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kalcario
Feb 25, 2005, 4:06 AM
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http://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/0503/climb_freeSoloing.html
better written than anything in our mags...but it's from Greg Child so what do you expect?
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whatsupdoc
Feb 25, 2005, 4:30 AM
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Great stuff...and a 120 ft. 5.13d deep water solo...unreal!
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quickclips
Feb 25, 2005, 4:32 AM
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Thats ballsy
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tenn_dawg
Feb 25, 2005, 4:54 AM
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Yep. Someday when I jump the grand canyon in a VW bug will y'all start worshiping me too?
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ufdigga
Feb 25, 2005, 8:18 AM
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sweet article. thanks for the link. i wish there were more pics...
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jcshaggy
Feb 25, 2005, 11:26 AM
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Inspiring stuff. Always enjoy reading articles written by Greg Child.
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azrockclimber
Feb 25, 2005, 12:27 PM
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that was great. that article was really well written.
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arun
Feb 25, 2005, 2:15 PM
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You guys should see the routes Neil Gresham & Mike Robinson have put up around Europe! Also in Vietnam Neil & Time Emmet have done some spectacular stuff. I think Mike actually was one of the first person to do very hard DWS climbs. There is also the Cornwell DWS fest!
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kimgraves
Feb 25, 2005, 2:38 PM
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Here's the link: http://www.mensjournal.com/...imb_freeSoloing.html
Great article. Not to take anything away from Child, but my guess is that it's not the writing that's so great. It's the editing that Men's Journal can bring to bear. My wife, who is a professional editor, looks at Alpinist, the best we've got, and just cringes at how poorly edited it is. Steve Roper even makes fun of the copy editing in letters to the editor. The circulation for MJ can support editing that Alpinist cannot. Pity.
Best, Kim
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tammarak
Feb 25, 2005, 3:50 PM
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Not to take away from the previous point about the editing for Alpinist, but Greg Child deserves mention as one of the very best climbing writers. He's won awards at many climbing festivals and is committed to bringing our esoteric sport into the consciousness of the sporting community in general. For this I am greateful.
I've deep water soloed ever since I first cliff-jumped as a kid at summer camp - climbing back up was just a rewarding as jumping off. Other kids thought I was nuts but I loved it. Still do!
Great article, inspiring content.
Thanks for the link!
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cthulu
Feb 25, 2005, 10:11 PM
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It's a fun read. However, I don't think the article stresses enough how messed up you can get falling from 120 feet. The water will not only feel like concrete but will also have close to its affects. (okay thats an exaguration but it has got to be pretty bad)
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abalch
Feb 26, 2005, 12:10 AM
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Not having my physics texts handy I still think you aren't far off in saying that the water will be similar to hitting concrete from that height, so long as you hit it poorly.
If I remember correctly, for diving purposes you generally want a significant percentage, maybe 30 percent of the height of the dive for the depth of the water to avoid hitting the bottom. Does anyone know the figure more exactly?
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james_climber
Feb 26, 2005, 2:33 AM
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amazing , there is a climbing movie from that place i think its '' beyond gravity'' also there are some clips free.Just let me find it again and ill give you the link
keep climbing
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kalcario
Feb 26, 2005, 2:35 AM
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*It's a fun read. However, I don't think the article stresses enough how messed up you can get falling from 120 feet.*
you're right, but that particular climb isn't 120' high - 60' of it is roughly horizontal.
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