12-year-old Italian climbing prodigy Tito Claudio Traversa has passed away after being hospitalized from a 50-foot groundfall. Grimper.com reports that Traversa was warming up on a 6b sport climb at the popular limestone venue of Orpierre, France, during a trip with his local climbing wall team, which included 10 kids and three adults.
Apparently, the quickdraws used to equip the route were slung incorrectly, which resulted in total failure and a groundfall...
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> The following video illustrates how one could put a petzl draw together wrongly, while passing a first glance test (and even a light pull).
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> youtube.com/watch?v=4kSaTOIlMb4&
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