My brother just fell while descending this past Monday PM!!! He was hunting public property over by Rend Lake, Il and was leaving. He began to climb down with his climber and did not attach his tether line on his way down. The floor of the climber slipped away and he fell about 10ft over backwards. He has the floor and seat line long for he lifts himself up and down, not sit and lift.
He landed on his neck/back/shoulder with his knees slamming into his chest. he is 6'6" and 280#. He came down hard!!! When he woke up/realized what happened, he had difficulty breathing and was dizzy. He was able to get out and contact the others and they came and helped get his stuff and checked him out. He has 4 cracked ribs, stressed left knee tendions, flipped over with his feet in the stirrups, stressed/pulled left rotator cuff and slight concussion. Was pretty sore. Back in stand on Wednesday!!!!