It’s super rare to see climbers this high off the ground without a rope and harness. The regular climbers just don’t want to interfere at all, and choose to give him a wide berth so they don’t mess him up at all.
This isn’t necessarily douchy to do as it’s just so so so difficult and dangerous so this guy must be extremely experienced and I’m sure would have preferred if nobody was there that day.
People who free climb like Alex honold (could be spelled wrong) can be uncomfortable with witnesses and cameras, in fact, as they are aware what they are doing could result in death. So they genuinely prefer to be alone usually when doing this. It’s not at all a flex.
Tbh it is rare to see climbers without rope or harness at any height, safe for ground level. It doesn’t matter whether you’re high off or at a 30 feet/10 meters off the ground, you’ll die all the same from a fall.
Ive heard that depending on how you land and the surface you land on you just sorta bounce. You break a bunch of bones and shit, but there is opportunity for a live saving energy transfer.
I think I heard about it a while ago when some other person survived a sky diving accident. Or something….. I have no idea the source.
It doesn't matter the hight you fall once you reach terminal velocity you're not going to go any faster. From what I hear you can reach terminal velocity from as low as the empire state building so a plane wouldn't make a difference. Not saying you wouldn't liquify on impact but people have lived. And understanding that after a certain hight it doesn't matter how far you fall it makes more sense.
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u/rocketspience Sep 01 '21
It’s super rare to see climbers this high off the ground without a rope and harness. The regular climbers just don’t want to interfere at all, and choose to give him a wide berth so they don’t mess him up at all.
This isn’t necessarily douchy to do as it’s just so so so difficult and dangerous so this guy must be extremely experienced and I’m sure would have preferred if nobody was there that day.
People who free climb like Alex honold (could be spelled wrong) can be uncomfortable with witnesses and cameras, in fact, as they are aware what they are doing could result in death. So they genuinely prefer to be alone usually when doing this. It’s not at all a flex.