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re: OT hero El Capitan speed climber...well you knew how this was going to end
Posted on 11/29/19 at 10:50 am to tigerinthebueche
Posted on 11/29/19 at 10:50 am to tigerinthebueche
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Died doing what he loved.
Falling to his death?
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Posted on 11/29/19 at 10:59 am to GeeOH
Not a bad way to go out. He lived a long life for a free climber
Posted on 11/29/19 at 11:00 am to CAD703X
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After the fatal descent, Jacobson told Outside magazine the pair were simul-rappeling -- a climbing technique where they use their bodies to counteract the rope when they heard it "pop." "We started rapping," Jacobson said. "I was a bit above him. I was on the left. He was on the right. Then all of a sudden, I felt a pop, and we started dropping."
Maybe they should have waited till after they were safe and on the ground before they decide to spit a fresh 16.
I’m a speed climber on my way to the top
Yelling, “look out below” as I begin to drop
Posted on 11/29/19 at 11:01 am to Chucktown_Badger
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Sounds like he wasn't free climbing. I'm not sure what they're talking about but a rope is mentioned.
Read the article. They were “simu rappelling” which is two guys rappell descending on a single rope. Rope failed and they both fell. I had never heard of this and I have Rope Rescue and other climbing training. After reading about the technique, there is no fricking way I would do it.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 11:03 am to jbgleason
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Read the article. They were “simu rappelling
I did read the article. And I don't know what simu-rappelling is, as I said. Thanks for explaining it though. Hard pass for me.
This post was edited on 11/29/19 at 11:05 am
Posted on 11/29/19 at 11:13 am to CAD703X
Posted on 11/29/19 at 11:14 am to Chucktown_Badger
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I did read the article
LoL. I wasn’t telling you to “read” the article. I was saying that I “read” the article. Damn Engrish language.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 11:18 am to CAD703X
Posted on 11/29/19 at 11:19 am to CAD703X
quote:It seems a little counterproductive to start a freestyle battle when you're in the middle of a fight for your life.
"We started rapping," Jacobson said. "I was a bit above him. I was on the left. He was on the right. Then all of a sudden, I felt a pop, and we started dropping."
I'll see myself out...
Posted on 11/29/19 at 11:51 am to saint tiger225
Ironic that this very thing is what people like this live for. “It’s a rush man, it makes you feel so connected, so alive.”
Welp. Now I feel sort of like Johnny Utah watching bodie paddle into the storm of the century.
He’s not coming back.
Welp. Now I feel sort of like Johnny Utah watching bodie paddle into the storm of the century.
He’s not coming back.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 11:52 am to CAD703X
Was expecting video
Posted on 11/29/19 at 11:57 am to kywildcatfanone
Faces of death.
You’re welcome.
You’re welcome.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 12:13 pm to CAD703X
Is Alex still free solo'ing? Watching the movie I figured he'd settle down with that OT 6 and pop out a few kids while taking it easier.
This post was edited on 11/29/19 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 11/29/19 at 12:25 pm to CAD703X
The fall didn't kill him. The sudden stop at the end did.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 1:12 pm to truthbetold
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Watching the movie I figured he'd settle down with that OT 6 and pop out a few kids while taking it easier.
Have you seen his busted face? Combine that with him being a free climber, and she’s more like an OT 11/10 for him.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 1:13 pm to CAD703X
Yep, sooner or later gravity will be victorious.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 1:21 pm to ChenierauTigre
Based on the math, he had about 7 seconds from the fall to the landing.....that’s enough time to ask his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ into his heart.
Posted on 11/29/19 at 1:22 pm to EveryoneGetsATrophy
And one more reason not to go to Mexico lol
Posted on 11/29/19 at 1:35 pm to jbgleason
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had never heard of this and I have Rope Rescue and other climbing training
Surprised you haven't heard of it.
I never want someone else on my rope.
Eta....tried it once on snow in a safe setting. No thanks. Handing out trust like that is not my thing.
This post was edited on 11/29/19 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 11/29/19 at 1:36 pm to real turf fan
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and then don't tie a big ole knot at the bottom of the rope to stop your downward trajectory?
It wouldn't have stopped anything.
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