Central Texas Recreation Center Climbing Wall Injury
Posted: March 19, 2008 Filed under: Climbing Wall | Tags: Climb, Climbing Wall, Commercial Gyms, Indoor, Texas, Waco Texas Leave a commentKWTX.com of Waco Texas is reporting a 12 year old girl fell from a recreation center climbing wall in Temple Texas. She landed on padding and was taken to a local hospital. The recreation center inspected the equipment and found it to be in good working order. The girls injuries were not life threatening. See Central Texas Girl Falls From Indoor Climbing Wall
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Want to work in the climbing and mountaineering industry?
Posted: March 8, 2008 Filed under: Climbing, Climbing Wall | Tags: Customer service, Customer Support Leave a comment
JOB OPENING: Sales & Service Assistant
Start Date: Mid-late March 2008
Location: C.A.M.P. USA Offices – Broomfield, CO
Weekly Work Expectations: Monday-Friday, 20 hours per week
C.A.M.P. USA, US distributor for the Italian climbing gear brand C.A.M.P., is looking for a Sales & Service Assistant to help with sales support, customer service, general office assistance and other professional duties. The Sales & Service Assistant will be tasked with responsibilities that include the following: interaction with dealers and customers, order entry and tracking, customer service, sales support, maintaining customer databases, coordinating sales trips and presentations, and general data management. It is our expectation that the ideal candidate will grow into other managerial duties like dealer management and sales.
C.A.M.P. USA is a growing company that prides itself on delivering the highest quality customer service to support sales of the most technical climbing hard goods in the world. The ideal candidate for the Sales & Service Assistant will have a desire to work in a small business where they will be challenged to apply their knowledge and time to a wide range of duties and tasks.
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter detailing their relevant work history and ambitions along with a resume detailing relevant education, work and personal experience as it applies to the position of Sales & Service Assistant. Applications can be sent to C.A.M.P. USA Managing Director Tommy Knoll at tommy@camp-usa.com.
Update on climbing wall accident at Wood River YMCA Climbing Wall
Posted: February 21, 2008 Filed under: Climbing Wall | Tags: Climbing Wall, YMCA Leave a commentWe posted information about an accident at the Wood River YMCA titled Climbing accident at Ketchum Idaho indoor Climbing Wall. A new story indicating everyone has hired lawyers was posted recently: Investigation into YMCA accident continues by the Idaho Mountain Express.
It appears that both parties have gone to the mattresses. (An old mafia phrase for gearing up for war.) The article dated 2/20/08 states both parties are not talking based on advice from their attorneys.
Why do you suppose the plaintiff all ready has an attorney? Maybe because they want to find out what happened? Since the plaintiff can’t find anything out because the YMCA attorney is not letting his client’s speak or answer questions, where else are you going to go to learn what happened? The person you have the most confidence in and one who matches the force the other side has applied…..another attorney.
It’s based on Newton’s Law of Motion as paraphrased for the law: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If one side gets an attorney, guaranteed the other side will get an attorney.
Lots of questions in this post, lots of unanswered questions in the article and I suspect the injured climber and his families mind.
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Climbing accident at Ketchum Idaho indoor Climbing Wall
Posted: February 19, 2008 Filed under: Climbing Wall | Tags: Climbing Wall, Idaho, Ketchum, Ketchum Idaho 9 CommentsThe Wood River Community YMCA in Ketchum, Idaho is investigating an accident that occurred on its climbing wall January 25, 2008, as reported by the Idaho Mountain Express and Guide in an article Accident at YMCA still Under Investigated. The injured climber Curtis Hoffenbach, 21 had reached the top of the wall when he fell to the floor. The YMCA has a climbing expert to investigate the accident.
It is not known yet how or why the accident happened. Mr. Hoffenbach’s injuries consisted of six cracked vertebrae, two of which were burst fractures. In order to stabilize them, the L8 through T12 were fused together and the L1 through L3 were anchored with titanium screws Mr. Hoffenbach is expected to be on his back for several months for recovery.
The YMCA requires all persons sign a release to be a member.
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Student suing school district for climbing wall injury
Posted: February 12, 2008 Filed under: Climbing Wall, Wisconsin | Tags: Climbing Wall, School district, Student, Wisconsin Leave a commentImage via Wikipedia
The Janesville, Wisconsin GazetteXtra.com in a headline titled Milton student sues for injury
states that a student injured in a climbing wall accident at school is suing the school district. A “safety strap” broke when she was climbing the wall resulting in a 10′ fall breaking her tailbone. The strap was attached to the ceiling and held the climbing rope. The strap broke after the student had reached the top of the wall. Another student had allegedly informed the school the rope was frayed earlier.
The lawsuit claims the school district was “negligent for failing to properly maintain or inspect the equipment and to properly place the mats. It also claims the district violated the Wisconsin Safe Place statute.”
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