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Outpouring Of Support For Tito Traversa

Posted July 7, 2013 at 10:06 pm · Comments { 4 } ·

I thought I’d share some of the outpouring of emotion and support from some of the more well known climbers on social media in the past few days as they react to the death of 12-year-old Tito Traversa

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Tito Traversa Killed In Fall

Posted July 5, 2013 at 10:04 am · Comments { 65 } ·

Just a day or two after climbing another 5.14a, 12-year-old Tito Traversa was seriously injured in a sport climbing accident at Orpierre, France. This report in French by Grimper seems to indicate that a number of quick draws he was using were improperly slung¹ causing them to fail resulting in a fall from some 60 feet off the deck. He is now fighting for his life in a Grenoble hospital in a medically induced coma.

It goes without saying that we are hoping all the best for him and his family in this difficult time.

Update: According to this article in an Italian newspaper Tito has passed away. Sad, sad story.

Possibly as demonstrated in this video ↩

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→ “It Felt Surprisingly Easy”∞

Posted July 3, 2013 at 9:16 am · Comments { 1 } ·

Jimmy Webb, in an interview DPM about his flash of Sky:

It felt surprisingly easy. Yet that’s how most flashes at your limit should feel. It’s that wild moment where everything comes together perfectly and your left standing there wondering what just happened.
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