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@bklynmyke
January 23, 2026 at 3:12 pm
How do you get down? Do you have to climb back down?
@tonytong5844
January 23, 2026 at 3:27 pm
Helicopter
@bklynmyke
January 23, 2026 at 3:31 pm
@tonytong5844 Thank you. I knew it had to be something like that.
@birmzboy
January 23, 2026 at 3:43 pm
There’s a hiking path to get back down on the Eastern ledge. 2-3 hour hike with some rappelling in parts, for which his crew left him gear for.
@aidenhamms7923
January 23, 2026 at 3:44 pm
Walk down the other side
@bklynmyke
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 pm
@birmzboy Oh, okay. That also makes sense. To the inexperienced, it looks like there’s that side of the mountain on all sides. But a path on a different side of the mountain makes sense. And probably cheaper than renting a helicopter to pick you up.
@iborov
January 23, 2026 at 4:04 pm
Love baby love. Pure visualization of love for what you do.
@Multiply6x9
January 23, 2026 at 4:20 pm
Incomprehensible to me!
@jonathanzimmerman634
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 pm
This guy is impressive but that skyscraper live thing just feels like a bad idea. Watch a man climb a skyscraper or watch a man fall to a horrific death? It’s oddly morose.
@LeBurkaTron
January 23, 2026 at 9:39 pm
The Dawn Wall is another great movie if you like this . But with kidnapping and Guns.
Aand Free Solo ☝️is an astonishing accomplishment.
@safespot69
January 23, 2026 at 10:14 pm
I hope it works out for you.? Not somebody I do!
@monicadagna683
January 24, 2026 at 2:39 pm
This man is one of my heroes
@plato-avenue
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 am
Marc Andre was a beast too.
@baristermbolor4867
January 24, 2026 at 2:52 pm
Until it goes wrong!
@pink.29
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 pm
🤲👏
@KimtheTravelingFoodie
January 24, 2026 at 9:27 pm
Absolutely not.
@KingJ-w4z
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 am
Bros fingers and thumb are the missing link
@godloving--611
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 pm
❤❤❤❤❤❤
@LuvwJ2025
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 pm
He truly showed the world all you need is a drive and passion not all those ropes and gadgets God already gave us that.