BMC Near Miss and Incident reporting

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Will Hunt
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BMC Near Miss and Incident reporting

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Eye-widening, buttock-clenching, head-shaking lunchtime reading for you all:

https://www.thebmc.co.uk/modules/incident-reporting/
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Belay at the top of P1 of britomartis. Constructed of 1 in-situ peg, 1 in-situ nut and 2 additional nuts. All 3 nuts were behind a large flake that appeared solid at the time of belay construction. Climbing as a 3. When 2 seconds arrived the flake flexed with them hanging on it and all 3 nuts popped out. Belay was well equalised and held on the peg

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According to this list, Idwal slabs is the most dangerous place on Earth...

On a more serious note, well worth a read even if it's just to remind yourself of the dangers of complacency
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Lindsay - maybe it's time we pointed you at *that* Idwal slabs story (executive summary, a couple managed to get benighted on a route there two nights in a row! The way it's written up is hilarious).

To be serious for a moment, the amount of traffic it receives is considerable and it appears the low grades attract those low in experience, plus limited belays and the difficult and polished descent route rather compound the problems.

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JR wrote:Lindsay - maybe it's time we pointed you at *that* Idwal slabs story (executive summary, a couple managed to get benighted on a route there two nights in a row! The way it's written up is hilarious).
I am familiar with it, I enjoyed a dramatic reading courtesy of Will Hunt one evening at Ilkley.

Not to say that inexperienced people don't get themselves into avoidable/silly situations (cough Tryfan epic cough), but if you actually read the incidents involving Idwal slabs the people involved were (relatively) experienced and one even admits to having been complacent/over-confident.
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Ah! He does tell a good story! Is 'Jackanory' still a thing? I reckon that's his future proffession! :wink:

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