idea and want to do that, go ahead and open the new thread. - Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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