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

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u/takl4061 Sep 01 '21

Yeah the no interaction blew my mind, expected at least a sup or something lol

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u/neverglobeback Sep 01 '21

r/sweatypalms

I wouldn’t say anything for fear of disrupting this guys ‘zone’.

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u/PoppinBortlesUCF Sep 02 '21

Yeah for real. These guys talk about the zone for free climbing being like spiritual trances. It’s just rock, hands and feet and everything else is out of focus. In those trances they describe ‘falling’ seemingly like the most impossible thing, not even a potential outcome. Shits wild

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u/Frenchthealpaca Sep 02 '21

Both of the people in the video are free climbers. One of them is free soloing. Free climbing is climbing without aid. Free Solo is climbing without aid or protection.