Duane Swanson was rope soloing and found himself in a situation where he got stuck on the rock wall without food or water for nine hours and then had to figure out how to descend… by himself. Tune in to this episode to hear what rope soloing is and how he managed to self rescue.

Other articles on Rope Soloing mentioned in the episode include:

https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/skills/series/pete_whittaker/how_to_rope_solo_-_with_pete_whittaker-11160

https://gearjunkie.com/climbing/rope-solo-rock-climbing-how-to

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