Rope climbing feat

By Jim Buzinski | September 17, 2007, 5:49 pm PDT

Rope climbing as a sport? Who knew? But it is apparently big in Czech as this video shows. It really takes a lot of strength to pull your body weight up the way this guy does so it’s an impressive feat (and visually appealing!) —Jim Buzinski

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_HBCdERWEQ]

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