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Date of Incident

22/10/2023

Country

Wales

Route

Activity

Other

When

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Injury

Serious injury requiring medical treatment

Incident

Whilst dry tooling on the route Ibex in the shock the monkey area. Myself (leader) jumped off from above the second bolt, taking a swing left. This lifted my belayer and we collided. The back of my ice axe striking their elbow (suspected fracture). We considered this a lucky escape as the potential for this to be a much bigger issue (the sharp bit punchering skin).

Lessons

Take action to negate the belayer being dragged towards the climber( use of a edelrid ohm, fixing weight to the belayer or pre clipping the third bolt.)

Causes

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Anonymous?

Yes

Reported By

Partner

Wearing Helmets?

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Rescue Services Involved?

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Author

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22 October 2023 at 21:33:17

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