Drywood

Went into Drywood on Saturday, Nov. 13 with Trevor to climb "Obliteration". Near the top of the rock bands on the approach to the ice a rock Trevor was pulling on broke and sent him tumbling backwards down over the rock bands for about a 100'. Unbeleivably, he managed to stop himself on a small scree slope just above the next set of rock bands. When i finally got down to him he was starting to move. He was conscious and reasonably aware of what was going on. After a quick assesment we both surmised that nothing was broken. When i finally got him down to a safe ledge i set up an anchor to lower him the rest of the way. Fortunately Chris showed up about then to give me a hand lowering him down the rest of the way. It took about 3 hours but we finally got him out to safety. So the end result was a badly sprained ankle, lots and lots of gravel rash, cuts, bruises, a sore nose and a very sore body. The only thing that saved him from really serious injury was the 25 pound pack on his back and the helmut on his head. I can hardly wait to hear from the next stud that tries to justify to me why he doesn't wear a helmut.
Thanks to Chris, Rona and Dave and the two unknown hunters who assisted us.