Lover's Leap speed climb








Lover's Leap speed climb

Lover's Leap speed climb

Dan Osman reaches for the top

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Guest: Bijltje (577 days ago)

He's dead now... during a similar action he missed a step

Guest: Tom (632 days ago)

Speed climbing is like seeing how quickly you can gorge down a fine meal. A pointless way to ruin a fine experience.

Guest: Matt (560 days ago)

That's not true. He died free-falling, where he would leap from the top, with nothing to catch him but his climbing rope and and a series of anchors and pulleys that would stop his 1000 foot jump a mere 150 feet from the bottom. He was a bigger idiot than the ponytail would suggest. And he wasn't a great climber, either. He switched to free-falling after some french guys walked through a route (in one easy pass) that took him 50 attempts to set.

Guest: cardin7 (623 days ago)

Geez. Seriously? You're going to criticise the guy for having a ponytail? Grow up! He worked hard, it's a great achievement, what's the matter with you people?
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Guest: W4rCh1ld (394 days ago)

Whether he did it fast, slowly, backwards or upside down, it's still too much for me to do. He has more guts than I ever plan to find out about myself!

Guest: Kyokushinkai (552 days ago)

As a climber I look at that and die a little inside. Shame the guy died when it was totally preventable, but really... what did he expect? Nobody is perfect.

Guest: Martin (672 days ago)

That's why this guy is dead now :-(

Guest (350 days ago)

Call me stupid if you like but if he done it in 4.5 seconds, why the f*ck is the video 1m 48s?

Guest: danj (658 days ago)

yeah, sorry but this guy is a class A prat. He worked out his routes slowly before doing it at speed, the routes are fairly easy, but more to the point, he has a horrible ponytail. And yep, he fell and died one day.

Guest: Phil (375 days ago)

2) It's not ruining a fine experience. Speed climbing is a sport, which is pretty much separated from trad climbing. 3) It's a choice of his to speed climb, so it's no-one's place to criticise that. If you're into trad climbing, so be it. Some may see that as boring. I see it as exciting but it is a mere matter of opinion.

Guest (215 days ago)

Latest comment: "its 4 minutes 25 seconds "

Guest: Phil (375 days ago)

The ropes that were holding him when he was free falling rubbed together and melted (nylon) so it was a rather messy end. It makes no difference if he worked out the routes before hand, or anything like that. 1) A 400+ ft free climb in under 4.5 minutes is a huge achievement in itself.