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Originally Posted by Deschodt
Free solo was great, the guy is clearly talented... But (and I feel bad thinking that), it's just a matter of time till we read about him in an obituary. Might not even be his fault... Can't keep beating the odds.
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Yup. Friend of mine in CO back in the last century was a sponsored climber. Got flown all over to climb things and was always bringing in toys to the metallurgy lab for some cut-rate analysis. Slipped and fell off of "Broadway" on Longs Peak, the supposed rest point on the climb, with his fiancee watching.
Beautiful sport until it becomes brutal...