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Originally Posted by Sainters7
One thing I'll say is that if you really enjoy climbing and want to continue, after taking a breather for a bit(obviously), I'd suggest getting out there somewhat soon afterwards. It was definitely a traumatic event, and the longer you wait to get back out there, the less likely you ever will(kinda like the surfer who almost drowns, and afterwards never wants to go out again because of it).
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Originally Posted by A_3
Jeez man, that's a terrifying mistake. At first I thought you meant that after you tied into your anchor that you didn't loop back on your figure-eight, and I was going to call you the luckiest man alive.
I climb a lot as well, and I'll often have OCD moments mid-climb where I have to check all my gear to make sure I'm cool. But I figure better safe than dead.
This sort of thing does happen though. If you do a little wikipedia'ing you can read about all sorts of world renown climbers putting themselves in threatening situations by sketching on their equipment.
I'm sure your confidence will come back in time. Though I bet you'll be double-checking all your knots, buckles, and ropes from now on. As long as your conscious and responsible, climbing is a relatively safe sport.
Good luck man, and hope to hear about you dyno'ing some 12C's soon.
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Yeah I'll definately be going climbing again, but I probably won't be making that mistake again. Especially if I do a dyno.
After fixing my equipment, I did evetually repel down and I did do a few climbs after, but I was able to put it into the back of my mind until later. I guess later has come and thats what sort of bothers me. Right now, I'm feeling pretty lucky to be alive thats for sure.
Going through some pics, here's the oh moment, before I realized my buckle wasn't double-backed.
(ok photobucket might be not be working)