The dangers on ice?

[Cobra_Commander]

safety pontifications made based on someone's photo climbing hard? nolse being nolse? bd athletes mentioned? I give this thread a 5 neutrino rating.

[Coldfinger]

OUCH! Now I'm real sore, that word in a reference to me! NOLS!

[Cobra_Commander]

now wait just a minute... are two nols graduates going tete a tete? I hope the universe can handle this.

[Coldfinger]

Hell no my crew and NOLS are Hatfields and McCoys.

 

And, ahem, guess there is a cave.

 

Well I'm wearing sweatpants, at home and loving it!

[Dane]

damn good belay if I do say so myself, take in that slack!!

 

Agreed! And not my picture btw as was pointed out earlier. Obviously just a great photo

 

No one hurt so I guess you could call it a "safe" fall.

[MarkMcJizzy]

And yes knowing how to fall is key

 

...to how well john knows how to fall on ice without getting hurt! Something that not many people can say can do

 

People can certainly know how not to fall, and fall better than others. But the fact is falling on ice is a game of chance and luck, and to claim some skill is specious

[genepires]

My skill in falling is the ability to eject all crampons and ice tools while airborne. Ya gotta be quick.

[Cobra_Commander]

The key is to turn facing out really fast and stick both hands and legs out. Your nutsack will be split in half by the rope but your legs will be spared.

[Dane]

Ya, right, "falling skills".

 

Mine are, if possible, a quick look down on both sides to see what I am going to hit on the way. It use to be a joke with my regular partners. "When he starts looking down real quickly, there isn't any warning past that, he is about to wing".

 

Then I would either make the next move or grease/blow off. Works great on smooth vertical or over hanging rock with good pro. With the pro as close as possible to your face Not always so good on differing terrain.

[JosephH]

Falling 'skills' involving judgment might exists in the moments before a fall, but when a fall happens you're better off describing them 'falling instincts', unless of course you think and move a lot faster than I do.

[Joe_Poulton]

Hell no my crew and NOLS are Hatfields and McCoys.

 

And, ahem, guess there is a cave.

 

Well I'm wearing sweatpants, at home and loving it!

 

You had to do it....my Great Grandparents were the McCoys...and my Great Grandpa started McCoy Plumbing in Portland....don't bring my family into this petty online forum....

[spiderman]

I did Borgeau Left this year a few days before it fell. I was a little hesitant to start up the thing while looking up it at the base...once I was half way up, I was certain I did not want to be where I was, no good gear = no way to bail. So I just used my superduper-altrastealth-ninjakungfu delicate climbing skills to get to the anchors. My buddy who followed literally crapped his pants, bent his picks(BD you cheap pick making sons of bitches), and started crying and praying to god at the same time.

 

Now that's not really a story I'm all that proud of telling. I will be using better judgement in the future.