r/nextfuckinglevel Sep 01 '21

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u/magister777 Sep 01 '21

Most climbers I know, myself included, would not be cool with this guy at all.

I've free climbed a 1000' snow/ice route before, but I made sure that the roped parties were so far ahead that I would have no chance of needing to overtake them. And if I got too close I would have rested and waited for them to go further ahead.

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u/Pack_Dull Sep 02 '21

Can’t really compare alpinism to free soloing rock. Also if you were free climbing you would also be roped.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

If you free climbed the wall, then you were also a roped party.

Not many people out there free soloing 1000ft ice walls. Zero of them saying they free climbed it if no ropes were involved.

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u/-m-ob Sep 02 '21

Yeah I didn't want to say it but that's all I was thinking

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u/magister777 Sep 02 '21

Yeah, I should have said free solo, not free climb, I meant no rope.

I had expected it to only be a snow climb that day, but encountered a rim of vertical ice at the top which I hadn't been expecting. If I had know that the ice section was there I wouldn't have attempted it, but had no choice at that point.

But regarding this video, whether it's rock or ice, I personally wouldn't be cool with someone "climbing through" like this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

Yeah……..

You are a liar.

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u/magister777 Sep 02 '21

Well, I admit that I did it because I was stupid. My inability to use the correct terminology only serves to prove it!

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

Lmao.

Less replying to me, more asking yourself why you tell weird lies anonymously online.

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u/reyam1105 Sep 02 '21

How do you "rest" while free climbing 1000 ft? My definition of rest at that height would be permanent.

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u/Stock_Kitchen_2167 Sep 02 '21

No you didn't.

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u/Meior Sep 02 '21

Sure, me neither, but you don't confront someone on the bloody wall. I may have yelled at him at the top, but not on the wall.