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Crazy Challenge By stuka on 2007-03-04 |
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So, I saw this today, and it was strange. That guy has some skills |
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Cool By on Thu Mar 08 03:31:04 +0000 2007 |
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Some of the chimney climbing stuff looks like what we do in the gym when we get bored, but he's a hell of a lot faster. Reminds me of Dan Osman, who did lots of crazy solo climbing. He was also known for doing rope jumps. He'd set up a fixed rope from two mountain peaks, tie a rope in the middle, and jump off one of them using a dynamic climbing rope (not a bungee cord). He eventually died when two of the ropes rubbed together, causing one of them to melt and break. Years later, people in the community still talk about him. |
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Rope Jumping By on Thu Mar 08 03:36:02 +0000 2007 |
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I found a video of the rope jumping. |
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More on that By on Thu Mar 08 03:41:27 +0000 2007 |
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Check out the fall around 7:30. You can see lots of the pieces of protection he placed rip out of the wall in succession (called zippering). If that happened to me, the only thing I could imagine doing after throwing up is kissing the piece of gear that actually held. |