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Former Dallas Cowboy Gavin Escobar dies in rock climbing accident

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One final drop.

RIP.

Just now, slorch said:

One final drop.

RIP.

I feel bad laughing at this but it's perfect. RIP.

Far too young to be over the hill.

RIP, Brother.

RIP.

About all you can say is he died doing what he apparently loved. Worse ways to go.

I can accept my own mortality, and I may over-convey that message to my young son.

But while I love humanity, I have little time to mourn extreme adventurers. Some of their tales and accomplishments will last much long than all of us, but hyper dangerous activities inevitably will take souls.

On the flip side, that which does not kill, only brings you closer to death.

RIP.
About all you can say is he died doing what he apparently loved. Worse ways to go.

He loved falling?

From an NFL player to a firefighter. Damn. And I don’t mean that as a slight at all, that’s noble.

2 hours ago, Helobious said:

From an NFL player to a firefighter. Damn. And I don’t mean that as a slight at all, that’s noble.

That’s what Robin Sendlein did after football.

Became a firefighter, that is….

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9 hours ago, slorch said:

One final drop.

RIP.

 

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9 hours ago, slorch said:

One final drop.

 

8 hours ago, Hate said:

He loved falling?

Never change, Surly.

10 hours ago, slorch said:

One final drop.

RIP.

Makes sense that a dude with stone hands would be into rock climbing.

 

RIP, gone way to soon.

21 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Is there anything more idiotic than rock climbing?

hang gliding ?

 

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I did some research on this accident and details are sketchy.  It sounds like a storm came in and they were trying to retreat and the rock they were trying to use as an anchor failed.  It is rare when rockclimbing that both die except when rockfall happens or an anchor fails.

Really tragic, RIP

 

10 hours ago, Helobious said:

From an NFL player to a firefighter. Damn. And I don’t mean that as a slight at all, that’s noble.

Career earnings of about $4mm. Call it about $2 after taxes, agent's cut, etc. Nice coin for sure but hardly "sit-around-and-do-nothing" money when you're out of the league at 28.

RIP

No idea how much risk he put himself at, and it may have just been an unfortunate accident, but when you are a parent, (as he was) you have to be smart about what activities you choose to participate in. You are responsible for other people.  

Going rock climbing, going rock climbing, going rock………………

3 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Is there anything more idiotic than rock climbing?

Pet rocks?

3 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Is there anything more idiotic than rock climbing?

Being a Texas football fan?

15 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Being a Texas football fan?

As if burning your couch down and cutting your net worth in half is admirable...

A lot of ignorance and people talking about stuff they have no knowledge of and being judgmental.  Very Surly.

as a live long rock climber i can tell you that it is far safer than driving on I35.  

6 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Is there anything more idiotic than rock climbing?

Supporting Texas and Dallas 

1 hour ago, Domedriver said:

A lot of ignorance and people talking about stuff they have no knowledge of and being judgmental.  Very Surly.

as a live long rock climber i can tell you that it is far safer than driving on I35.  

So bad drivers and bad climbers exist? 

Is it safer than driving I-35 when the rock throwers are out?

For all the drop jokes the real knock on Gavin as a player is that he was maybe one of the shittiest blockers I have seen at TE.  Like he ended up being so shitty that you couldn't play him unless the call was a pass or a run completely opposite of anywhere he was at....which sort of gives the defense a good idea of what's coming when he checked into the game. 

From Mountainproject.com

"Full report has not been released, but from a couple witness statements we can piece together a likely scenario. They were 3-5 pitches up the wall when a very heavy thunderstorm broke out. People described the rock as "turning into a waterfall". They were found with a rappel set up attached to the rope but no anchor attached. Witnesses say they saw a large block fall with them. My guess is they wrapped the rope around a large block directly to rappel down (no rap anchors as the routes top out) and the block pulled, either from the weight of rappelling or because the rain fall triggered rock fall. This one hits home for me because it wasn't inexperience or poor judgement that caused the accident. The decision to bail off a seemingly secure large block in an active thunderstorm is a decision any one of us could have made. Mountains are dangerous places. Sometimes you can do everything right and still take the big fall."

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/123142420/fatal-accident-at-tahquitz-today?page=4#ForumMessage-123150534

2 hours ago, Domedriver said:

A lot of ignorance and people talking about stuff they have no knowledge of and being judgmental.  Very Surly.

as a live long rock climber i can tell you that it is far safer than driving on I35.  

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