The Terrifying Last Minutes of Todd Skinner

October 23rd, 2006. Leaning Tower, Yosemite Valley. A 47-year-old climber stands 500 feet above the ground, the afternoon sun warm on his face. His hands are torn up from a hard day of work. Below him, the valley spreads out in autumn light. Up here, there's only him and the rock.
The hard part is done. He's worked the route for days, pushed through the difficult sections, and now he just needs to rappel down the fixed lines and call it a day. Simple. Routine. The kind of thing he's done ten thousand times in his life.

Except that what's about to happen in the next two seconds will shock climbers worldwide. Within days, manufacturers will begin redesigning their equipment. And 18 years later, his name will still be taught in every climbing course as the moment everything changed.
This is the unbelievable story of Todd Skinner.
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