Posted on 03/29/2022 7:01:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The desert lives on a healthy diet of people’s TIRES, outdoor wooden furniture and other structures, and now nylon.
You lean back for a simple rappel down the cliff and away you go. What horror for a few seconds.
If this pattern of death continues, somebody is going to say that very old tree should be cut down.
I climbed in my university days. One of the first things we learned was to never trust other’s hardware or ropes left on the mountain.
2.23 seconds to fall 80 feet. Enough time for a very short prayer.
Desert temperatures and sunlight are very hard on plastics.
Good God. I don’t do that kind of thing, but trusting your life to that kind of thing seems foolhardy. When I read it, I thought “Who would do that?” but then, knowing human nature...them seeing other people using it and not getting killed or hurt...
It seems like going into an old abandoned airfield, finding a dusty, weathered old parachute that had been exposed to heat, water leaks, and sun exposure hanging on a nail on the side of a building, and using that to jump out of a plane.
Tragic for her.
“...ran her safety rope through nylon webbing
that had been left by someone who had previously climbed the route...”
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Rookie mistake.
Joshua Tree
And he still hasn’t found what he’s looking for.
Probably had a really unique cool view for a few seconds.
Oh sh1t, save me Lord.
To quote the Critical Drinker, “Naw. It’ll be fine.”
Back in my climbing days I never relied on someone else’s rigging or ropes unless I knew them and was satisfied with the way they maintained their equipment.
Ditto that.
Yep. Once on a boat I took hold of a line I thought was secure but wasn’t and landed in the drink. That first instant is an odd feeling. Can maybe imagine the next several seconds of a big fall, but probably not.
RIP Tina.
In my college days and after, we went to the rocks in Joshua Tree often. The climbing is great and it was easy for us to get in dangerous situations without even thinking. Lots of traction.
We were stupid but lucky. I understand the park is crowded these days.
This was like pulling the trigger on a gun that someone said was loaded with blanks.
One thing you’ll never catch me doing... Anything to do with heights.
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