Not dying, 2011. (1)

[hawkwing_lb]

So 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.

Comments

[katallen.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! :: tries not to say interfering motherly things ::

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Eeep is pretty right. But no harm no foul, as they say.

[atheilen.livejournal.com]

Holy shit! I'm glad you're ok.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

So am I! Fortunately, I didn't have time to be terrified. :)

[clarentine]

::echoes above::

Owie for the bruising, but I'm glad it was no more than a close call.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Me, too. It's a very interesting shape, the bruise. :)