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  1. #31
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    Had a close call in next hut area upstream from Kelly Knights 25 odd years ago , nearly stepped into thin air off a ledge in a side creek using torch light , 30 ft drop onto rocks , was a long cold night in my orange survival bag , it snowed as well , my 2 hunter mates came looking after dark , fired a shot and I replied 1 shot which was reassuring , stumbled back to the hut not long after 1st light cold but alive .
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    I have had the near exact same experience, but while carrying a heavy pack as well. While falling I knew that I was going to break bones. After impact (same distance as you at least) I found that boulders either side of me would probably have killed me outright as because of the pack weight I had turned over and landed headfirst, but luckily into a mud slope between them.
    I was not hurt at all. I wasnt wearing contacts this trip and it took me half an hour to find my glasses
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    Good thread.
    I was solo and trying to make it off a steep snowy face before dark with a tahr in my pack. I knew I didn't want to be on this face in the dark as there was a big bluff I had to navigate over the top of. I also hadn't eaten for a long time because I didn't want to slow down at any stage and loose light. I think this affected my decision making a bit.
    I got to the final snow chute to cross above the 100m bluff and stupidly thought, I should get my ice axe now but I didn't and pushed on, I was on a mission. Two steps in I start sliding, can't reach my ice axe. Picking up speed with the edge approaching I managed to line my self up on a lone tussock sticking through the snow and hit it with one foot that brought me to an immediate stop. I got my ice axe out and crossed the rest. I took a long breather in the dark once I got off that face. I'm lucky and I can't beleive how dumb I was. Things happen fast.
    I've got a young family at home. Heck of a wake up call.

    I always carry an inreach on my chest rig and a plb in zip pant leg so i can always reach one in an emergency but I can't use them if I'm not concious. They are no good in your pack... just like an ice axe.

 

 

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