i saw him in some commercial recently. he is only in it for a split second, mostly they show some chick standing atop a mountain.
right, but because a rope broke. not because he fell speed climbing. and even if he had died free climbing, he still shits on that kid going 100 times slower.
not arguing otherwise. but everyone is going nuts over how crazy and dangerous what that kid is doing.
Dan Osman died November 23, 1998 at the age of 35 after his rope failed while performing a "controlled free-fall" jump from the Leaning Tower rock formation in Yosemite National Park. Osman had come back to Yosemite to dismantle the jump tower but apparently decided to make several jumps (over a few days) before doing so.[2] The failure was investigated by the National Park Service with assistance from Chris Harmston, Quality Assurance Manager at Black Diamond Equipment. Harmston concluded that a change in jump site angle probably caused the ropes to cross and entangle, leading to the rope cutting by melting.[3] Miles Daisher, who was with Osman when he made the jump, stated that the ropes used in his fatal jump had been exposed to inclement weather — including rain and snow — for more than a month before the fatal jump, but that the same ropes were used for several shorter jumps on the previous and same day. Rope jumping is where you intentionally fall hundreds of feet only to be caught by a safety rope at the end. Osman had done this over 1000 feet before
Back in 1999, I climbed that route over three days, with a rope. Free soloing that route is beyond comprehension. Doesn't help that tourists who slog up the cable route on the backside throw rocks off the top. Alex has the mind control of a fucking Jedi. FYI he is on one of the "zig-zag" pitches in that pic, possibly pitch 18.
some guy who climbs is dead. this is an article about that. http://www.grindtv.com/culture/lege...te-base-jumping-accident/#DTurrwBAxPM8kziO.97 Here he is base jumping with his dog
article was about some famous climber dying on a base jump, video was of the said climber and his dog doing a base jump.
STOP YELLING AT ME. You bumped a topic about someone that has been dormant for three years. I mistook "some" for "same". Every time this shit gets bumped I'm like "he dead". Saw accident in the URL and clicked to watch the video. You think someone is going to see a link and a video and click the link first? This is the internet, land of the ADD.
I swear he had climbed El Capitan before. Regardless, so god damn awesome, ballsy, and a bit of stupid. Makes me really appreciate his feats as I got to go to Yosemite this past December.
I watched a documentary on climbing and I'm nearly positive he's climbed El Capitan. He probably just did it some different way