Comments on: Rock Climber Critically Injured After Fall On Virginia’s Afton Mountain http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/2008/09/02/rock-climber-critically-injured-after-fall-on-virginias-afton-mountain/ Mt. Everest to The Poles: Exploring Adventure One Trip At a Time Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:45:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jason A. Hendricks http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/2008/09/02/rock-climber-critically-injured-after-fall-on-virginias-afton-mountain/comment-page-1/#comment-4223 Jason A. Hendricks Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:40:17 +0000 http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/?p=1232#comment-4223 Thank-you very much for stopping by, Jon. The update is much appreciated. Thank-you for the kind words. I am glad to hear that you are doing better and that you should be able to make a full recovery. That is a scary incident and I didn't even go through it... What type of belay device were you using? Have you notified them of the malfunction? It would be interesting to know what they had to say about this, and whether this problem has occurred previously. When I cover mountains like Mt. Everest, or K2, we are talking thousands of meters to the top. You fell approximately 60 feet. I know that might not sound like a big fall to my readers, but believe me, lesser falls have certainly killed people. Luckily Jon, medical help was on the scene in a very short time. Once again, thanks for stopping by with the update and glad to hear that the prayers are slowly bringing you back around. Thank-you very much for stopping by, Jon. The update is much appreciated. Thank-you for the kind words. I am glad to hear that you are doing better and that you should be able to make a full recovery. That is a scary incident and I didn’t even go through it…

What type of belay device were you using? Have you notified them of the malfunction? It would be interesting to know what they had to say about this, and whether this problem has occurred previously.

When I cover mountains like Mt. Everest, or K2, we are talking thousands of meters to the top. You fell approximately 60 feet. I know that might not sound like a big fall to my readers, but believe me, lesser falls have certainly killed people. Luckily Jon, medical help was on the scene in a very short time.

Once again, thanks for stopping by with the update and glad to hear that the prayers are slowly bringing you back around.

]]> By: Jon Higginbotham http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/2008/09/02/rock-climber-critically-injured-after-fall-on-virginias-afton-mountain/comment-page-1/#comment-4209 Jon Higginbotham Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:28:03 +0000 http://skinnymoose.com/adventurist/?p=1232#comment-4209 I wanted to thank Jason Hendricks for his kind words. The prayers are more than likely the reason I'm recovering as well as I am. The climb at Raven's Roost was actually closer to 60 feet. I fractured my femur and split my pelvis in half. I'm having some radiating nerve pain but I'm ahead of schedule with my therapy and was able to go 50% weight-bearing 2 weeks ahead of schedule. I should make a full recovery. As far as the climb, I had reached the top of the climb but wasn't able to traverse the last ledge which is one of the more technical parts of the climb. As I let go to be belayed down, my belay device failed sending me to bottom. Fortunately, I don't remember the fall. Thanks again to Jason. I wanted to thank Jason Hendricks for his kind words. The prayers are more than likely the reason I’m recovering as well as I am. The climb at Raven’s Roost was actually closer to 60 feet. I fractured my femur and split my pelvis in half. I’m having some radiating nerve pain but I’m ahead of schedule with my therapy and was able to go 50% weight-bearing 2 weeks ahead of schedule. I should make a full recovery.

As far as the climb, I had reached the top of the climb but wasn’t able to traverse the last ledge which is one of the more technical parts of the climb. As I let go to be belayed down, my belay device failed sending me to bottom. Fortunately, I don’t remember the fall.

Thanks again to Jason.

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