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fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
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Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Traveling light is the only way to fly.
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Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Witness reports suggest he fell from near Pervertical Sanctuary. Those are likely more reliable than the news articles.
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Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
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.
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Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
I'm not familiar with Diamond. Any links to the route?
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Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Ahhh, that explains why I'm not familiar with it at all. Way too technical for me, currently!
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Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
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.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.
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Re: fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020
Sounds like Pervertical per eye witness accounts. I was speculating that it was likely the easiest of them.
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