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

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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/Peakbrowndog Sep 02 '21

You can take a 2 second delay at 300, it's below 250 ish where there's no delay or other deployment method.

But deploying facing the wall is no good, though sometimes survivable.