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Climbing

Watch climbing with the sea as a safety net

Want to climb without a rope? Find a route over deep water, and get ready to get wet!
Written by Evan David
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Deep water soloing is the coolest way to climb

Watch some of the world's best climbers take on rope-free routes over deep water as a safety net.

 To most people, climbing simply looks risky – and with the wrong gear in the wrong spot, it certainly is. Ropes, harnesses, carabiners, bolts and more are use to protect climbers from taking a big fall off the wall.
But what if you wanted to ditch all that stuff and just climb free? Well, you could do like famous free-soloist Alex Honnold, who many simply consider insane.
Or you could ditch that idea, and go for a deep water solo, or, as the Spanish call it, Psicobloc – the practice of free climbing above water deep enough to fall in safely.
Watch the video above to check it out.
Just one hand needed...

Just one hand needed...

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