Rocky blogged about this
last week, but now, thanks to
Dead Point Magazine, there's video of Max Zolotukhin falling while attempting a free solo of Supernova, a 30-foot 5.14b sport route at Rumney. When you look at the landing, it seems like Max was pretty lucky to come away with only the injuries he did. Read his blog entry on the whole thing
here before you decide to shit on him for attempting to free solo a route that hard, with a bad landing, etc.:
My lessons were clear. DON’T be overconfident; DON’T assume that everything will be okay; THINK about the effect that your decisions will have on those closest to you.