Dave (bcrider) - That climber that you refer to was Todd Skinner, renowned big wall climber and motivational speaker. The guy turned climbing into a real money maker for himself. Tragic thing about his fall is that it was purely avoidable, he fell from a rappel on the same climb as my profile pic due to a worn harness. His partner warned him to replace it and he was going to after that climb of the Leaning Tower in Yosemite.
So many years doing high risk solos and it was an equipment failure that did him in.... all sports have that risk of failure, some have higher consequences than others.............
As far as the slack liners in the youtube video, you can tell how comfortable that guys was on the 1 inch webbing, hell he nearly flossed his butt with it and stood right back up. It would take an awful lot to dislodge him completely from the reach of that web line.
That said.....sure wouldn't find me doing it..............
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