Attack from climbing community
There were email come from a climber who are in instructional position in Japanese climbing community in which attacked me and threaten me, also trying to convince me that I should withdraw my opinion because it will push a man who ended up killing a woman. It was an accident in Hourigawa Sawanobori.
She could be me! Some Japanese male climbers comes to the nature routes so unprepared, and they are too ignorant to know that they are ignorant.
ATC guide is known that it is hard to unlock once the second climber belayed is fallen. Even in a regular rock situation, and in a water fall where constant water pressures a fallen body down, it will get even harder.... in such case, you have to cut off the rope.
Usually we are advice to use eight shaped belay device in Sawanobori because this is already known risk, and you are expected to know the risk.
Also, in the creek, usually the risk is isolation. Your smart phone does not work so you will need human assistance for rescue once something happened.
My ex-partner accused of me NOT going to this exactly same place with him, just two of us, but hey, if he kills me and clam that she just fallen by herself, who can deny that? No evidence. He can get away with even intended murderer...
I don't think this time the accident is not this worse but it can happen and it did happen.
I was so smart NOT going there with him, just two of us... no way!
He was such untrustworthy climber I ever had as a climbing partner!
