Tito Traversa Tragedy
In the light of the somber news of the passing of 12 year old Italian Rock Prodigy Tito Traversa, today I did a massive re-check of all my climbing gear. I know that all of my quickdraws are the sewn variety and that this one particular type of incident would not occur with my gear; but how many other times to we habitually and mindlessly tie in and get after it without REALLY a second thought.
Even though I’ve been climbing longer than Traversa had been alive, I still need to be reminded that no matter how fun and rewarding climbing is, it is also something that is to be taken extremely serious. After all, I have a legacy to leave beyond the hardest grade I’ve climbed.
God Bless the family of Tito Traversa and may they celebrate his life.
In closing, I pass along this video I remember seeing in passing a couple years ago describing what to look for to avoid this type of accident. Please pass the word on to all of your climbing partners.
~ Climb 4 Real ~
Posted on July 7, 2013, in Gear, Injury Prevention and tagged accident, climbing, fall, quickdraw, Tito Traversa. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
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I hope you don’t mind that I re-blogged this but it is definately something that everybody needs to think about. It’s just a shame that an amazing aspiring climber had to lose his life to remind us of the dangers of this amazing sport. Christine x
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Absolutely, spread the word so we can keep climbing both safe and fun.
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Reblogged this on christineshellard9 and commented:
Something we all need to think about…
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