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Date of Incident

31/07/2019

Country

Ireland

Activity

Trad rock climbing

When

Ascending

Injury

Serious injury requiring medical treatment

Incident

Relatively inexperienced climber tried to lead-climb a route at the top of their ability, placed a single piece of protection then became overcome by fear at approx 10ft, before they were able to put in a 2nd piece of protection, leading to ground fall, the climber seemed uninjured and insisted on trying the route a second time against the advice of their climbing partners, exactly the same situation occurred where the climber started visibly shaking at around 10ft, fell again this time resulting in a fractured ankle

Lessons

Know your ability and climb within it, listen to your climbing partners, dont allow someone to climb if you have a serious doubt about them being in the correct frame of mind

Causes

Slip, trip or fall

Anonymous?

Yes

Reported By

Participant

Wearing Helmets?

Yes

Rescue Services Involved?

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Author

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14 May 2020 at 15:55:15

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