At 10 o'clock today, on the cliff opposite the parking lot of Guanmenzhai, Daheishan, a rock climber suddenly fell and died, causing a sound of regret.
He had climbed the steepest area at that time
insiders said that he had seen this hiker come to climb rock climbing before. He was very young, only about 30 years old. At that time, the hiker was climbing up with a rope tied to his body and had already climbed through the steepest and most dangerous area. But when he climbed to the slightly slower mountain, he accidentally fell off the top. After 120 emergency personnel arrived, they confirmed that the man had died on the spot.
The rock wall where something happened was not a problem, no one dared to climb
A senior enthusiast engaged in sports climbing said that there are only a few dozen rock climbing enthusiasts in Dalian. They do not know this man, they should not be from the circle, but a hiker. An insider said that in the past, people often went to the rock wall to climb rocks. Later, as the rock wall gradually weathered, the rock formations became loose, and sometimes falling rocks fell, and those people turned to climb other rock walls.
Inadequate assessment of potential risks lays a safety hazard
The man involved suffered misfortune, which once again caused a shock in the Dalian hiker circle, triggering people's thinking on outdoor sports safety and risk control. In March this year, at the Rolling Stone Peak in Songshu Town, Wafangdian, a 51-year-old female hiker accidentally fell from a cliff more than 20 meters high while participating in the mountain climbing. She was unfortunately killed.
At present, most of the hiker circles in this city are composed of online forums, QQ groups and WeChat groups. There are more than 200 WeChat groups and QQ groups with a certain scale, and nearly 10,000 active people. But among these hikers, many of them have no experience in outdoor activities, and even just simply climbed the mountain a few times. The level of organizers and instructors is uneven, resulting in frequent outdoor sports safety accidents.
A person in the circle said that before rock climbing outdoors, you must undergo indoor climbing training and master basic rock climbing skills such as rope knotting; before rock climbing outdoors, you must first check out the spots, know where there may be rockfalls, encounter dangers such as snakes and insects, and establish a protection station. If you are not sure about a rock climbing area, you cannot organize rock climbing. However, some hikers have failed to fully assess the potential risks, and the phenomenon of "climbing rocks with a rope" often occurs.
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rock climbing was included in the "National Fitness Regulations" in 2011. At present, most of the people engaged in rock climbing guidance in our province are instructors of the China Mountaineering Association. In May 2014, rock climbing had national standards, and requirements were put forward for the industry access of rock climbing instructors: they must be assessed by the Talent Center of the Provincial Sports Bureau and issued a certificate by the General Administration of Sports of China. However, at present, there are only three or four certified instructors in Dalian, which is far from meeting the needs of rock climbing.
Peninsula Morning Post and Haili.com Chief Reporter Man Wenfei (Picture provided by insiders)
