*** Climbing Accident in Boulder Canyon ***

From sarinfo@istar.ca Tue Jun 30 06:07:33 1998
From: Taylor Shull <taylor_shull@stortek.com>
Newsgroups: rec.climbing
Subject: Re: Accident in Boulder Canyon
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:25:17 -0600
Organization: designers of stuff that doesn't suck

Here's a quote from the Boulder Camera...

Both fell from a high rock, hit a lower part of the rock and landed near
the roadside of Colo. 119 about five miles up the canyon, west of the
Sugarloaf Road turnoff. An investigation by the Rocky Mountain Rescue
Group said the top anchor the climbers used had failed. The two climbers
were 24 years old and were Boulder residents, according to Boulder
County Sheriff Sgt. George Dunphy. 

Neither climber was wearing a helmet. It is unclear how much experience
the climbers had. 

Witnesses said both fell at the same time, about 3 p.m. Some rope
remained on top of the rock, about 125 feet high, called Brick Wall. Rocky
Mountain Rescue Group climbers estimated the difficulty of the climb in
rock climber`s terms as approximately a 5.10. 

This accident is currently under investigation by a joint effort of the
Boulder County Sheriff's Dept. and Rocky Mountain Rescue Group. There are
a number of unusual aspects to this accident.