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chris tregge wrote:

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article232130272.html 

Shit, may he rest in peace 

It’s easy to rip into people for falling freesoloing. It’s easy to criticize people’s risk taking. It’s not easy to accept that life is difficult and we all deal with it in different ways. Maybe this is just what he had to do to cope. I know I have to climb and I have to do it the way I want to. Life is short no matter how long you’re here. Hope he had a blast.

Condolences and shit, pouring one out for the homie.

Godspeed.

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!""
                                 
                                -Tradiban

Anonymous wrote: Apparently it's true:

https://www.facebook.com/2056072121283560/posts/2842796112611153/

May he RIP...

Holy shit! I thought someone was making a joke in very poor taste... I saw him posting on a friend’s Facebook just yesterday or a day before, making plans to project a route together in the fall...

Very sad to hear! I think nobody, regardless of what they thought of Austin, ever wanted to see such news. May he Rest In Peace. 

RIP

Very sad.

that guy named seb wrote:

 I've backed out of many solos but I have gotten my self in situations where I was unable to down climb and it was pretty sketch, one time it wasn't exactly hard climbing it was like 10d (no where near my max) but I got far more pumped than I should have gotten and had no choice but to go on. 

Ha, spray much?

Chris Hill wrote:

Ha, spray much?

"Do not speak ill of the dead" 

C'mon MP, can we not make this into a "I told you so?"

RIP dude I never met, sounds like he was a good enough guy.

To be fair, he was criticizing Seb (who appears to still be alive).  That said, I agree with your sentiment.

Noah R wrote:

"Do not speak ill of the dead" 

C'mon MP, can we not make this into a "I told you so?"

RIP dude I never met, sounds like he was a good enough guy.

Not talking about the dead guy.

Chris Hill wrote:

Not talking about the dead guy.

I see that now, My bad Chris. Go ahead and call out live people to your hearts content.

The saddest thing to me about this death is that there are ways to deal with mental health problems other than risking one's life soloing.

Site has been removed :(

he didn't use soloing as a means to deal with his bpd, nice blind assumption though. 

Jason Voss wrote:

Is this from personal experience?  Unless you were in his shoes, how can you possibly begin to understand what he was going through and what works for him?

He posted such several times on his blog and in Reddit comments.

Eric D wrote: The saddest thing to me about this death is that there are ways to deal with mental health problems other than risking one's life soloing.

I'm glad you're here to pass judgment, make assumptions, and tell us all why he did what he did.

Chalk in the Wind wrote:

I'm glad you're here to pass judgment, make assumptions, and tell us all why he did what he did.

Read his post a few pages back.  

Did you guys even pause for a moment to consider what Austin would have thought about his accident?

Reading the first few pages of this thread, including Austin's post and the replies he got:

Tradiban wrote: Did you guys even pause for a moment to consider what Austin would have thought about his accident?

Well, he did post this:

"I’m not going to die climbing. I’d be far too pissed off if my epitaph read “we told you so.” Plus, there’s this thing called “free-soloing,” and I really like it... so if I kark-it... I won’t get to do that anymore... so that don’t make any sense atall!"

Tradiban wrote: Did you guys even pause for a moment to consider what Austin would have thought about his accident?

I have no idea. But it doesn't sound like he wanted to die.

His death is a tragedy. I am very sorry for all of his friends and loved ones, and everyone else who was impacted by his death.