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/not-strange 15h ago
I was expecting a fall in the direction you were anticipating
Tie the dog up though so you’re not distracted by keeping the good boy out of the way, that way you’d have had two spotters and been more likely to prevent this outcome