Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Deep-water solo outting

So we decided that this activity of deep-water soloing was too good of a regional opportunity to pass up. Marrie and Eleanor stayed behind while I joined 3 others and we hired a boat and an experienced local to show us the ropes. Or rather, the safest lines to climb without needing ropes.
First 3 shots are me




This one's out of order. Should follow the next one to remain sequential.



That's a guy named Dickie way up there, fella from the UK. He was the strongest climbing in our group of 4 and got the highest. I tried this same line and got about 3/4 of the way up before the height/exposure was too 'heady' for me and I jumped.

Ok, so these last 2 aren't deep-water solo shots. Just standard rope-protected climbing, circa 2003 (when I had some semblence of a physique)

3 comments:

  1. I am dizzy just looking at them!!

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  2. mike, those are crazy pics! what if you couldnt jump from where u ended up at? do you have to climb back down??

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