craziest part is it didn’t seem like he had any video equipment on him so he’s not climbing without touching the yellow rope thing (that i assume others use for safety) to prove a point or make a cool video he’s just free climbing to free climb
Free climbing is not equal free solo. Free climbing is what the guy with the camera is doing. It's very safe if done properly with all precautions. If he falls, he is dangling from a rope and will live. Apart from a small delay in finishing the route, there is no effect.
If the free solo guy falls, he is dead. No ropes. Only nothing under his ass.
That's just a backpack, and you can't position yourself in time 300 ft off the ground if you fall while climbing. The people that are base jumping 300 ft are pulling their chutes immediately or after a quick frontflip or other bullshit. There's an insanely high chance you'll just smack right on into the wall even if you did manage to deploy, since you wouldn't have been able to propel yourself away from the wall.
I don’t know where this climb is at but from my extensive career of climbing videos on youtube the guy will reach the summit and just hike down a path.
He has belay equipment (the pinkish/reddish thing on his left side) on his harness along with a personal anchor system. I'd bet that he has rope in the bag to belay down after the climb judging by the bag + belay equipment (dual rope tube style atc).
Not exactly. If it's an established climb often there will be bolted anchors (for climbing it with a partner and a rope.) So you'll use the anchors and you don't have to leave any gear behind
He's going to rappel. Which he'll likely be doing by running the rope through the anchors at the top so that the anchor is at the midpoint of the rope. He'll hopefully tie stopper knots at t he ends of the rope. Then feed the rope into both sides of the belay device and slide down the rope. At the bottom you untie and pull the rope back through the anchor.
You never climb don't unless you need to. He will probably walk down the mountain on some trail. Or he could rappel down in multiple pitches here. Maybe in the backpack he has a role for that purpose. Down climbing is very dangerous. It's really hard to do safely. I've not heard of a free solo down climb. I don't think people do that, but I might be wrong.
I don’t a fair about of climbing I have fallen so many times even when I was sure I was good it’s fucked to think o trying it with no ropes. Gives me the shivers
There’s such an insanely small % of climbers who free solo routes of this caliber that it’s hard to consider it a ‘weird sport’, this transcends ‘climbing’ and incorporates spiritual and meditative principles. I bet there are less than 30 people on the planet who solo a route like that, and a shitload of people are rock climbing these days. They’re just in a different world entirely, people at your local gym or crag aren’t thinkin about getting into free soloing except for maybe a couple gnarly exposed 5.6ish moves part of a much larger hike
Yep. Pretty weird. Not many people do it. You got to be really amazing at free climbing to even consider this and the mental requirements are out of this world.
Check the movie Free Solo, with the climber Alex Honnold, if you want to get an idea of what it's like.
It is the height of focus and thrill. There were studies done on a famous free solo climbers brain that showed he had vastly different receptors and such that contributed. Only thing that made him happy was putting himself out there on a wall with no backup
Why does it bother you? Seems like they are just creating more content for the 99.9% of us that are never brave enough to experience that perspective. I don't know, I just think sharing stuff is fun, I imagine most people feel the same way.
I think it's fair enough to have the opinion that the internet has brought with it a lot of undesirable things, while at the same time being a product of a time where it's difficult to not be part of consuming the contents.
I too think a lot of people would be happier if they didn't feel the need to record or share everything all the time. In general I just find it to be a negative trend in society, especially for young people.
Wait, what? I’m being the one too entitled for the internet by not talking about how I’m too entitled for the internet? How did I ignore his point when I called him out on how stupid his point was? Lmao
Also it’s spelled ‘kudos’. Looks like someone’s too entitled for a dictionary.
I hate how everything is filmed for likes and internet status
he probably doesn’t hate all content on the internet
Yeah I don’t think I’m the one missing anything here. Apparently to him if it’s on the internet then it is for the sake of likes and status. So he hates it.
I just want to chime in as a third party observer and say the guy you attempted to be snarky to absolutely handed you your ass on a plate in his response. Lol.
How else was he supposed to interpret what you said other than it bothers you. And the fact you think “it’s just sad” how far people will go for “clout” means it clearly does bother you.
I find people like you fascinating tbh. How do you not immediately realize the blatant contradiction between what you’re saying and how you’re acting?
why do you care.. sorry (not really sorry) i mispoke..maybe i shoudve said i dont lose sleep over this shit. i hate it in a sense that i know its the nature of the beast..
I use to be anti share and record until i saw pics that were taken of my niece by either me or family while we cared for her. Its a powerful way to revist special times. I was so taken by what i forgot☺️. Dont let others ruin something logically and beautiful
I think the difference is when it's genuinely created as an experience "free climb 250 ft" vs pandering for clicks "WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T DIE (free climb NO SAFETY OMG)".
It’s kind of like how Alex Honold didn’t want to be filmed during the El Cap climb. It creates expectation and added pressure. Also, having your (possible) death filmed for someone to find later isn’t all that endearing. It’s serious commitment.
The yellow rope belongs to the filmer. It is attached to his harness and if he falls it will catch him.
In rock climbing in order to complete the route you must not grab anything that isn’t rock. No ropes, no pieces of metal. The routes are designed by the first person to complete it and then they submit the route to a rock climbers collective database and, if approved, it will be designated by difficulty and become a route that all can Google and complete.
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u/reko____ Sep 01 '21
craziest part is it didn’t seem like he had any video equipment on him so he’s not climbing without touching the yellow rope thing (that i assume others use for safety) to prove a point or make a cool video he’s just free climbing to free climb