Bad lead climbing fall

i took a bad lead fall today at a comp this morning.
i was shaking too much to clip in and in result i feel even further.
go to the comments to see the full story. i was lucky. stay safe out there climbing.

[sgblgmg]

Took it well! A tip for falls - take a deep breath out as you fall. This relaxes your muscles so you're ready to respond to break the fall once you come back into contact with the wall. Keep at it! Climbing is falling and falling is getting better!

[tim.trewartha]

Falling when clipping.. Worst feeling ever.

[keennanvisga]

Belayer seems like they were sitting in their car with the door closed

[guidetonorway]

Ouch! Just a few centimers lower and it would not have been pretty! :)

[AscendingAdventures]

Solid fall! Those slab falls are always “fun.”

[braxtoncustoms]

Why is the belayer standing so far away from the wall…?

[Username-qhjo]

that was less a bad fall and more a bad belayer, that catch was hard af

[PM-wnqn]

Dont push away from the wall when falling to avoid hitting the wall at speed

[snatelasken]

pain to see the rope go between his legs too, i can feel the pain just watching this

[glenngordon]

Belayer could have stood to the side a bit more to avoid the climber landing astride the rope. Until the climber is at least 5 clips up they're likely at risk of ground fall so let's not talk about soft catches.

[shoemakerleve]

I hurt my ankle pretty badly taking a fall on my first lead course just like this. Feet hit the wall like you did but my foot benk up so much it nearly touched my shin. Been a month and it still hurts pretty badly.

[drkwrk]

This isn't bad, this is a fall from next clipping point.... a longer fall is a softer fall anyway.

[balke]

‘Bad lead fall’ is a bit dramatic… he fell when he was pulling to clip, what did you think would happen?!😂

[mattarmstrong]

Am i wrong to say that this was a bad catch, not a bad fall? Buddy almost got split in half falling on his rope. As the belayer I would shifted away from his expected direction of fall

[alexmitchell]

Hmmm if the belayer were closer to the wall they probably would have collided🤔 seems to be a decent catch, no deck, hard catch but seemed necessary

[bryanrobidart]

I like that you seem more disappointed than hurt at the end 🤞

[You_Cant_See_Me]

why did he hard catch when you were that high 😭😭😭

[Dualbarley]

It's actually more the climbers fault... he pushed himself out. Therefore the impact on the wall.
Just let yourself fall down, not out.

[sydneyfox]

that was a rly bad fall but if you think that was bad i once fell at a comp on the first clip hit and i was back stepping which made matters even better and my head the ground 😅

[guywhoclimbsstuff]

When your belay is 5-10ft away from the wall, you will swing harder to the wall... Stay within arms length of the first bolt.