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[โ€“] WimpyWoodchuck@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Using the equipment incorrectly.

[โ€“] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Or other forms of inexperience. If you were climbing a rock face and didn't realize the part you were trusting your life to wasn't as stable as you thought it would be and your attachments give out.

[โ€“] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And sometimes bad luck. RIP my uncle, who has been climbing for decades until one day he fell to his death.