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Badasses caught on camera

PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:10 pm
by Haggis_McMutton
Post them here.

I give you, Dan Osman.


400+ft, 04:25 minutes, no rope

Re: Badasses caught on camera

PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:34 pm
by Maugena
He died on his second 1000 ft. jump (while he was supposedly going to retrieve his gear) because he couldn't resist doing it again.
:(

The man seemed amazing.

Re: Badasses caught on camera

PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:22 pm
by Haggis_McMutton
Maugena wrote:He died on his second 1000 ft. jump (while he was supposedly going to retrieve his gear) because he couldn't resist doing it again.
:(

The man seemed amazing.


Yeah, the guy's a legend.

While Honnold and such are free soloing routes harder than he ever did, I've never seen anyone do a speedrun like that sprint up a cliff of his. Also, I've seen some interviews with him and he actually seems like a decent guy.

As far as I understand his death was due to the ropes having been left in the rain and him jumping on a slightly wrong trajectory that made two of the ropes cross and broke one of them.
It's funny that after all the free soloing he died with a rope tied to him ...

Anyway, here's another great video of him (at the end it has the sort of jump that eventually got him killed, also climbing a fucking waterfall).


Re: Badasses caught on camera

PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:15 pm
by Haggis_McMutton
Let's go from sprint to marathon.

Ueli Steck speed climbs the Eiger, destroying the previous record in the process.


Re: Badasses caught on camera

PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 4:51 pm
by Haggis_McMutton
Jeb Corliss


Re: Badasses caught on camera

PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:24 pm
by Symmetry

This still gives me nightmares.

Re: Badasses caught on camera

PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:37 pm
by BigBallinStalin
Symmetry wrote:
This still gives me nightmares.


It seems pretty easy-going. You get a nice path which isn't slippery. You have a steel cable attached to the cliff which you link up to. And if the cement breaks away, there's always the steel beam to grab onto as you fall.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... -5g8#t=59s

This seems a bit more worrisome.

Re: Badasses caught on camera

PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 1:00 am
by Maugena

Re: Badasses caught on camera

PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:58 am
by Haggis_McMutton
Maugena wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5nlOdxZt_4&feature=fvwrel
Splat, lol.


Here's a better video of the crash:


He really was crazy close to dying on that one. Only broke his legs though. He's now back to his usual antics.

Re: Badasses caught on camera

PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:14 am
by MeDeFe
Symmetry wrote:
This still gives me nightmares.

I think that might be because the camera seems to be shifted a bit to the right, so it appears like the guy is walking with one foot on thin air. It's just a disconcerting perspective.