It was not long before we began simulclimbingup the buttress, taking a relaxed pace to enjoy what promised to be asunny and warm summer day in the Pickets. Donn and Jason formed onerope team, and Steve and I formed the other rope team. Steve and I werethe leading team.Theaccident occurred at 10:30am, shortly after we had traversed around The replica Vacheron Constantin watch Prow about 13 of the way up the route. Steve and I had switched leads,and Steve was leading the way up low fifth class ledges back onto thebuttress crest. I had just left the belay and begun simulclimbing whenI heard a yell above me. I looked up. I think the first thing I saw wasa climbing shoe flying through the air.
Then, I saw the giant rock andSteve silhouetted against the sky. The next thing I knew I was jerkedupwards as Steve hit the end of the rope. He had fallen about 60 feet.Unhurt and surprised, I immediately began calling out to Steve askinghim if he was okay. He did not answer me. He was hanging head down atthe end of the rope, and I was shocked to replica Louis Vuitton watch see quite a bit of bloodrunning down the rock. I yelled to Donn and Jason below. They heard meand began to climb up towards us.Iwas able to lower Steve to a ledge and climb up to him. I noticed thatthe rope attached to Steve was frayed to the core.
I was afraid of thepotential for the rope to break or slip loose at any time, so I set upadditional anchors on some nearby horns. I then maneuvered over toSteve and somehow flipped him so that his head was up. He was stillunresponsive, but moaning. replica Breitling watches His left leg was clearly fractured and hehad lost quite a bit of blood from a head wound.Donn and Jasonreached our precarious perch about 15 minutes after the fall. Theyanchored in and helped to situate Steve to a better position on thesmall ledge. With his head now fully upright, Steve began to drift inand out of consciousness.
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