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Runyon, who has past search-and-rescue experience outside of Phoenix, Arizona, built a gear anchor in the crack she was climbing and immediately called 911. Runyon estimates that the two climbers fell approximately 100 to 150 feet, contrary to the higher estimate of 150 to 200 mentioned in a Boulder County press release. They came to a stop near the top of the first pitch of Tagger, a climb adjacent to Wind Ridge. Looking up, Runyon then saw two climbers tumble end over end.
“I was about 40 feet below that ledge when I heard a climber yell ‘Falling,’ above us,” Runyon said. Then I was going to bring my partner up and we’d walk off the ledge,” Runyon said. “My partner and I were on Wind Ridge, and I was going to run the first two pitches together as one. The next thing I know we’re both falling and we exploded off of four different ledges.”Īubrey Runyon, a longtime Eldo climber, was climbing below the party when the accident happened and was first on the scene. Even at that point I thought we had this piece and horn that was slung. I gave him a warning, but I never thought it was going to be a highly consequential fall.
“As I came out of the hueco and moved up, in a very exposed position, that’s when I knew I was going to fall. I was nervous, but he said, ‘Man don’t worry, if you fall it’s okay.’ We knew the girth hitch wasn’t the best possible piece of gear, but even if I fell, he was spotting me toward the ledge. “My partner had led the pitch before, and he was talking me through it. “When you’re inside the hueco, it’s a very strenuous position, but I felt secure, hunkered down in it,” the climber told Climbing. The third pitch of Wind Ridge begins with some awkward moves in a large hueco, and is one of the cruxes. My partner was hooked into that cordelette and it was also the first piece for me as the climber ” “I used a cordelette to sling a boulder in the alcove that is just above the part that is the traditional belay of the third pitch,” the climber said. Many parties choose to walk off from here, as the third pitch has less solid rock than the lower two, and the descent from the summit is more involved. The second pitch of the 5.7 Wind Ridge ends at a large ledge that diagonally traverses the top half of Wind Tower. I was climbing and my partner was belaying.” “We were at the bottom of the third pitch of Wind Ridge when the accident happened. “We climbed the first pitch of Tigger, and then we did the second pitch of Wind Ridge ,” the climber said.
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He is currently in the hospital undergoing a series of surgeries for his extensive injuries. On Sunday evening, Climbing spoke briefly with the surviving climber, who asked that his name not be published until he has had a chance to speak with his late partner’s family. According to a press release from Boulder County, the surviving climber was in his 20s, while the deceased was in his 30s.
The two climbers fell over 100 feet-still roped together-while climbing the Wind Tower formation. One climber is dead and another seriously injured following an accident on Thursday, August 26 in Eldorado Canyon, Colorado.
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