Climbing: Dan Osman free solo legend
May 16, 2008
Dan Osman was an climbing legend. He practiced free-soloing, one of the most dangerous extreme sports. In free solo, climbers don’t use ropes or any other safety gear.

Take a look at him. No ropes and he is climbing upside down. His hands were really made of rock!
So! How do u think? No that’s not all! How about some speed solo climbing?
Video from Lover’s Leap (Bear’s Reach, 5.7.) He made more than 400 feet in 4:25!
He also practiced “rope jumping” or “controlled free-falling”. His record was insane falling from the cliff over 1300 feet high. Check this one:
But once in Yosemite National Park performing unreal “controlled free-fall” from the “Leaning Tower” rock his rope failed, he was only 35…
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claysol13 | May 16, 2008 at 5:52 pm
WOW, seriously I haven’t heard about this guy until I saw what you had posted. That’s honestly insane. Shame he died though, atleast he died doing what he liked to do. But honestly, I wonder what his thoughts were going through his head when he was climbing and jumping…
http://clayton-nichols.com/forum/phpBB3/index.php
Forums, come talk and hang out. We can discuss this person further!
2. Alain Robert urban climbi&hellip | June 1, 2008 at 2:46 pm
[...] urban climber. They call him Spiderman! In my opinion Robetr is not so great in rock climbing like Dan Osman. But what can I say about his urban climbing, he is a real pro. He scaled 85 very high structures [...]
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philyranger | June 24, 2008 at 11:43 pm
that guy is insaine im shocked he didnt die sooner.