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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Jan 31, 2013 - 09:53am PT
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Having just done the spire twice this fall, that really shivers me timbers...what a mindf*#k. I tried to walk a high line once, about 50 feet tall over a 50foot gap. three steps and I was gone. headfirst swan-dive for the ground, lucky I was tethered, but my tether caught a carabiener on my harness as I fell and clipped itself into a gear loop. This all happened so fast I had no idea. I felt my body slow, then I felt something break and I started falling again...almost sh#t myself...but then I stopped as the teather came tight on the main attachment. very scary for a moment.
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Jan 31, 2013 - 01:57pm PT
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Suspenseful. Feels like a live event.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Jan 31, 2013 - 02:13pm PT
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Why did he do it twice saltandgranite? Once there and once back??
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Jan 31, 2013 - 02:30pm PT
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Hardcore man. So sick! Shoulda filmed both ways! ;)
Edit never mind.. Duh
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Jan 31, 2013 - 02:31pm PT
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Was the videographer sailing on a tall ship in rough seas while capturing the video?
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jan 31, 2013 - 02:31pm PT
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Wow!
John
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saltandgranite
Trad climber
Yosemite, CA
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Jan 31, 2013 - 02:35pm PT
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Yeah it was super windy, which made it even more sketch. It was a tiny little handheld, sorry for the poor quality.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Jan 31, 2013 - 02:38pm PT
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No need to apologize! Thanks for the video!
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
-A race of corn eaters
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Jan 31, 2013 - 02:48pm PT
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Makes my hands and feet sweat. Thanks.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Jan 31, 2013 - 02:50pm PT
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Gnar.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Jan 31, 2013 - 02:52pm PT
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Mich is f*cking crazy.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The great state of advaita
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Jan 31, 2013 - 03:18pm PT
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Not that I'm going to be trying something like that anytime soon, but the encouraging commentary, while I'm sure well-meant, would be a huge distraction to me. But maybe when you're hanging it all out like that, you don't really notice anything else.
I'm sure the guy was not thinking about paying bills or the like at the time!
Eric
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Jan 31, 2013 - 04:41pm PT
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Whoa, wild.
Hey saltandgranite, YouTube has this amazing new'ish feature where their software will steady a jumpy video like that. If you uploaded that vid, you can do it - got to click around for the option. It'll crop small percentages off of each frame, and the end result is that it will look like it was filmed on a floating pillow. Your film isn't all that bumpy, really, looking at it.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Jan 31, 2013 - 05:10pm PT
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I saw a video of Mich free soloing a 5.13 somewhere over in Europe.
Here's a pic I took of Faith Dickey soloing my line last winter...
...and Skandy freesoloco on the Mexican Caulk Gun.
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