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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Woman in intensive care for 5 days after rock-climbing accident

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She saw the huge rock plunging towards her but opted not to evade it, because rock climber Alvina Lee, 23, was at the same time holding on to the safety rope for her friend at a cliff face at the Dairy Farm Quarry.

The friend, who had dislodged the rock estimated to weigh up to 200kg, might have fallen if she had released the rope to evade it.

The rock grazed Miss Lee's helmet, giving her a skull fracture and brain haemorrhage, as well as a fractured right arm; knocking her out and landing her in intensive care for five days.

She and her friend would have avoided any risk to their lives had they checked the Dairy Farm Natural Rock Climbing group's warnings on Facebook before they attempted the climb on Aug 31.

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