Watch Five Ouch Looking Whippers
Your weekly dose of edge-of-your-seat whipper action
You can go your entire rock climbing life without taking a whipper if you’re careful enough, but more times than not you’ll run into a crux where falling is inevitable. Below are five climbing whippers that look like they left a mark. Always wear a helmet.
Whipper #1
Runout trad climbing whippers sometimes end with an awkward fall.
Whipper #2
Ricky Bell goes for a big move, but goes for a whipper after not sticking it.
Whipper #3
This whipper ends as well as it could, the climber is lucky their head didn’t make contact.
Whipper #4
This whipper is the result of loose rock coming off. Wear a helmet as a belayer if the rock looks sketchy.
Whipper #5
Hamish Ousby goes for a big fall as gear pulls.
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