A particularly nasty fall cut Calum's trip short. After lowering off he began to cough up blood and was taken to the hospital where he was told he'd broken/dislocated his thumb and fractured his ribs. He booked an early flight back to Scotland and required surgery to fix up his hand. He's out of the game for a couple of months, wish him well!
Jeez. That was unpleasant to watch. Lucky sport climbing is safe though, and you don't need to wear a helmet.... The catch didn't look too bad. There was a fair bit of rope out and the belayer just locked off and held the fall, which would probably have been fine if the climber hadn't been coming down head first. A soft catch in that situation might really have dropped him on his head. Doesn't bear thinking about.
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