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Rock Climbing Incident

2008 Reader Submission
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I was free climbing with some of my friends. We started on the top of a 30- 40 foot cliff and climbed down. Then my two buddies went up the north west face while I decided to try something more difficult.

My friends made it to the top no problem, i was about two-thirds the way up and straddeling a little ridge when i felt the rock my feet were on come lose the rock broke and fell but i luckly had my hands in a good hold... or so i thought. The rock broke lose. I slid, on my man hood (if you get my drift) about eight feet then plumeted about ten feet and hit the ground and kept rolling. I rolled into a tree. Then i got up and walked around for a little bit, my friends saw the whole thing and thought that i should have been dead.

Anyway, i walked around and then decided that i should probably go up so i can go home... And here is the kicker; I ended up going up the same face that almost took my life!

We weren't even supposed to be back there, we should have been doing homework and stuff. I only ended up with a few cuts and scrapes on my arms, legs, and groin, a few days later i had a major bruse on my lower back.

Submitted on 06/25/2008

Submitted by: Nick Cote
Reference: Personal Story 2007

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
The kicker for me was your decision to go back up the same way a second time. That's the kind of thick-headedness you usually only see in cartoons or on the Three Stooges. Thanks, Nick!


James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
As Bruce said, what makes you a contender is that you chose to scale the same face TWICE! Hopefully you won't make a habit of it! :-) Thanks, Nick!


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