Just imagine all these adventure shows and people and it looks like they have it tough, and it is, don't get me wrong but seriously? Props to the camera man/crew who do this all while carrying all the equipment and getting the right shots.
But the crew could have service, that the main star can't have (because it wouldn't look cool). But we don't see the crew, so they could have better ropes, more food or helicopter. And there could be like 6 camera men, each for couple of minutes...
Actually, for really long free climbs like this one (and I think this is Alex Honnold) they set up a belay anchor system at the top where the photographers hang down from, floating in air, not attached to the wall in any way, which is kinda even more badass.
Or it is a screenshot of a GoPro video. Or the camera is on a helmet, and someone else, someone not climbing a fucking rock at this moment, has the shutter button (with wireless link between it and the camera). Or a drone. Or the photographer is on some kind of hammock, the same kind some climbers actually sleep in sometimes.
The cameramen were let down on ropes from the top. The guy in then photo is one of the first two people to ever free climb the Yosemite Dawn Wall. The cameraman doesn't climb, he uses ropes.
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