Dan Osman - Great American Extreme Rock Climber


Dan Osman (February 11, 1963 – November 23, 1998) is one of the great Japanese-American Extreme Rock Climber who has several World Guinness Records. He was known for his daredevil moves on his dangerous sports of “free-soloing” (rock climbing without ropes or other safety gear) and “rope jumping” (falling several hundred feet from a cliff then being caught by a safety rope) over 1000 feet/300 meters.







Free Solo Speed Climbing

At the age of 35 years old, he died after his rope failed while performing a “controlled free-fall” jump from the Leaning Tower rock formation in Yosemite National Park.




Dan Osman death - His last huge jump of his life.

3 comments:

  1. Tried rock climbing once without any prior experience even on a regular wall. It was scary, but forgot all about that when I was already climbing. Hehe. Do you go rock climbing too? There are a bunch of PTB peeps who want to try it out. :)

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  2. I do wall climbing and rappelling. But haven't tried rock climbing. But I have colleagues who is into rock climbing...

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  3. interesting post... naisip ko tuloy un 127 hours na movie. love to try this some time =)

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