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2015-08-24 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Free Climbing claims 2 lives in Teton National Park

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-08-24 05:58|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 the accident
Stupid is as Stupid does.

Posted by Skidmark 2015-08-24 10:12|| 2015-08-24 10:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Two out of three ain't bad. Darwin wins again.

Posted by regular joe 2015-08-24 10:28|| 2015-08-24 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 At least they died doing what they enjoyed doing. Condolences to the families.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2015-08-24 12:31|| 2015-08-24 12:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Think of it as evolution in action

Posted by Silentbrick 2015-08-24 12:43|| 2015-08-24 12:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Darwin clearly prefers people who make snarky comments from the comfort of their own home.

Posted by AuburTom 2015-08-24 13:12|| 2015-08-24 13:12|| Front Page Top

#6 I credit a lot of who I am today, physically and mentally, to the rock climbing I did as a youth. Its no joke, even with the safety equipment.

Hard to tell if they were stupid (getting way outside their skill set), unlucky (weather shift/wind gust), or unfortunate (risks of the activity).

I will say this - if you are 10' off the ground and are there to not die, get off the rock. You must be there to live.

It is amazing there is a survivor, and that her phone worked.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-08-24 14:44|| 2015-08-24 14:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Humping all that extra gear is for sissies.

It's called free-climbing. It's not for dilettantes. Especially where they were climbing.

Posted by Pappy 2015-08-24 15:16|| 2015-08-24 15:16|| Front Page Top

#8 It's called free-climbing. It's not for dilettantes. Especially where they were climbing. Posted by: Pappy

Hence the title. An insane undertaking that should be accompanied with a very large CASH BOND for costly recovery of body parts and clean-up.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-08-24 15:33|| 2015-08-24 15:33|| Front Page Top

#9 swksvolFF---I am of the same opinion as of you. I did rock climbing and mountaineering since I was 7 years old. My late father got into it and he gave back in instruction to new climbers coming into the sport. We did Yosemite, the Tetons, the Cascades, the Sierra, all over. One thing that I REALLY learned was managing risk, and developing good judgment. Those skills have served me all my life.

There was a very talented Austrian climber named Hermann Buhl. He did some serious high altitude technical climbs solo. When he got to some hairy pitches, he just hung a rope on him for confidence.

Well Hermann finally fell off a solo climb and died. We kids made a song about him to the tune of the Coaster's hit, "Charley Brown"

Hermann Buhl, he's a fool
That Hermann Buhl, he's a fool
He's gonna get creamed
Just you wait and see
"Why's the Great Belayer always pickin' on me?"

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-08-24 20:04|| 2015-08-24 20:04|| Front Page Top

#10 I hit a peak at 5.6 or 5.7 depending on the grader (The Pear, Lumpy Ridge, Co). Was nice and limber then got stocky. Not bad for a flatlander.

Anyways.

Did some looking, their approach was 3 to 4 (not some path), grade G (don't have to have protection, always recommended, always have a fn' helmet) seems the biggest problem there is snow pack (bad juju) and falling rock (really bad juju, especially in popular climbs), then got off trail (something bad happens, delays response, perhaps by hours).

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-08-24 23:32|| 2015-08-24 23:32|| Front Page Top

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