Was climbing Rock Around The Clock today and witnessed a tremendous whipper on the Flumes. I think the dude missed a bolt and blew it fairly close to the anchor, I havent climbed this particular one yet.



The first pic was taken about 4 minutes before he fell. I thought, "Wow, what a great photo op, i hope i can share this with them later."



He climbed up at least another 5-10 feet.



Suddenly, i heard a shifting sound as i looked down to my follower and my eyes bounced up to watch this dude just drop and drop. I had all the time in the world to think, "Holy crap hes still falling. Somethings wrong. Hes going to deck. Im about to call 911."



Then he stopped. He hung there for a long time but based off thr german dialogue between him and the belayer it quickly became apparent that he was okay. After staring in disbelief for a while, I thought "shit i have to document this." so out came the phone and i took a secind shot exactly where he fell to.



I cant bring myself to acceot that this may be well over 60 feet. again, he climbed uo significantly higher than the first picture before falling.



A good time to reflect...