1:42, clips from Defect.
Pretty funny that it didnt even have the craziest of the clips from either of them, and then it just had strange un-impressive clips next to absolutely insane ones. cool link tho, thanks!
i really like how some people prolly thought all these people were stupid to try these things at one time and little do they know how much they have inspired everyone else into trying other crazier things.
I had to go back to the skydiving one, quite the insane stunt to shoot your own parachute with a flare gun!
Dan Osman is in a realm of his own.
I’ve never quite understood freeclimbers. I get that they climb areas that are known to be good for free climbers, and I see that it is extreme and a thrill for them. But all it takes is one loose rock.
But they’re absolutely crazy, they even pull out their own fingernails so that they can wedge their hands better in the cracks, OW OW OW. And they’re often so sun-baked that they look like pieces of leather.
As a climber myself i think there is nothing better then grabbing my muni, chalk bag and shoes in my backpack and riding off to find something to climb.
I dont seem to be leathery, but i dont go to the extremes that some do.
and as for the pulling off of fingernails… i have never heard of that.
Yeah go out to joshua tree, that’s where all the free climbing creatures live. Those rocks are like razorblades. I grew up climbing on granite, so I’m a little picky.
Actually, you are supposed to pull off the fingers too
Fingers are Baaaad.
http://www.break.com/index/introducing-the-himalayan-ninja-goat-1994105
Haha I knew the ibex were incredible, but I’d never seen them do that!
Dan Osman … crazy and sick but wow!
Freeclimbers are fine, All that means is you ascend the rock face without any aid, you can still have a lead or top rope supporting you if you fall.
Dan is free soloing. Thats when a loose rock can upset your life.
We have always just called it free climbing, and from there specified the details, I grew up climbing in yosemite.
I just can’t imagine putting that much faith in my abilities.
i am going to secretly envy you from afar.
well envy you from afar, the secret is up.
I climbed mostly indoor untill my gym closed down, outdoor is hard to do without transport and gear in Australia is so bloody expensive.
It’s expensive everywhere, we have a lot of old gear (20+ years old) that we climb with, but they have a lot of fancy new stuff now.
Granite is by far my favorite climbing surface, really great to learn on, we have home movies of me climbing in diapers haha.
That pinnacle looks incredible. Pinnacles are intimidating.
If you are an avid climber, and you get the chance to go to Yosemite, I would strongly recommend it, and that you go in Autumn. It is the most beautiful, during the summer the whole valley gets layered with campfire smoke, so autumn is by far the best.
it disapeared from my post…?
wow you started awfull young, the only videos i have of me in nappies are learning to walk ones.
I know some who have climbed at Yosemite, they like to talk about how good it is… I really want to travel and climb but i have more pressing issues unfortunately. I have a mate who is leaving for france at the end of this year for a climbing/backpacking world trip. Yosemite is on his plans. bastard.
Yes I live about… 8-9 hours from yosemite driving. We have visited it for everything from Horse Camping, to skiing and snowboarding, to camping, to snowshoeing, to cross country skiing, to climbing, to hiking, to mountain biking. It really is like a big kids outdoor playground. But the climbing is by far some of the best in the world. SO MANY climbs, because the whole valley was carved out by a glacier, so both sides are all granite. And granite as you know is very grippy and extremely stable.
I’d say that the majority of climbers I have met there have been foreign, people come from all over.
It is great, but there are other great places to climb too, Yosemite just has everything. If I did not live relatively close, I would not make an effort to go to it, because although I climb, I do not do it regularly, and I have never done any climbs that would require haul bags or anything. It is the mecca for extreme climbers.
but back on topic, the first guy in the video, doing wheelies at 60mph, that is hard for me to grasp, I don’t see how even with a hill that you could get up to that speed in a wheelie. He must have been pulled by a car and then released?
Or he has rare swag.
Thanks for the input.