[video=youtube;OX7p3jfr0mA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX7p3jfr0mA[/video]
I'm about 6 years late.
This guy is my inspiration to climb and even though majority of you won't be into the sport, you'll still appreciate the fact that's he's climbed 400ft without ropes...
Heck yeah climbing! Love it, unfortunately there's only one or two indoor places where I live to do this so can't go as wild as this guy :v:
holy christ that would be scary as shit.
Nathan Drake
dammit spiderman, you're supposed to be in the city, not in the wild!
Oh god 1:10
Death seemed to have caught up with him
[QUOTE]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.[2][/QUOTE]
Just another hike in the mountains for him.
[QUOTE]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.[2][/QUOTE]
That sounds more like negligence on his part than lack of skill, he should've known (or someone with him) that exposure of such important equipment to snow and rain for more than a month is probably a disaster waiting to happen. Still sad and a total shame, don't get me wrong, but it could've been prevented.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;37587017]That sounds more like negligence on his part than lack of skill, he should've known (or someone with him) that exposure of such important equipment to snow and rain for more than a month is probably a disaster waiting to happen. Still sad and a total shame, don't get me wrong, but it could've been prevented.[/QUOTE]
I honestly doubt that he was aware of the ropes being in such conditions for more than a month.
Anyway, we can all still appreciate the video demonstrating his use of the genetic disorder "Giant balls-syndrome"
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Reminds me of this
[url]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=83a_1305423892[/url]
[QUOTE=danelo;37588530]Reminds me of this
[url]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=83a_1305423892[/url][/QUOTE]
Except that's not cool at all.
God damn I will never understand how people have the balls to do shit like this
I always get sweaty hands when I watch videos involving heights
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