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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 30, 2010 - 03:44pm PT
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(text pasted from OddityCentral) If you thought Spiderman lives only in Marvel comics and Hollywood movies, think again. Spiderman is real, his name is Jyothi Rai and he lives in India.
The 22-year-old former builder spends most of his time entertaining tourists by acrobatically climbing Chitradurga Fort. He fearlessly and effortlessly goes up 300-feet-high walls without a safety harness and hundreds of eyes watching from down below.
Young mister Rai says he developed his climbing skills by watching monkeys climb trees and trying to reproduce stunts from his favorite films. He hopes he’ll soon be recognized as the world’s greatest climber.
The real Spiderman says he has never wore safety equipment and has never had one accident. He believes his ability to see footholds others can’t is proof he was born to climb. He practices every day and does Yoga to maintain his flexibility.
A big fan of French climber Alain Robert, Jyothi Rai hopes to achieve his success and one day open a school for climbers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPN3gLVDsOY&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeDY9j5UaNU&feature=related
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ChampionSleeper
Trad climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Aug 30, 2010 - 04:57pm PT
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That flat-wall, outward facing figure four at 0:38 is probably the coolest climbing move I've ever seen!
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gonzo chemist
climber
Crane Jackson's Fountain St. Theater
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Aug 30, 2010 - 08:16pm PT
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I'm fairly certain the music played in the second clip is from The Matrix, and some is from Total Recall. kinda funny...
pretty rad climbing though!
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Paco
Trad climber
Montana
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Aug 30, 2010 - 08:35pm PT
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amazing climber, incredibly sure of himself, and obviously capable of what no one else is. I will be very surprised if he does not die within a few years.
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
Oakland
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Aug 30, 2010 - 08:44pm PT
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looks like he is sportin' some Mythos @ 1:30 in the second video. good for him, he scored some sticky rubber.
I think I agree that he might not be around long. I hope I'm wrong.
A blown tendon pulling one of those monos...
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Aug 30, 2010 - 10:16pm PT
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I'd like to see him out here in the valley!
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BLT&P Sandwich
Social climber
Amazon
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Aug 30, 2010 - 10:18pm PT
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Already seen those the other day on a different thread.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Aug 30, 2010 - 10:36pm PT
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I saw him climb in person when I visited this fort a few years aback.
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beef supreme
climber
the west
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Aug 31, 2010 - 12:22am PT
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what about the part where he flips himself upside down- saw it on tv, couldn't watch the video link. That's probably the craziest climbing I've ever seen. Like some kinda inverse mono thing- unnatural at best.
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