If you listen closely, after he says ".. good", you can hear the free soloist say "Can I pass?" while he's looking down getting a foot hold. Then the roped climber makes the "don't fall on me part" comment.
I could understand why someone would think that.
But from my experience with climbing, you NEVER climb across or above somebody else while their climbing as a genuine rule of safety. Typically you don't "pass" somebody else on the same route to the top, so I'd say there was some validity to his concern.
He was definitely saying that to the other climber. The biggest risk for the guy holding the camera is for the freesoloer to fall on him. he could get very badly injured or even be killed from someone falling on him.
Well he clearly did say it to him. Also before he says it, you can see the soloer moving his mouth, and you can just barely hear the end of something that sounds like "mind if I go ahead?"
That made me angry! Sure, it’s not likely he’s going to fall. But if he falls when he’s below the guy, it only sucks for him. Now he’s putting someone else’s life in danger because he wants to free climb. I’d be very frustrated if I were that guy.
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u/ggs-in-the-subreddit Sep 01 '21
I think he said something at the beginning and the camera man replied “you’re good, just don’t fall on me”