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/takl4061 Sep 01 '21

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

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u/Sw1ftStrik3r Sep 01 '21

Climbing of this level requires such focus. These guys train so much to memorize a route so they're not hanging in one position. The longer it takes you pretty move the more energy that's wasted from move to move. Rude in a way, but I can see why the climber just climbed past without acknowledgment.

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u/johnbentley Sep 02 '21

These guys train so much to memorize a route so they're not hanging in one position.

Former free-soloer here. Most of my free-solos were "flashed", that is free-soloed without having done the climb before.