Living on the edge

[Burnin' oil]

And yes, I know he's dead, but it wasn't from free soloing.

[911Rob]

no big deal, I can do that.
I've just never done it

[cl8ton]

I am going to have nightmares after watching that
I watched the documentary on Dan it ended with his death on the rope sling in Yosemite.

[JavaBrewer]

He must have had an incredible power to weight ratio. I got dizzy watching that video.

[mikester]

If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.

[chrisf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuyDiV7B2sg

air borne at 1:10

[Hugh R]

The guy died doing that? Without a lifeline, gee, I would never have seen that as a possible outcome...

[slodave]

I used to do a bit of free climbing, but never at those heights. Scary, but so much fun! I stopped while in college. I tried a rock wall at a farmer's market a couple of years ago, one of those fiberglass jobs that have four difficulty levels. I chose the hardest. I almost made it to the top, but my forearms were burning and I just could not hit the buzzer. I had to let go and let the safety rope take me down.

[kimlangley7]

I was a good budy of a climber "backin the day" in Colorado >Boulder, CO.. [Robert Candeleria] He took me on some easy climbs..

Don't think I've ever been as terrified as I was on thos eeasy climbs..... > they were really just rocks....

I have 1000+ skydives.../ 6 malfunctions.. been in three wars..... crashed motorcycles....

My ultimate respect is for someone who can climb..... it's just like naked fear tome....

[cl8ton]

It really is all or nothing when free climbing, one mistake and it’s adios.
The closest I ever came to the edge was skipping the Blue Boy and going for the Matador at my fav mex restaurant