Incident:Injured Thigh in Three Corner Creek 2021/10/09

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Incident:Injured Thigh in Three Corner Creek 2021/10/09
Date 2021/10/09
Location Three Corner Creek
Severity Injury
Canyoneering-related
Yes
SAR involvement
No
Navigation problem
No
Swift water problem
Environmental problem
No
Communication problem
No
Planning problem
No
Skills problem
No
Body movement problem
No
Rigging problem
No
Rappel problem
No
Insufficient gear
No
Gear failure
No

Summary[edit]

During ascending practice a rock fell striking the person on the thigh.

Accounts[edit]

We setup 2 ropes, one in the flow, a second on the dry anchor. Three descended in the flow and one person descended the dry rappel. Two people then ascended the dry rappel. The third started to ascend, he was 10 feet up and we think the rope dislodged a rock the size of a basketball. The rock fell striking the person ascending on the thigh causing a puncture wound. All of the people were able to walk out of the creek. The injury required cleaning and three stitches.