Incident:Rockfall injures belayer in Abysmal Canyon 2017/08/24

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Incident:Rockfall injures belayer in Abysmal Canyon 2017/08/24
Date 2017/08/24
Location Abysmal Canyon
Severity Injury
Canyoneering-related Yes
SAR involvement No
Navigation problem No
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

Note: incident date is date reported, not date of occurrence. Date of occurrence is not provided (but unlikely after March).

Accounts

http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2017-5-september-october/survive/how-not-do-firemans-belay#1