I’d say probably more “splat” than “ping”.
Hard to watch free climbers. Amazing skill and confidence. Extremely dangerous and totally unforgiving.
Rarely do you ever get to make more than one mistake.................
To be fair it’s only about 20 feet horizontal
RE: free climbing
No prominent or specific references were found to Jake Whisenant (also referred to as Jacob Whisenant) free climbing in the technical sense of free ascents (climbing using only natural holds for progress, with gear solely for protection, without aid).
Searches across web results, climbing sites, and X (Twitter) turned up no accounts, reports, or posts specifically attributing free climbs, free ascents, or freeclimbing milestones to Jake Whisenant.
~ Grok 4.5 thought for 23s
May also include a big dose of adrenalin addiction and supreme need for recognition in addition to skill and confidence.
His last effort indicated that skill and confidence may not have been enough too keep him alive. Very sad ending