Ever Flipped Upside-Down While Falling? Here’s How to Avoid That
Upside-down whippers are dangerous but almost always avoidable... so learn to avoid them.
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Weekend Whipper: Head Smacking Fall, Helmet Likely Saved His Life
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Weekend Whipper: This Guy Stopped His Fall With His Head
Even if he were wearing a helmet, this would've hurt.
Weekend Whipper: There’s No Crying in Rock Climbing
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Weekend Whipper: A Textbook Upside-Down Backslapper
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Weekend Whipper: Bouldering Above a Thorn Bush Is a Bad Idea
Usually the external dangers for climbers are loose rocks and the like. But turns out thorn bushes have it out for us, too.
Weekend Whipper: A Jump Too Far
Who says toprope whips can't be epic?
Weekend Whipper: The Higher the Ball, the Higher the Fall
Some would say dynoing near the top of a highball is a bad idea. Some would also say screw that and huck for it anyway, as our brave whippee did this week.
Weekend Whipper: How To Break an Ankle and a Wrist
This Weekend Whipper serves up a double whammy of bone-cracking gnarliness.
Weekend Whipper: Fall of the Century on “Crime of the Century”
In trying to pull off the "Crime of the Century," a classic 5.11c finger crack in Squamish, this climber gets caught red handed and takes a big fall.
Weekend Whipper: Terrifying Cam-Popping Fall in Indian Creek
Said Max Donovan, "I was lucky to walk away with scrapes and we are all grateful that this was a learning experience and not a tragedy."
Weekend Whipper: Sharp Edge Cuts Rope
Half ropes for the win on this one. If Peter Aarhaug had been on a single rope here... we shudder to think of it.
Photo Gallery: The Anatomy of the Whipper
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Helmet Saves Jorg Verhoeven in Head-First Dream Canyon Fall
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Massive Ice Climbing Curtain Collapse Whipper
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Ice Climber Collapses Dagger
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Ice Climbing Mega Whipper
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Re-Gram: 5 Whipper Photos
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Climbing Photographer Spotlight: Thomas Schermer
Berlin, Germany
Climbing Photographer Spotlight: Nadir Khan
Colchester, United Kingdom
Unbelayvable: Extreme Toprope Whippers
Scary (and true) tales from a crag near you