Fall from 2nd Flatiron [video; somewhat disturbing]
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Fall from 2nd Flatiron on Apr 16 2019 |
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John RB wrote: Fall from 2nd Flatiron on Apr 16 2019Clicky |
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I wish him a speedy recovery too. |
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Long Ranger wrote: I wish him a speedy recovery too. Agreed. Dude sure was breathing hard (sketched). |
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Here's an article about RMR going to get him.
Is anyone else annoyed by his casual closing to his YouTube comment? I wouldn't recommend climbing new routes without practice or ropes to anyone lol.Personally that smells of arrogance and not really appreciating how close he came to dying. |
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Long Ranger wrote: I wish him a speedy recovery too. Yeah, 100% chuff. You can see he's left of the Tunnel Variation from the video (:35 -:41), but he's not as far left as the chimney in Free for All. He's somewhere between there, and was *not* about to do any 5.13 -- the first responder, a local ultra runner and scrambler found him in un-resoled Saucony's. |
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This is how the Flatirons get closed to soloing. |
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Glad he survived. Yikes. Looks like the start of North Crack. |
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That is freakin spooky, especially since I have soloed the Flatirons a bunch of times. Cant believe he is alive. Is there any 5.13 on that face? Did he mean 5.3? I'm too lazy to research, but my fuzzy memory says nay. |
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It was Anton Krupicka that found him. I remember reading it on his Strava. Anton thought he fell from Dodge Block or Free For All. Judging by the holds in front of him in the video when he fell he must have been on a horizontal roof for it to be 5.13. This should be required viewing for all twenty something males that watch Free Solo. Hope he makes a quick and complete recovery! |
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TheBirdman Friedman wrote: This is how the Flatirons get closed to soloing. That would be an interesting vote, considering the OSMP is all about conservation and preservation. I would guess that includes the history and style of the climbing in the park, which very much includes scrambling its formations. |
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HughC wrote: That is freakin spooky, especially since I have soloed the Flatirons a bunch of times.Interesting. I found it a bit comforting as someone who logs literally miles of rock in the Flatirons every year. I sometimes come home from days where I've done 3-5K feet of scrambling on 5.0-6, knowing it all felt casual, but wondering if I was ever mistaken for feeling that way. Sure, anything could go wrong, but it helps to know that many of the cases where it does involve incredible lack of foresight or experience or both. |
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Brendan Blanchard wrote: Interesting. I found it a bit comforting as someone who logs literally miles of rock in the Flatirons every year. I sometimes come home from days where I've done 3-5K feet of scrambling on 5.0-6, knowing it all felt casual, but wondering if I was ever mistaken for feeling that way. Sure, anything could go wrong, but it helps to know that many of the cases where it does involve incredible lack of foresight or experience or both. I think what spooked me out is how quick it was for him to cover that distance. And having a visual in that go pro format - I think it makes it more hyper-surreal for me. (I think I may have invented a word, but lets let that slide.) |
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Woah. Lucky to be alive to post his footie. |
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Who the fuck goes solo scrambling and then decides they want to onsight free solo "5.13" in sneakers? His story reeks of BS |
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I'm glad the dude survived, but he would have to go well out of his way to find 5.13 on the 2nd Flatiron. This is how the Flatirons get closed to soloing.I doubt that would happen -- enough angry locals would show up at city council meetings. The French have accepted that ~100 people a year will die in the Mont Blanc Massif, and they pay for the PGHM to make a reasonable effort at rescue. I hope the residents of Boulder accept the fact that some people are going to bounce down the Flatirons on a failed #grampatrol, and let them do it while making a reasonable effort at search and rescue. |
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10/10 for dedication to the troll |
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I guess if you squint, The Compound could be considered a 5.13 on the Second that's often solo'd. |