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I heard a girl's ankle break when she took a six - 12 INCH fall once...she was climbing up a chest high boulder and slipped back down 6-12 inches to the ground...there was a 2-3 inch rock that her boot landed on. Her ankle rolled and snapped with an audible crack. It does not take much...

Same here...that's how I learned and that's how I broke my wrist...about 15-20 feet up, no lanyard on the tree yet, gut instinct said, "Strap in NOW"...Mike McCue, lead climber, said there was a better place to safety in about 3 feet higher. Next step and my spur kicked out. I hugged the oak...