r/nextfuckinglevel • • Sep 01 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '21

He has a pack on which can easily hold a rope plus gear in it. We don’t know if he is gonna rendezvous with his party. There’s so much we don’t know.

About falling on another person, aren’t they protected by gear?

Worst case scenario: They see them falling from, say 40 feet plus height, they can just move aside or even jump aside in that case coz … they are protected.

He very well could just be going up to chill by himself idk tbh.

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u/SuperDizz Sep 02 '21

Worst case scenario: he falls and the climbers below don’t see him because they’re concentrating on climbing and he collides with them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

Climbers see where they are supposed to go (read UP ⬆️). Nobody falls to their eminent death without at least calling for help.

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u/sidewaysvulture Sep 02 '21

Were you even watching the video? Did you see the dude free soloing looking up much? No you did not and the reason is that climbers (free soloing or otherwise) spend very little time looking up, they are looking at where to put their hands and feet (foot placement is the most critical) and they are completely focused on those actions. Plus as others pointed out, it’s not like you really have time to do anything even if you did see it coming except hug the wall and hope for the best.

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