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Any info on two dubai climbing accidents ?

sallystreet25695

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Latest post on 14 September 2011 - 22:26

Does anyone know anything more about the climbing accidents at adventure hq and dorrell ? Was in gulf news.. I am now not keen on taking ds climbing anymore until i can understand how this can happen, technically. Equipment apparently fine and gets checked regularly. Thks for any climbers insight.

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Latest post on 09 November 2011 - 11:32

Sorry to bring up an old thread. Can anyone tell me what other venues there are for climbing? Advdenture HQ is no good for DS as he's too little and Dorrell, which seems good and appears to offer instruction for his age group, is quite far away. I'm desperate to stop him trying to scale the house - he's obsessed with climbing!

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mrsg

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Latest post on 16 September 2011 - 18:31

My son climbs here (not at either of the venues mentioned), and has done for a number of years without accident. When anyone takes part in an adventure sport they have to take some responsibilty for their own safety! To say no one said they shouldn't take off their safety line is stupid! However, rumour is that the other accident was not the fault of the climber involved. Take your child climbing, but ask lots of questions, and make sure you pull any safety lines to check that they are properly tied to you etc. In a litigious society like Dubai, no one can say what happened until it becomes official - but checking any knots etc that you are using to support yourself whilst climbing is always a sensible thing to do.

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Latest post on 16 September 2011 - 17:26

In the newspaper interview, the chap who fell admitted he had unhooked himself but said that no one told him that it was dangerous to do so. UMM, lucky he is still around to have learnt the lesson then as common sense appears vague.

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Latest post on 16 September 2011 - 17:04

desertdoc wrote: Are we so feeble? What happened to personal responsibility or just plain 'common' sense. edited by desertdoc on 16/09/2011 Deemed old hat by American lawyers and judges maybe? - and taken up by the rest of the world it seems <em>edited by frogprincess on 16/09/2011</em>

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Princess_I45169

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Latest post on 16 September 2011 - 16:46

Are we so feeble? What happened to personal responsibility or just plain 'common' sense. edited by desertdoc on 16/09/2011 *like*

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sallystreet25695

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Latest post on 16 September 2011 - 16:44

Thanks. We were going to go there this week but wanted to know why and what. I wonder what the reason was at dorell. Bsically i want to know whether it is a question of trusting the instructors and equipment or was the climbers mistake. I feel so uncomfortable taking my child climbing now.

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desertdoc16971

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Latest post on 16 September 2011 - 16:43

In the newspaper interview, the chap who fell admitted he had unhooked himself but said that no one told him that it was dangerous to do so. Hmm .... reminds me of that lady who won all that money from McDonald's a few years ago - the one who went through the drive-through and then drove off with a cup of hot coffee between her thighs. Her point was that the coffee was too hot. And not long after that, I was in the States and went to a McDonald's drive through to see a sign at the window which read "Our hot drinks are hot". Are we so feeble? What happened to personal responsibility or just plain 'common' sense. <em>edited by desertdoc on 16/09/2011</em>

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Latest post on 15 September 2011 - 10:08

Quite a few articles in the National over the last couple of days, might be worth googling. The latest http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/adventure-centre-blames-climber-over-fall States CCTV shows the climber uncoupling himself. Not passing judgement, only passing on info for OP to look at.

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