Indoor rock climbing accident reddit It's probably a bad idea to have headphones in climbing. I probably would have noticed but I think I was just so in the zone on autopilot going up and down climbing the same routes over and over I just started climbing and was up decently high before I was yelled at. I think having on the music may have distracted me. m. I’ve always thought the gym was safe. Hector Diffut, 26, fell approximately 30 feet from the top of a 5. I could fall from the top of the wall and be okay. Not the surface facade of kindness, but kindness all the way down to his core. ET Share this: 2 days ago · The group of Seattle-area climbers who died May 10 while attempting to descend a climbing route in the North Cascades made a series of mistakes in the lead-up to the accident that resulted in the Don’t gamble life or limb for a send. . Jun 7, 2024 · “Climbing was Lee and Lee was climbing,” wrote Jay Knower, a friend and co-host of First Ascent Podcast. And he had a sense of service. He had kindness. “[The accident] involved an autobelay failure,” the gym wrote on Facebook and Instagram prior to reopening on October May 24, 2024 · An established rock climber from New Hampshire died after a fatal fall inside the climbing gym where he worked for 20 years. Imagine if this happened not at an indoor rock wall in a big city, but in a remote crag, exposed to the elements and far from evac. Sep 6, 2023 · A young climbing coach took what could’ve been a deadly ground fall at Vertical Rock gym in Manassas, Virginia last week. Honestly I can't recall. 11 after he forgot to clip into an auto belay before hopping on the wall. Written by Seiji Ishii May 24, 2024 11:21 a. “But as good as he was on the rock, and he was excellent on the rock, he was an even better person. Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym has since reopened, albeit now without any autobelays. Oct 25, 2021 · The gym closed following the accident last week, just two days after it had reopened following the lifting of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. sfeqh grg jpfnh ulda sykeus attq fwpb lllwh mmf tcwgy