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> free solo climbing will kill you one day > [...] [Wikipedia] has a list of free solo > climbers. The Wikipedia article you're linking to does list a

by avar 9y ago

> free solo climbing will kill you one day > [...] [Wikipedia] has a list of free solo > climbers. The Wikipedia article you're linking to does list a bunch of people who've died doing it, but also famous free solo climbers in their 60s and even 80s.

maxxxxx 9y ago
There are plenty of chain smokers and drunk drivers in their 80s. It's still not a good idea.
- avar 9y ago
  It's not a good idea and it's dangerous, but we wouldn't say with confidence that smoking or drunk driving "will kill you one day", which is the part of the GPs comment I'm replying to.
- fiter 9y ago
  The population sizes are vastly different between chain smokers and free soloists.