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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
(Half Dome, the big mountain on the very right... I actually climbed that, thats the one that I got caught on with rain/hail/lightning with lightning hitting Half Dome 7 times while I was on it, holding onto metal chains and a backpack full of metal with granite semiconductor right below me. Thats probably the closest I came to a near death experience, and another reason I'm getting more and more hesitant of mountaineering and alpine climbing.)
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That does sound pretty freaky. Ever seen the video of the dude who solo climbed Half Dome ?
I saw it at Banff Film Festival, has to be one of the craziest climbing videos out there.
Clip of it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICBrXUuwvgg