Experience: I fell 12 metres while bouldering and smashed my pelvis into pieces
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Key context: <p>It was clear it was broken. I could feel the bones grinding together as the paramedics strapped me to a gurney</p><p>Growing up in Utah, I was so active that my parents nicknamed me “The Blur”. My older siblings introduced me to rock climbing while I was still at primary school. By the time I was 15, I was hauling myself up cliff faces.</p><p>One summer’s day in 2014, when I was 17, my friends and I went paddleboarding on a lake. My friend Trevor and I decided to climb one of the rocky boulders overlooking the water, and jump in.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/21/experience-fell-bouldering-smashed-pelvis">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
It was clear it was broken. I could feel the bones grinding together as the paramedics strapped me to a gurneyGrowing up in Utah, I was so active that my parents nicknamed me “The Blur”. My older siblings introduced me to rock climbing while I was still at primary school. By the time I was 15, I was hauling myself up cliff faces.One summer’s day in 2014, when I was 17, my friends and I went paddleboarding on a lake. My friend Trevor and I decided to climb one of the rocky boulders overlooking the water, and jump in. Continue reading...
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