Free solo rock climbing. It’s one of those ideas where
literally everything involved sounds like a bad idea. It takes the typical
vertigo rush of rock climbing as is, and removes any semblance that it’s even
remotely a safe thing to be doing. One slip, one all-too-tired muscle giving
way, one grip that isn’t as secure as you thought it was, and gravity sends you
out of this life. I mean, yeah, most physical exercise seems daring to me
because I’m a lazy bastard, but doing shit like this feels like it was put into
people’s heads just to weed out those who are stupid enough to risk it. Or, at least, that’s what I thought, until seeing this.
