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This sport will never be for me. My fingers are sweating just from reading the article.

bargle0 3y ago
Try this climbing video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyya23MPoAI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyya23MPoAI One legendary climber pressures an experienced climber in to a high danger situation. It’ll make you about as uncomfortable as a SFW video can.
- laserDinosaur 3y ago
  I always thought one particular line was interesting: Magnus: "I'm worried I might pass out, fall and die" Alex: "If passed out in your car on the highway here, you'd still be dead". Just an interesting perspective on danger. If we were to run the numbers, am I safer as Alex free climbing a wall as I am Regular Bob driving on a highway to work?
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  - Vecr 3y ago
    No, almost certainly not. For example, if you are in stop-and-go traffic on a highway, and as long as the visibility is good and the road has good traction, you could drive for literally hundreds of years straight before reaching 1 mean expected death from the driving. If you fall asleep in those conditions and are driving a modern car, the car is likely to be damaged but you probably won't die. I don't have numbers for free soloing, but if you pass out, you will die with a high confidence.
- untech 3y ago
  Insane video, thank you for sharing. It was way more psychological then I thought. Still not sure whether “the legend” is a hero or a villain here.
- xcskier56 3y ago
  “Experienced climber”? Magnus in his prime was one of the best climbers in the world, could have probably out-climbed Hanold at his best. Not just an experienced climber. That being said, it’s a really interesting look into the mental side of doing scary things bc it’s really a very easy climb for magnus
  - pcthrowaway 3y ago
    I don't mean to downplay Magnus's achievements but wasn't he really more of a gym/comp climber? It's kind of a different sport. I don't think Magnus was ever as good on rock as Alex edit: I'm wrong, Midtbo apparently climbed a 5.15b. I think Alex's hardest climb was 5.13d, but he also primarily pushes the limits on trad, so it's still not a straight comparison. For context, the hardest trad climb ever done is 5.14d which is 3 grades away from the hardest sport climb ever confirmed (5.15c)
    - missingrib 3y ago
      Magnus was and is a much stronger/better climber than Alex. Alex has climbed 5.14d, but Magnus has climbed 5.15a/b. Magnus has even onsighted 5.14c.
- glandium 3y ago
  The followup where he shows the video to his girlfriend has some additional insight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eFFouLvEOI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eFFouLvEOI

Try this climbing video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyya23MPoAI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyya23MPoAI One legendary climber pressures an experienced climber in to a high danger situation. It’ll make you about as uncomfortable as a SFW video can.

laserDinosaur 3y ago
I always thought one particular line was interesting: Magnus: "I'm worried I might pass out, fall and die" Alex: "If passed out in your car on the highway here, you'd still be dead". Just an interesting perspective on danger. If we were to run the numbers, am I safer as Alex free climbing a wall as I am Regular Bob driving on a highway to work?
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- Vecr 3y ago
  No, almost certainly not. For example, if you are in stop-and-go traffic on a highway, and as long as the visibility is good and the road has good traction, you could drive for literally hundreds of years straight before reaching 1 mean expected death from the driving. If you fall asleep in those conditions and are driving a modern car, the car is likely to be damaged but you probably won't die. I don't have numbers for free soloing, but if you pass out, you will die with a high confidence.
untech 3y ago
Insane video, thank you for sharing. It was way more psychological then I thought. Still not sure whether “the legend” is a hero or a villain here.
xcskier56 3y ago
“Experienced climber”? Magnus in his prime was one of the best climbers in the world, could have probably out-climbed Hanold at his best. Not just an experienced climber. That being said, it’s a really interesting look into the mental side of doing scary things bc it’s really a very easy climb for magnus
- pcthrowaway 3y ago
  I don't mean to downplay Magnus's achievements but wasn't he really more of a gym/comp climber? It's kind of a different sport. I don't think Magnus was ever as good on rock as Alex edit: I'm wrong, Midtbo apparently climbed a 5.15b. I think Alex's hardest climb was 5.13d, but he also primarily pushes the limits on trad, so it's still not a straight comparison. For context, the hardest trad climb ever done is 5.14d which is 3 grades away from the hardest sport climb ever confirmed (5.15c)
  - missingrib 3y ago
    Magnus was and is a much stronger/better climber than Alex. Alex has climbed 5.14d, but Magnus has climbed 5.15a/b. Magnus has even onsighted 5.14c.
glandium 3y ago
The followup where he shows the video to his girlfriend has some additional insight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eFFouLvEOI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eFFouLvEOI