When You Fall To Your Death in Rock Climbing

Rock climbing looks like a young person's game with a simple rule. Don't fall. And most people assume that when a climber dies, they must have done something wrong. Pushed too hard. Climbed something too difficult. Made a rookie mistake. But the truth is stranger, and darker, than that. Every year, an estimated twenty to fifty climbers die in North America alone, and a huge share of them are not beginners. They are experienced, careful, skilled people who did everything right. The rock they trusted was rotten. The gear that held them was already dead. The route they had climbed a hundred times decided, on one particular day, not to hold them anymore. These are three stories of rock climbers who fell to their deaths. Make sure to subscribe for weekly videos!