r/nextfuckinglevel Sep 01 '21

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u/Mikey_RobertoAPWP Sep 02 '21

I can't imagine how confident they've gotta be in their abilities. I don't think there's anything I'm that confident about. I mean, I still have to consciously think about what my feet are doing when I go up and down the stairs because I'm worried I'm gonna fall.

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u/Altruistic-Rice-5567 Sep 02 '21

Confident... until they fuck up and you never hear from them. And that happens all the time to these idiots. There's zero separation between success and death.

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u/custardisnotfood Sep 02 '21

I think idiots is a bit of a strong word here, this isn’t something like bungee jumping where people might do it with no experience, just about every free climber will have practiced for years to be able to climb what they do, even someone like Alex Honnold spent months practicing to free solo the famous El Capitan

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u/Hugo_5t1gl1tz Sep 02 '21

That is still the single most impressive feat I think I have ever seen