Dan Osman

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Dan Osman (born February 11, 1963 , † November 23, 1998 in Yosemite National Park ) was an American extreme athlete of Japanese origin.

Osman became known for free solo , ie climbing without a rope or other safety equipment, and the “controlled free fall”, the jump from a rock up to several hundred meters deep that is only caught by a climbing rope .

In 1997 he marked the high point of his career with a “Speed ​​Free Solo”. He ascended in California the almost vertically rising 400 feet high (about 122 m) Bears Reach in Lover's Leap in 4:25 minutes.

As a result of his climbing, it often happened that he experienced deep falls into his rope, while he noticed that these falls exerted a special "thrill" on him. He then dealt more and more with jumping experiments into the rope. He jumped willfully from trees and rocks into his safety rope. You have to know that modern ( dynamic ) climbing ropes, even in Osman's time, could withstand almost every fall. According to the standard, climbing ropes should be able to withstand a certain number of standard falls , a fall that almost never occurs in practice in this specification.

On November 23, 1998, Dan Osman died at the age of 35 in Yosemite National Park when his rope broke while jumping from the Leaning Tower from a height of 335 meters. The cause of the misfortune was that he changed the location for the jump at short notice because dusk was setting and he wanted to finish the record jump. He may be concerned that the park administration would forbid him to try again the next day. Due to the change of location, however, the safety ropes, which had been exposed to wind and weather for a long time, overlapped, which resulted in a friction melt at a knot when jumping, and the rope broke. He left behind his then twelve-year-old daughter Emma.

His friend and climbing buddy in Outside Magazine :

“ I watched his headlamp disappear into the darkness, ” says Daisher, “ he went further and further away, and after about ten seconds I saw the rope stretch, heard it whip - what Dano called 'flossing the sky' - but it didn't make the full whipping sound. Then I heard him scream - 'Ahhhhhh' and a crash like a tree had broken in two and I thought 'damn shit, he swung into one of them'. I imagined him hanging from a branch down there, injured and bloody. I yelled at him over the radio. Nothing. Quiet. Then I freaked out. "

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  1. ^ Dan Osman Last Leap , April 1999, Outdoor Adventure, OutsideOnline.com (English)
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SURNAME Osman, Dan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American extreme athlete of Japanese origin
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1963
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1998
Place of death Yosemite National Park