 Mr_Ike
Male, 18-29, Europe
 39 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 5:52:08 AM
Looks like he was taking a rest, probably waiting for a climber above him. At the start of the fall he is not holding the axe. He then gets knocked of his feet by a lump of ice coming from above. Once you start sliding like that there is no way to get that axe back into your hand, hence no way to do an arrest! |
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baradhili
Male, 40-49, Australia
121 Posts
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 5:51:35 AM
yup I was going to say that.. where was the axe arrest, he sat on his arse most of the way... |
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 carmium
Female, 50-59, Canada
4028 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 11:03:26 PM
I've never ice climbed in my life, but do you not:
1) take an ice axe in one hand and
2) grab the pick end with the other and
3) shove the wide end into the snow/ice?
More or less? |
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 freddyferret
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
9843 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 10:45:12 PM
That wasn't a fall, it was a badass slide. I was expecting some free falling. He didn't axe arrest, he's an idiot. |
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 WorldOfJames
Male, 18-29, Europe
613 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 5:45:53 PM
why didn't he ice axe arrest?!?!? |
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 infantry0
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
131 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 4:21:24 PM
SELF ARREST, DUMMY
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wibble4321
Male, 30-39, Asia
155 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 3:13:16 PM
A classic example of how not to fall down a mountain. That flailing thing on a strap (ice axe) on his left wrist is supposed to be in his hand. Looks like he panicked and got lucky not hitting anything major on the way down.
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 piperfawn
Male, 30-39, Europe
3158 Posts
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Saturday, March 09, 2013 1:43:35 PM
Link: An Ice Climber Falls Off Mountain: The POV [Rate Link] - I bet there is a brown stripe in that mountain ditch now. |
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