EISPIRATEN

The usual fantastic reporting - absolutely no detail at all. But it's obviously at Stoney, near the big walls not the bouldering.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=8623129

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/04/ ... ter-ranch/

*UPDATE: EB 118 Fy x Topanga Cyn Bl* Approx 30-40' fall. 29 LAFD FF & VCFD assisting. Being hoisted into LAFD copter for treatment & transport to Trauma Center in Serious condition. - Erik Scott###

lowering himself down from a rock face to the ground when he experienced his equipment malfunctioned and he experienced a “controlled fall,”

.....riiiiight..

So he let go of the rope...

NO NO NO!

Don't ever let go of the rope