Powerband mastermind and all-around nice guy John Palmer has sufferred a ten metre ground fall while climbing in the Gorges du Tarn in France. Information suggests he landed on his back after his belayer’s grigri failed to lock (reason unknown). John has a broken neck and is in hospital in Montpellier. There is no evidence of spinal cord damage at this stage. Best wishes John.
Ω Derek has edited together some of his footage from Hueco. Goooood. Ω
Ω Little known bouldering facts: Fontainebleau legend Jacky Godoffe is lefthanded; John Gill is also a lefty; Jerry Moffat is always right; Ron Fawcett climbed Careless Torque mainly on the right; Big Golden 7c+ is just right of Tristesse 7c (which Derek Thatcher flashed), Formis Rouge 7c+ is just to the left; John Sherman left his mark; Oscar Eckenstein was right on the mark; Midnight Lightning V8 starts left of the lightning bolt, but finishes to the right; Captain Sassy Pants V8 also goes from left to right, unless you climb the direct variation, which doesn’t go that far right; Pete Allison broke his right leg on Trifecta Middle, after falling off going left; JP nabbed the FA of Arcadia Left V9 at Turakirae Head on Sunday, using two right foot shoes because he’d left the left one at home; right at the limit of my creativity now turning a one line news item into a post; nothing left to say (and it wasn’t that funny anyway) Ω
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