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Omiros, 7b fall.

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!

16 Jun, 2015
Ouch! Lucky it was not his head!
16 Jun, 2015
Arghhhhhhh. So close to the jugs! ;)
16 Jun, 2015
Ouch indeed, it could have been much worse.
16 Jun, 2015
Can you imagine? Urgh.
16 Jun, 2015
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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