11 Things I Learned from Surviving a Climbing Accident
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Rock climbing is a dangerous sport, even when you know your stuff. An exciting tale about surviving a 25-foot climbing fall and what I learned from it.
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I stand there, frozen, unable to speak, pinching a ledge of rock about a knuckle deep for dear life. We had bushwhacked our way up a Castlewood Canyon to hang out on some walls and get our climb on – however at that moment it was the last thing I could bring myself to do. Half way up a route where the holds went from gentle 5.9 jugs to a grueling 5.11a. finger killers. There I was, stuck in my sick fantasy on how was I going to fall to certain death. Tears started to trickle down my face.
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