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Czech climber Adam Ondra climbing El Capitán in Yosemite National Park (infosec.pub)

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[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

I understand, hey go climb a big rock. cool.

i don't understand doing it without a basic life line attached to you to ...ya know, prevent .... rapid inertia.

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 21 points 2 weeks ago (16 children)

Is the rope hanging off him not a life line?

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Honestly, I'm not sure. I actually didn't even notice it until you said something. It blends in very well. Looks like it only goes below him but I don't see an anchor point and you really don't want them too far apart. The more distance between them, then more force it's got to hold if you fall.

I'm not sure what else you'd use a rope for here. Just saying it's also weird to not see an anchor point since it looks looks to be over 10ft of rope we can see.

[–] evidences@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

There's an anchor right below his feet but it's hard to make out in this copy of the photo because of the lack of pixels.

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