Talk:Free solo climbing

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[edit] Suggested merge

I added the {{mergeto|Free climbing}} tag to this article. Both articles are quite short and say almost the same thing. The only diffrence between the two seems to be that the topic of this article is a subset of the other where the only diffrence is weather or not you are going about the free climbing while alone. I suspect that such a minor diffrence coudl be addressed in a single article with a short discussion of variations. Dalf | Talk 06:23, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

So I don't agree with your description:

the only diffrence is weather or not you are going about the free climbing while alone

free climbing means:

• you can climb alone
• you are allowed to use ropes and other things to secure your life
• you are only allowed to use parts of your body (hands/feet/..) and the rock for climbing and not the rope or any other properties; these thing are only for securing you

free solo climbing means:

• you are NOT allowed to use any properties to secure your life
• you are NOT allowed to climb over water
• every injury must be nearly deadly or deadly

free solo climbing is the only way (for very crazy people) to earn much money with climbing