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This video goes to show that even the most experienced climbers can still mess up from time to time. Free climber Andrea Calligaris was scaling the Western Carnic Alps when poor totem placement and following the wrong path caused him to free fall about 30 feet. Luckily, his backpack broke the majority of his fall and he was rescued with only an elbow fracture and multiple abrasions.

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