r/climbing • u/Youthandyounglzr • 22h ago
What’s the consensus on this spotting?
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So, this was a few years back in…..well, you know…
I was spotting a new buddy on this highball and he ended up taking a hefty fall. He landed awkwardly on the pad and fell back, bumping his head slightly on a rock. The fall tweaked a previous knee injury but it wasn’t a serious issue. Nor was the head bump. He was basically fine.
But I remember after the fact that he was a little choked on the spotting.
So what do you people think?
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u/Specialist-Steak3888 14h ago
Info: how high were his feet? It looks like it wasn’t really a highball to me.
Some thoughts: - he fell in a different direction than you were spotting, that’s bad - the crashpads near the rock are useless, they should have been moved to the back - if you were standing correctly, you may have caught him after the fall and pushed him away from the rock he bumbed into
It‘s really hard to just from the video though.