The Deadliest Sports on Earth: Ranked

Free Solo Climbing

Although the movie Free Solo should have dissuaded its audience from wanting to try to climb any huge structure without ropes, there has been a boom of free soloing since then. A few dozen climbers die annually from attempting to free solo different climbs, That does not include the hundreds that irreversibly injured because of failed attempts. 

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The More You Know

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