A Man And A Wall Of Rock

September 5, 2011

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A Man And A Wall Of Rock
Posted September 5, 2011 at 12:00 am
What Kane imagines himself doing in the first few panels is called Free Soloing, climbing a big ass mountain with nothing but your shoes and a chalk bag. No ropes. No gear. No belayer. It is the most extreme and most dangerous style of climbing. I've seen videos and read articles, but my brain still can't fathom the type of concentration it takes to do this. It is literally mind boggling to me. National Geographic did a feature on free soloing a while back with some truly amazing photos and video.

Oh, and look, another excuse for me to post a climbing video. Here's Steph Davis free soloing the Longs Peak Diamond in Estes Park, Utah. If you want to see some absolutely crazy shit, go to 3:30.

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Yellow Peril Blog
Posted December 24, 2020 at 01:15 pm

This video is sort of a subtweet about some art twitter discourse. But I wanted to respond in video form rather than in written form so that you wouldn't misinterpret my words. Also not linking the discourse directly because I don't want to dogpile on the inspiration for my thoughts. But here are three ideas that I wanted to share with artists for us to keep in our brains as we go into the new year.

Posted December 24, 2020 at 01:15 pm

This video is sort of a subtweet about some art twitter discourse. But I wanted to respond in video form rather than in written form so that you wouldn't misinterpret my words. Also not linking the discourse directly because I don't want to dogpile on the inspiration for my thoughts. But here are three ideas that I wanted to share with artists for us to keep in our brains as we go into the new year.