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Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:42 am
by Jorts
ZNixon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:03 am
Terribly sad. My condolences to friends/family.
Which route would this have happened on?
Kieners
Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:03 am
by Monster5
Witness reports suggest he fell from near Pervertical Sanctuary. Those are likely more reliable than the news articles.
Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:14 am
by TomPierce
Yeah, the thread on MP suggests he was under the Diamond, not Kieners. A lone comment about objective danger makes me wonder about causation. But of most importance, a real shame, sorry to read about this. RIP.
-Tom
Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:15 pm
by ZNixon
I'm not familiar with Diamond. Any links to the route?
Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:17 pm
by nsaladin
ZNixon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:15 pm
I'm not familiar with Diamond. Any links to the route?
https://www.mountainproject.com/route/1 ... sual-route
Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:19 pm
by ZNixon
Ahhh, that explains why I'm not familiar with it at all. Way too technical for me, currently!
Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:35 pm
by 76dorihe
Dan_Suitor wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:19 am
Very sad. My condolences to his friends and family.
The name Broadway is contradictory to what it is. It’s narrow and extremely exposed with some sketchy areas you have to maneuver around. There was significant pucker factory the day I was on it.
Broadway is about as big as it gets for ledges on climbing routes, and when dry is class 1/2. However, there's The Broadway Steparound that is totally exposed to the Lower East Face and requires a bouldering move to an out-of-sight handhold.
Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:46 pm
by 76dorihe
Jorts wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:42 am
ZNixon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:03 am
Terribly sad. My condolences to friends/family.
Which route would this have happened on?
Kieners
Or the Yellow Wall, Pervertical Sanctuary, Curving Vine, D7, Casual Route a la Donahue and Caldwell.
Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:23 pm
by Jorts
76dorihe wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:46 pm
Jorts wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:42 am
ZNixon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:03 am
Terribly sad. My condolences to friends/family.
Which route would this have happened on?
Kieners
Or the Yellow Wall, Pervertical Sanctuary, Curving Vine, D7, Casual Route a la Donahue and Caldwell.
Sounds like Pervertical per eye witness accounts. I was speculating that it was likely the easiest of them.