Not dying, 2011. (1)
Jan. 14th, 2011 09:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hawkwing_lbSo tonight I nearly died at climbing.
It was a case of belayer fail - I was leading, had about 1.5 metres of slack in the rope, new rope so stretchy, and she let herself get taken by surprise so the rope ran through her fingers - understandable, but not fun. I got the rope wrapped around my thigh somewhere between five and three feet above the ground, and she got a solid grip on the rope before I made impact. So - having fallen from three times my own height - I have a single deep bruise, and not, y'know, broken anything.
Having taken two months off, I now really suck at climbing - that's not a fall I would've taken in November, and the burst blisters on my fingers are making me really miss my pad of callous. But, you know, it is what it is. All I can do is knuckle down and train back to something approaching competence.
Before my brush with mortality, though, I actually got some work done. I am feeling hopeful that I will actually manage productivity this semester.
It was a case of belayer fail - I was leading, had about 1.5 metres of slack in the rope, new rope so stretchy, and she let herself get taken by surprise so the rope ran through her fingers - understandable, but not fun. I got the rope wrapped around my thigh somewhere between five and three feet above the ground, and she got a solid grip on the rope before I made impact. So - having fallen from three times my own height - I have a single deep bruise, and not, y'know, broken anything.
Having taken two months off, I now really suck at climbing - that's not a fall I would've taken in November, and the burst blisters on my fingers are making me really miss my pad of callous. But, you know, it is what it is. All I can do is knuckle down and train back to something approaching competence.
Before my brush with mortality, though, I actually got some work done. I am feeling hopeful that I will actually manage productivity this semester.
