Weekend Whipper: A Departure From Our Typical Carnage—Though No Less Entertaining

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There’s no whipper in this Weekend Whipper. Or, at least not one you can see. Even so, we think it’s worth sharing for the lessons in climber-belayer communication.

Sarah Reinstein was warming up in California’s Texas Canyon, on a pleasant 5.10b, when she “heard a climber having a bit of a meltdown,” she told Climbing. “The belayer thought the climber said ‘take’ while the climber was trying to clip...