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8 Oct 2024, 14:00

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    Wild as it may seem, every year we publish at least one report of a climber getting their knee stuck in an offwidth crack. Sound crazy? It happened to Martin Boysen on Trango Tower and more recently Jason Kruk on Boogie Till You Puke.  On January 8, Climber 1 (female, 25) got her knee stuck in a wide crack on the Regular Route (3 pitches, 5.7) on Queen Victoria Spire in Sedona. Climber 1 was following four friends on her first outdoor climb when she attempted an “alpine knee” while pulling onto a ledge on the second pitch. An “alpine knee” is when you place that joint on top of a high hold and use it for progress, instead of a foot. Rather than helping her onto the ledge, Climber 1’s knee slipped into a four-inch-wide crack, where it wedged and became stuck. Others in her party tried pouring water over her knee in an attempt to free it but were unsuccessful.  At 5:15 p.m., the Coconino County Sheriff’s department was contacted to perform a rescue. By 8 p.m., the SAR team had arrived. It took over an hour to free the climber from the crack, and by then the climber was exhibiting signs of mild hypothermia (they had started climbing at 12:30 p.m.). The climbing party was airlifted off the spire. The stuck climber was not injured and refused treatment. The climbers in this scenario did “everything right,” according to the SAR team. They tried to free their partner, and failing that, they initiated a rescue. Many relatively easy routes have awkward sections or styles of climbing that may seem above the technical grade when first encountered outdoors. Care should be taken when making a move where a slip or fall could result in injury or entrapment. It took about four hours to free this climber, and temperatures at the crag dropped to around 30°F. Consider worst-case scenarios when preparing for a climb, as unexpected events could result in prolonged exposure to the elements. (Source: Dan Apodaca.)  If getting your knee stuck in an offwidth is so common, what do we do if it happens? In the video analysis, ANAC editor Pete Takeda provides some tips on how to prepare for this kind of worst-case scenario when rock climbing. Credits: Pete Takeda, Editor of Accidents in North American Climbing, and Hannah Provost, Content Director; Producer: Shane Johnson and Sierra McGivney @Sierra_McGivney; Videographer: Foster Denney @fosterdoodle_; Editor: Sierra McGivney @Sierra_McGivney; Location: Cob Rock, Boulder Canyon, CO https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2025/3/12/prescriptionknee
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    Finally back to #climbing after 2 months of absence. And got to highpoint with an onsight of the green route in the image located between the person climbing on the left and the Autobelay on the right. Votes for the grade are 50-50 between UIAA 7- and 7. Most holds are smallish pinches and the second to last hold is an uncomfortable slopery hold. The upper third of the wall is slightly overhanging. #IndoorClimbing #GymClimbing #LeadClimbing #Klettern #Vorstieg
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    He recently completed Stoking the Fire, an endurance test-piece in the famous Cova Gran The post Jorge Díaz-Rullo Climbs a Chris Sharma 5.15b appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/jorge-diaz-rullo-climbs-a-chris-sharma-5-15b/
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    Jamie Stone, MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, has met the Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms, to ask him to suspend the geographical target for the Shared Rural Network. It's something that conservationists and loca... https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=776766
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    Pre-event protocols weren't followed, leaving American athletes with their attendance unconfirmed in Briançon The post Team USA Lead Climbers Forced to Sit Out World Cup appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/indoor-climbing/team-usa-lead-climbers-forced-to-sit-out-world-cup/
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    This week's Friday Night Video, Night Moves, takes us back to 2019, where a strong team including Daniel Woods, Shawn Raboutou, Nina Williams, and Giuliano Cameroni head to Brazil to explore the climbing that the country has to offer. https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=772601
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    https://www.seclimbers.org/2024/06/28/the-economic-impact-of-climbing-in-tennessee-a-win-win-for-the-economy-and-stewardship/