Human Flag Too Easy? Well, Try This...

Started by WitnessTheFitness, April 27, 2014 · 41 Replies · 14,888 Views

WitnessTheFitness

For all those that are bored with human flags and want to take it to the next level, here's a new progression: Human flag on the middle of a sheer cliff, with no ropes :icon_twisted: Progressions include removing the portion of your brain responsible for survival instinct.

 

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B1214N

That's still a human flag lol.

Keilani Gutierrez

Brian, quit being a stick in the mud. :P

 

doing that takes balls. 

B1214N

Hey I'm not saying that doesn't take any balls, but there are much better options of making the human flag harder. If you want to grow gigantic balls or you disregard your life then do that in the photo; if you want to get stronger in the human flag, then add weight or do harder variations. Doing what the guy is doing in the photo won't make you stronger in the human flag anyways.

Jon Douglas

It will if he climbs down that ridge in that position

synchroGENized

difficulty through endurance? first you have to climb up the cliff, probably using an exaggerated grip because you have no safety lines and you feel the need to sink your fingers into the stone, then you hold the flag for however long it takes the camera guy to get a good shot.  Then you climb back down

Ravn

Downclimbing is usually harder, so in all likelihood he would have continued. Climbers try to avoid downclimbing at all costs, since it is particularly hard on the ego.

WitnessTheFitness
B1214N said:

Hey I'm not saying that doesn't take any balls, but there are much better options of making the human flag harder. If you want to grow gigantic balls or you disregard your life then do that in the photo; if you want to get stronger in the human flag, then add weight or do harder variations. Doing what the guy is doing in the photo won't make you stronger in the human flag anyways.

 

My post was meant as a joke, but I'd say this definitely takes more endurance and strength than just walking up to a pole after a rest period, kicking up, and then getting to rest afterwards. First he has to climb up the cliff to even start the move, then afterwards has to finish the climb.

 

The climber is Dan Osman, a famous extreme free-soloer, in case anyone is curious. He died young, but it wasn't ropeless climbing that killed him. He used to create jumping stations at the top of cliffs in Yosemite, and do free-fall jumps on rope for fun, when one day the rope broke.

Prometheus
B1214N said:

That's still a human flag lol.

lmfao

Micawberian
WitnessTheFitness said:

My post was meant as a joke, but I'd say this definitely takes more endurance and strength than just walking up to a pole after a rest period, kicking up, and then getting to rest afterwards. First he has to climb up the cliff to even start the move, then afterwards has to finish the climb.

 

The climber is Dan Osman, a famous extreme free-soloer, in case anyone is curious. He died young, but it wasn't ropeless climbing that killed him. He used to create jumping stations at the top of cliffs in Yosemite, and do free-fall jumps on rope for fun, when one day the rope broke.

Like they say, quality of life over quantity.

swhitley

 

Safer way to progress if the human flag is too easy

David Creekmore

This is Dan Osman, from Tahoe.  He died at 35 doing a free fall rope jump.

B1214N
WitnessTheFitness said:

The climber is Dan Osman, a famous extreme free-soloer, in case anyone is curious. He died young, but it wasn't ropeless climbing that killed him. He used to create jumping stations at the top of cliffs in Yosemite, and do free-fall jumps on rope for fun, when one day the rope broke.

I'm sorry to hear that. At least he died doing what he loved.

Jon Douglas

Welp. I for one will be the boring guy simply weighting his side lever pulls... :)

ausswe

I down climb :P. Good for a warm up and technique training...

WitnessTheFitness
swhitley said:

 

Safer way to progress if the human flag is too easy

Well this is certainly one way to "pick up" girls ;)

Joshua Slocum
WitnessTheFitness said:

Well this is certainly one way to "pick up" girls ;)

He needs to develop some self-respect if you ask me: he's letting her walk all over him! 

palmcron

Dominic Lacasse recently posted a video with extracts from an act including that move (with the girl, not the climbing :))

 

Leosvel and Diosmani do a similar move with a handstand on top, if I remember correctly.

WitnessTheFitness

Badass. Human flags done using other people as a pole also always impress me.

B1214N

Besides the one arm side lever (flag), the shoulder width grip side lever impresses me the most.

Jon Douglas
B1214N said:

the shoulder width grip side lever impresses me the most.

Yeah, that's severely underrated. Crazy hard.

WitnessTheFitness

One arm side lever? Anyone have video/pics of this?

B1214N
WitnessTheFitness said:

One arm side lever? Anyone have video/pics of this?

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This is actually called a flag, but it is essentially a one arm side lever.

Pafke
B1214N said:

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This is actually called a flag, but it is essentially a one arm side lever.

Street workout guys call this move "one arm planche" :blink:

Jon Douglas

Closer to a handstand than a planche, but still impressive.

I wonder if it's possible to hold a weight in the free hand and do a true single arm side lever? Probably too awkward to bother, but I bet there's some potential for some truly creative cirque execution there.