Dude Accidentally Free Climbs A Mountain

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mattstaff
Mar 22, 2021 7:30 PM EDT

Now this is not the kind of mistake you want to find yourself making. Can't imagine what was going through their heads when they looked down and realized there was going to be no easy way to descend. 

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    Text - r/tifu u/tenderheartedxx • 3h + Join 1 1 TIFU by Accidentally Free Climbing a Mountain M So this actually happened yesterday, and I'm still shaken up over it. My boyfriend and I decided to visit Zapata Falls in Colorado after taking a social distance Covid style road trip. We saw the waterfall and it was magnificent. There were tons of people (few of whom wore masks) so we ventured in a side direction. I noticed a very climb-able ridge and trying to be spontaneous I began to climb. Well,
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    Text - Cue the panicked calls for the boyfriend, who came up after me and told me we needed to get to the top since it would be safer. I'll note at this point it looked like the top wasn't too far off. Spoiler: we were wrong. As we began our ascent I tried not to look down or up as it became apparent this wasnt just a small ledge that would lead to the top of the fall. Nope, we were free climbing a mountain. After about half an hour I was panicked. My feet slid at every attempt upwards and I hea
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    Text - mountain, walking diagonally still looking for this trail. Long story short, we never found the trail and we spent hours slowly getting to the bottom. At one point the ground slid and I skinned my leg on a tree trunk, but all things considered we made it down with minimal injuries. From there we walked towards the sound of water and soon voices came into the mix, distant but clear. Thankfully we pinned where we parked and used a compass and map of the location to get us to safety. I cried
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    Text - Tl;dr: ThoughtI was climbing a path to see the top of a waterfall, ended up free climbing a mountain and spent 6+ hours trying to navigate out of that situation. Special thanks to TJ the 911 operator who calmed me down enough to make it to the top without incurring an expensive helicopter rescue fee. 12.7k 653 1 Share
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