O m g !!!!!!

Im pretty sure I couldnt do more than 1 pull up that high off the ground..

 

Im wondering how many people on the ground below were hit with poop...........

 

Sick stuff. Watching that made my fingertips tingle, but I get like that. Side effect of rock climbing.

This makes my palms sweat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D0P9aPu51A
1:00 and then 1:10 makes me shudder.

 

OMG!!!!
That Dude went UP 400' faster than I can RUN it on the ground!.....and.....I think I ...peed myself a little.....BRB..

 

Actually, he didn't die climbing. Dan Osman's an interesting character and contributed a tremendous amount to furthering climbing safety over the years.

At some point during his climbing career he noticed that he enjoyed the thrill of the fall and the last-minute catch of the rope more than climbing itself. He got into testing the bounds of the equipment rigging up ropes and purposely falling farther and farther.

The draw is that climbing rope only stretches 10%-20%. Bungees obviously stretch quite a bit more and they slow your descent along the way. With the ropes, you're free-falling much farther and are closer to the ground/water/whatever when the rope starts to slow you down.

Anyway, he had set up a series of ropes for a huge drop but was arrested (fines, trespassing, or something like that) before he could actually take the fall. He spent a few days in jail and when released he went out to gather up his gear.

Instead of taking everything down, he decided to take the leap on the ropes since they were already set up. He actually called a friend from his cellphone and was chatting during his decent before the phone went dead.

During his time in jail the ropes sat out exposed to the elements. Weather deteriorates that stuff and changes its properties, and for whatever reason he didn't take this into account.

The shame of it is that he left behind a wife and child and had no life insurance. Bit of a sad story but a really interesting individual. If you get a chance, read Fall of the Phantom Lord: Climbing in the Face of Fear.

 

When I climbed Devils Tower I asked the guide about that sort of thing. "What are the odds of something breaking off and falling while I'm climbing?"

The response was simply: "The only thing we can be sure of is that with every day that passes, we're 1 day closer to that happening."

It's all part of the game.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZX90K63IbA