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Adam took a pretty big fall from the upper section.

After the rest, the psych was high. The wind was blowing like hell, that meant it had cooled down the air, but I had doubts if it was even possible to do those delicate moves high above the ground with such horendous wind. We had only 5 pads. Close to the wall we put double layer and further, just in case, a single one which did not belong definitely to the thickest pads available. First couple of tries were not successful, the worse was I split my fingertip. I kept trying though with the tape, and fifth go, I managed to make it through the crux move. From there, it is not extremely difficult, could be V10, but finicky, insecure and bold. The wind was blowing. I felt my skin is drying so much the it felt like glass. At that moment, I knew I could slip at any time, but I felt confident about security with three people spotting and continued. Getting closer to the top, three moves below the lip, there is high step, and I slipped at the very moment of bringing my foot up. I was falling backwards, far off the wall and hit the ground hard on the single thin pad. OUCH. I felt all the power of the impact going into my spine and it was not pleasant feeling at all. I was worried about my back, muscles around backbone felt stiff, but it turned out be that stiffness is the only consequence of the impact and even stiffness disappeared the next day. Nevertheless, at that moment I had no interest to return for that problem. [1]

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[1] https://www.climbing.com/news/rocklands-wrap-up-by-adam-ondra/