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Incident
Lead fall. Long and sideways as above and to the left of last bolt. Hard catch due to belayer heavier than leader and belayer inexperience. However the fall would have been bad even with an experienced belayer. Lead climber suffered right ankle sprain and left knee mcl tear as a result on impact into crag.
Lessons
The route was runout so a long fall was inevitable. Soft catches are important and not that easy to give well. I do not think the BMC currently has any training info on soft catches/dynamic belaying??
Activity
Sport rock climbing
When
Ascending
Injury
Minor injury
Causes
Slip, trip or fall, Belaying failure or error
Anonymous?
Yes
Reported By
Participant
Wearing Helmets?
No
Rescue Services Involved?
Got helicopter down as unable to walk
Author
22 January 2020 at 15:34:56
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