Re: Charlotte\'s OPEN INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL TCC
First off it's Charlotte. Not Charrrlottee or Charlooottee or however the F you tried to spell it so, sorry "Riggs" or Anonymous Lucy...even though you are trying to make southerners sound ignorant, you're the only one writing fragmental incoherent jibber jabber. You really should start that new thread because it would be a never ending douchefest with the way you fight yourself. Of course, you will be the only one posting. OH, OUGH uh wait.. you might get me chiming in and laughing at you. I can only imagine your climbing style based off the way your write. I definitely want you to communicate my vitals to the EMS while you're flailing about my broken spine.... It was a head or neck injury... Not bleeding out, you're misinformed . Obviously, that would have been different. Were you even at the comp or are there personal issues you haven't dealt with? Or maybe its just about Obama???!??? hahaha. WTF?
If you were, you may have forgotten, this year, CHARLOTTE was the first to add an apprentice or journeymen class into the competition to allow unexperienced climbers gain hands on knowledge in both real life and competition scenarios. Let's face it, most of the time, comps are the only time people receive good training information. Most comp climbers just want to know how big their muscles are at the end of the day I get it but, the last thing we (The CAA) are going to do is show a beginner that IT'S GOTTA BE DONE IN 5 MINS OR HE'S DEAD.
Anyway, everyones scores in that event were within 6-7 points so if you're sore about not being able to score points in "your" event, maybe you should work on improving your game in other areas. Scoring was the same across the board and I'm pretty sure the best climbers still went to the masters.
But, who is to say the rescuer is even capable enough to make the save in real life? How can any of us tree guys make that call if its an internal injury? (Obviously if someone is bleeding out you stop the blood.) Yea get up there and access the victim but don't potentially kill the victim by moving him.
Last year we did have one of them lernin' seminar things and the entire fire rescue squad came out with their tens of thousands of dollars in rescue gear. They told us the different scenarios in which cases the "rescuer" or just the other guy on the ground only complicated things. They proceeded to show us quick draw harnesses, ones that inflate and compress around the victim that are unavailable in our industry. Among other things we basically deduced the best thing we can do for them in that kind of scenario is simply set a line and get out of the way.
I don't care how many carabiners you have dude, we will never have the safety equipment they do to SAVE someone in any scenario that may arise. It's not just bringing them to the ground. A competitive attitude on the job and a jump-to-conclusion mindset will most definitely take over if that scenario were ever presented to you.
Im glad people are getting pissed off and uncomfortable. This is where we learn and grow as individuals...
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FACT: If someone has a head or neck injury you better not touch them if you are not a trained in saving lives.
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Chill the F out Riggs, If you don't want to try and win our money, we don't care, we do what we want.