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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Stark on September 15, 2011, 06:18:30 AM
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I actually had sweaty palms after watching this
http://www.dump.com/2011/09/07/free-soloing-with-alex-honnold-video/
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Ironically, he died when he was using a rope.... :P
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I actually had sweaty palms after watching this
http://www.dump.com/2011/09/07/free-soloing-with-alex-honnold-video/
Jay Cutler could do this too....
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Blindfolded!
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Here's Dan Osman...dying...very stupid of him to do this.
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Wow, that would suck, the minute you hear the rope snap and you have a few moments to reflect on how stupid it was to do that, "if only I didn't jump today, I'd still be alive tomorrow" type reflecting. :-\
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Wow, that would suck, the minute you hear the rope snap and you have a few moments to reflect on how stupid it was to do that, "if only I didn't jump today, I'd still be alive tomorrow" type reflecting. :-\
Honestly, he simply forgot about safety and didn't check that rope....after being in the weather for 3 weeks. It would have held if he was just doing a standard rappel but he was doing a free fall jump so he should have definitely used a new rope. But its obvious that he was rushing to get his fix as he sped past the climber and ran up the mountain yelling "we're going now".
That's the thing with adreneline junkies, they crave for it so much that they put themselves at grave danger. Free solo climbs, free fall jumping, etc....all of that is just asking for trouble. That's not someone who has balls of steel but someone who thinks that they are indestructible and don't believe that they can die.
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Honestly, he simply forgot about safety and didn't check that rope....after being in the weather for 3 weeks. It would have held if he was just doing a standard rappel but he was doing a free fall jump so he should have definitely used a new rope. But its obvious that he was rushing to get his fix as he sped past the climber and ran up the mountain yelling "we're going now".
That's the thing with adreneline junkies, they crave for it so much that they put themselves at grave danger. Free solo climbs, free fall jumping, etc....all of that is just asking for trouble. That's not someone who has balls of steel but someone who thinks that they are indestructible and don't believe that they can die.
I always shake my head when people say - WOW he's so brave!!! - thats not bravery, bravery is to do something that you would never ever do and you don't want to do it but you do it anyways since it is needed to be done.
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bravery is linked to sacrifice.
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Honestly, he simply forgot about safety and didn't check that rope....after being in the weather for 3 weeks. It would have held if he was just doing a standard rappel but he was doing a free fall jump so he should have definitely used a new rope. But its obvious that he was rushing to get his fix as he sped past the climber and ran up the mountain yelling "we're going now".
That's the thing with adreneline junkies, they crave for it so much that they put themselves at grave danger. Free solo climbs, free fall jumping, etc....all of that is just asking for trouble. That's not someone who has balls of steel but someone who thinks that they are indestructible and don't believe that they can die.
wrong
they get a rush BECAUSE they know they might die
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Totally F'N Amazing !
If I had a 1 inch diameter kryptonite cable attached to me I couldn't do this chit
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Absolutely incredible - these guys are lunatics.
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I'm so scared of heights that my heart was raceing just watching the vid.
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Absolutely inspiring...pinnacle of human athleticism and resolve
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Totally F'N Amazing !
If I had a 1 inch diameter kryptonite cable attached to me I couldn't do this chit
balls of steel !! :o
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This is the man
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On osman's death, a guy I know who is an experienced climber said dan was only really famous for how risky is jumps were, not necessarily or being good, and the setup for his last jump was flawed, two ropes were positioned so that they rubbed against each other, basically if they are set up this way eventually one will snap and it did
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when you free climb what happens if you come to a place that there is no way to move up...nothing to grab :) that would be my biggest fear. getting stuck
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better to risk havin unprotected sex
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Totally F'N Amazing !
If I had a 1 inch diameter kryptonite cable attached to me I couldn't do this chit
Wow, yeah, that made me nervous just watching. I hate heights.
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better to risk havin unprotected sex
words of wisdom by the Falcon!
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Pick it up at 1:25
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One sport where is is better to not be big and be a wirey, skinny twink. Don't think you'll see too many bodybuilders doing free climbs. Too much weight to pull up.
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when you free climb what happens if you come to a place that there is no way to move up...nothing to grab :) that would be my biggest fear. getting stuck
LOL these guys spend HOURS AND HOURS climbing these same routes with and without ropes. You think they just look up at a mountain and say hey I think I'll climb this mountain freestyle. That particular 5.7 route in CA has been climbed by thousands. It's a pretty well known route.
Anyways, what a selfish dumbass. Why bring a fucking child in the world and life your life on the edge of death like that. He had a life wish? Yeah right.........he's just another dumbass adrenaline junkie. Ego got him killed. Some of these extreme sports guys are the biggest idiots around. As if climbing with ropes isn't hard and cool enough they gotta push the limit with free falling and what not? Just stupid. I can think of a hundred and one things that are just as cool and exciting and challenging as free climbing and doing stupid shit ilke this guy did. And they would rarely result in death if you fuck up............lol life wish..........yeah hope it was worth it buddy.
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Pick it up at 1:25
cool and i love the song but he is a collision with a bird, just waiting to happen.
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cool and i love the song but he is a collision with a bird, just waiting to happen.
WTF? I've never seen anything like that. Holy shit! That's gotta be the most amazing fucking experience ever. Atleast that to me would be worth it. Jumping from some fucking rope straight down? no way. Wow how does he maneuver that shit? And that song is kick ass who is it?
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WTF? I've never seen anything like that. Holy shit! That's gotta be the most amazing fucking experience ever. Atleast that to me would be worth it. Jumping from some fucking rope straight down? no way. Wow how does he maneuver that shit? And that song is kick ass who is it?
The song is "Sail" by Awolnation.
i'd probably say he plays it by the books as best as possible, given his partner hit a bridge yrs back.
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Windsuits are even more dangerous. Check out the final moments of Dwain Weston, all caught on video. Took two days for rangers to clean up the mess. A lot of his bodyparts was never recovered because the sheer force of import just turned them to dust...sort of like a bird strike