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Caldwell injured

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 Offwidth 03 Nov 2013
Tommy (not Simon!)

Separation of a rib from the sternum after a haul hook failed and his haul bag fell 200' heavily jarring him. Terrible luck but the outcome could have been worse I guess. Another major hiccup in the Dawn Wall project (the hardest trad climb in the world).
 jon 03 Nov 2013
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I'm surprised he's still alive, given what happened.
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That sucks! Really thought they were going to smash it this year
August West 03 Nov 2013
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> https://www.facebook.com/tommymcaldwell/posts/10202323326475268

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 Ben Briggs 03 Nov 2013
In reply to jon: I wonder if they were hauling with a dynamic rope, you would imagine it would be a lot worse using a static.
 JJL 03 Nov 2013
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'kin hell.

Assuming that the pig was on static, that means those anchors took one hell of a jolt. If he was "in the system", he's lucky he didn't get mashed. Those Yosemite double 10mmbolts are the business! Shame about the rivets though...

Get well soon.
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