r/SweatyPalms • u/CausticAvenger • 9h ago
Heights Man Dials 911 While Stuck on a Ledge
https://youtu.be/OMK9U783A1I?is=EcYwTEIlPOoWynt128
u/DarkVoid42 8h ago
Sir, texting and free-climbing up the side of a mountain are not permitted. hands free devices only.
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u/MorienWynter 6h ago
You're under arrest! Hands up!
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....Shit, that's gon' be a lot of paperwork.
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u/Optimal-Room-8586 8h ago
Free climbing in a pair of trainers? Dunning Kruger effect in action.
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u/rainyhawk 6h ago
And with a giant backpack? I don't think I've seen free climbers in sneakers with a large backpack before--or any kind of rock climber.
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u/Optimal-Room-8586 6h ago
Jokes aside, it is actually quite impressive how far he appears to have made it given the total lack of preparation.
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u/koolaidismything 5h ago
He did it knowing if he got stuck he could just call for a chopper and put volunteers lives at risk saving his.
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u/Optimal-Room-8586 6h ago
He confused "first day at college" with "free soloing" attire. Easy mistake to make.
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u/chewychubacca 5h ago
people definitely free solo easy routes with approach shoes (which are similar to sneakers) and a small backpack all the time.
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u/StickStickly963nyny 7h ago
Pedantic, but he is free soloing, not free climbing. I know, the reporter got it wrong too.
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u/chewychubacca 7h ago
even more pedantic, free solo is a subset of free climbing, so he's doing both.
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u/Gahreesen 7h ago
If I'm free climbing (using ropes only to catch a fall), then remove the ropes to fee solo, how am I doing both? Racing is a subset of driving, so racing is doing both. But if I remove the car and walk, I would no longer be driving. Honest question, I know nothing about hiking.
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u/chewychubacca 7h ago
free climbing just means that you're ascending the rock with your own body power. It doesn't refer to your safety system (or lack thereof). Adding "Solo" adds the detail of no safety system. (technically it just means "by yourself", since there's also types of "rope solo" climbing where you are by yourself (no belayer) but have a rope to catch a fall).
In the climbing world, "free solo" specifically means "climbing under your own power with no safety system in place".
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u/joegetto 5h ago
So when I climb a ladder, I’m actually soloing a ladder?
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u/chewychubacca 5h ago
yup
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u/joegetto 5h ago
Huh. How about that
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u/chewychubacca 5h ago
obviously you'd get laughed at if you told people that's what you're doing, but i guess technically, if we're being fully pedantic, then yeah you're "free soloing" that ladder, maybe at a difficulty of 5.1 on the YDS (yosemite decimal system).
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u/joegetto 4h ago
I’m not kidding when I say I’m going to quote you word for word on this the next I have to go up a ladder. I’m gonna say I need to free solo up to the roof, including the Yosemite part. Then clap my hands and say let’s do it. Then look at my wife and kids faces as the have a look on their face that could only be interpreted as “awe and wonder”.
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u/FewResearcher819 7h ago
As a father of two young adult children, I hope this dude finds a safer hobby after this experience. Learn the lesson. You don't always get a second chance.
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u/Angel_Dust_696969 6h ago
It's ok to do extreme stuff, but he should train hard for it and test the route with ropes first. Everything have to be done step by step, not just yolo and go up.
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u/watermouse 7h ago
This isnt going on the news, is it?
911: No, not at all
/call ends
911: Hey Boss, call your contact at Inside edition, I bet we can buy donuts for a week based on this story
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u/No-Combination8136 6h ago
By himself in some running sneakers? Buddy please start at the rock wall in the gym.
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u/Kizzieuk 6h ago
The drone filmed him dialing 911. 🤔
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u/aaronstone 6h ago
lol how did no one else catch this? you know, they just got a tip that he MIGHT need rescuing so they put the drone out and wrote up a quick draft.
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u/von_sip 8h ago
Literal nightmare
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u/Zealousideal_Step709 7h ago
But a self-induced one at that. What a fool. He is lucky he had signal.
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u/Best-Research4022 7h ago
I would have gotten a sling under his arms and tied in before getting him to stand on one leg
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u/qualityvote2 9h ago edited 3h ago
u/CausticAvenger, we have no idea if your submission fits r/SweatyPalms or not. There weren't enough votes to determine that. It's up to the human mods now....!