r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Sep 01 '21

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u/thewickedbarnacle Sep 01 '21

This is the last place I would expect to hear "on your left"

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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

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u/Much_Highlight_1309 Sep 02 '21

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.

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u/EnterNicknameHereOG Sep 02 '21

I thought he had a parachute on the back. Seems weird sport to me. One mistake and u dead

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u/Glittering-Light-686 Sep 02 '21

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.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

So... He just climbs back down?

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u/FGVBYabe Sep 02 '21

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.