Why The World's Best Climbers Keep Dying: John Bachar's 80 Ft Free Solo

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• TH

  @TheExtreme-Edge · 4 months ago · pinned

  Do YOU think the single most haunting thread running through all five deaths in this video is not recklessness or bad luck but the exact same psychological trap, where John Bachar, Michael Reardon, Derek Hersey, Brad Gobright, and Todd Skinner each survived so many situations that should have killed them that their brains had permanently stopped treating death as a real and present outcome, and that this survival streak was not proof of their greatness but the very mechanism that eventually destroyed them?<br><br>Watch More: <br>They Left Him Dead on Everest. What He Did Is Nearly Unbelievable<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekcWD17BkQI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekcWD17BkQI</a><br><br>Every month there&apos;s one story that never goes on YouTube. It&apos;s over here if you want it - <a href="http://patreon.com/TheeXtreme">patreon.com/TheeXtreme</a>

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• DL

  @DlR-t7d8z · 3 months ago

  They all seem to have one thing in common. Getting older, and not realising or accepting that they were past their prime, and naturally becoming less capable

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• DE

  @denniscliff2071 · 4 months ago

  Even mountain goats have been known to slip and fall.

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• SH

  @sherw7635 · 3 months ago

  Climbing straight rock walls with no safety equipment is simply asking for it.

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• RO

  @ronreith5185 · 3 months ago

  Why do they keep dying ?? <br>50 ft and above + gravity - grip = DEATH

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• KI

  @kimmccabe1422 · 4 months ago (edited)

  Its a numbers game. More times doing something, more chances for things to happen, incl. death 😔

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• CH

  @chrisballen7851 · 2 months ago

  Who would have thought rock climbing is dangerous?

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• TH

  @Thejoshrandall · 3 months ago

  Such a mystery, it&apos;s happening to cave divers and wingsuit jumpers too!!

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• US

  @user-wu9ho4nd5w · 3 months ago

  I can not imagine a worse fate for a parent, to have a child who loves solo free climbing.

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• FR

  @FridaKlaxton · 3 months ago

  Pretty sure I don’t need a 2 hour video to answer this “conundrum.” 🙄😏

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• JA

  @janeceeastwood8035 · 2 months ago (edited)

  If a person keeps doing something dangerous over and over again, eventually, they’ll make a mistake. &nbsp;A C1 fracture that doesn’t result in total paralysis is a miracle.<br><br>I have to say though, that to me, this is insanity.

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• CA

  @cappy2282 · 3 months ago

  I just &quot;climbed&quot; outta bed....like a Boss 💪😎

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