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crashkickave
Sep 16, 2011, 3:26 AM
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My friend just showed me this video:
http://www.dump.com/2011/09/07/free-soloing-with-alex-honnold-video/
Dumbest and coolest thing I've seen in a while.
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uni_jim
Sep 16, 2011, 5:23 AM
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there is nothing dumb about what Alex is doing. He's a world class athlete who knows himself well enough to have the confidence to do things that other people can't. It would be dumb for most other people to try and keep up with him, but I think he's got his shit straight.
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rtwilli4
Sep 16, 2011, 5:50 AM
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crashkickave wrote: Dumbest and coolest thing I've seen in a while.
Pretty ignorant thing to say there, "crash kick ave"
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moose_droppings
Sep 16, 2011, 6:25 AM
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crashkickave wrote: My friend just showed me this video: http://www.dump.com/2011/09/07/free-soloing-with-alex-honnold-video/ Dumbest and coolest thing I've seen in a while.
Don't fall for that computer video stuff. Alex Honnold isn't really human.
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crashkickave
Sep 17, 2011, 12:22 AM
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yeah but accidents still happen no matter how good you get at climbing. seems kinda silly to me
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crashkickave
Sep 17, 2011, 12:33 AM
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it doesn't make sense that he's still alive
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petsfed
Sep 17, 2011, 1:30 AM
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crashkickave wrote: yeah but accidents still happen no matter how good you get at climbing. seems kinda silly to me
Accidents happen in all kinds of climbing, no matter how good you get. The game is entirely about addressing a lot of the risk via skill and equipment, and not exceeding your idea of acceptable risk. The same personal evaluation process goes into top roping a route as soloing it at Honnold's level, even if the two seem like they have WILDLY divergent levels of risk.
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climbingtrash
Sep 17, 2011, 2:34 AM
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crashkickave wrote: yeah but accidents still happen no matter how good you get at climbing. seems kinda silly to me
Then you shouldn't do any Free Soloing. I mean really, what do you care what Alex chooses to do?
*edit for spelling*
(This post was edited by climbingtrash on Sep 17, 2011, 2:34 AM)
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notapplicable
Sep 17, 2011, 3:33 AM
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climbingtrash wrote: crashkickave wrote: yeah but accidents still happen no matter how good you get at climbing. seems kinda silly to me Then you shouldn't do any Free Soloing. I mean really, what do you care what Alex chooses to do? *edit for spelling*
This is the intranet. Righteous indignation is what we do here.
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crashkickave
Sep 17, 2011, 5:00 PM
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Alex can do whatever he wants, I was just commenting about how crazy it is as a new climber to see him doing stuff like that.
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potreroed
Sep 17, 2011, 5:59 PM
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The only way to survive soloing at that level is to eventually quit doing it. Look at Derek Hersey, John Bachar and Michael What's-his-name.
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Sheldon
Sep 17, 2011, 9:28 PM
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crashkickave wrote: Dumbest and coolest thing I've seen in a while.
Dumber and cooler than that time we had unprotected butt sex?
And PotreroEd, Michael Reardon drowned.
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moose_droppings
Sep 18, 2011, 12:12 AM
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And it isn't clear that Bachar was climbing when he had his mishap.
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potreroed
Sep 19, 2011, 2:07 AM
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Sheldon wrote: crashkickave wrote: Dumbest and coolest thing I've seen in a while. Dumber and cooler than that time we had unprotected butt sex? And PotreroEd, Michael Reardon drowned.
He drowned while soloing around on some sea cliffs.
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potreroed
Sep 19, 2011, 2:09 AM
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moose_droppings wrote: And it isn't clear that Bachar was climbing when he had his mishap.
That's the first I've heard that maybe it wasn't a soloing mishap--anyone else heard anything like that??
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crashkickave
Sep 19, 2011, 3:12 AM
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From what I've read he died in a soloing accident
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moose_droppings
Sep 19, 2011, 4:36 AM
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From what I've read they figured that he was hit in the head by rockfall after topping out, knocking him down the route. That's what was deduced from evidence found.
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moose_droppings
Sep 19, 2011, 4:49 AM
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potreroed wrote: Sheldon wrote: crashkickave wrote: Dumbest and coolest thing I've seen in a while. Dumber and cooler than that time we had unprotected butt sex? And PotreroEd, Michael Reardon drowned. He drowned while soloing around on some sea cliffs.
No, he drowned after being washed off of where he was standing on flat ground near the bottom of some cliffs by a freak wave.
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potreroed
Sep 19, 2011, 5:41 PM
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moose_droppings wrote: From what I've read they figured that he was hit in the head by rockfall after topping out, knocking him down the route. That's what was deduced from evidence found.
That still makes it a soloing accident.
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potreroed
Sep 19, 2011, 5:45 PM
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moose_droppings wrote: potreroed wrote: Sheldon wrote: crashkickave wrote: Dumbest and coolest thing I've seen in a while. Dumber and cooler than that time we had unprotected butt sex? And PotreroEd, Michael Reardon drowned. He drowned while soloing around on some sea cliffs. No, he drowned after being washed off of where he was standing on flat ground near the bottom of some cliffs by a freak wave.
Did somebody actually witness what happened? He was alone on the ledge and prolly had to do some kind of climbing, either up, down or traversing to get there.
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moose_droppings
Sep 19, 2011, 10:33 PM
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So......
If your on top of a route, anchor cleaned, roped coiled and your getting ready to do the walk off when a rock clips you and knocks you off the cliff, we should say that you got killed soloing? You weren't using a rope at that point in time and you were near a cliff.
Sounds like something some reporter would say, not a climber.
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moose_droppings
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potreroed wrote: moose_droppings wrote: potreroed wrote: Sheldon wrote: crashkickave wrote: Dumbest and coolest thing I've seen in a while. Dumber and cooler than that time we had unprotected butt sex? And PotreroEd, Michael Reardon drowned. He drowned while soloing around on some sea cliffs. No, he drowned after being washed off of where he was standing on flat ground near the bottom of some cliffs by a freak wave. Did somebody actually witness what happened? He was alone on the ledge and prolly had to do some kind of climbing, either up, down or traversing to get there.
http://www.bogley.com/...t-away-by-rogue-wave
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crashkickave
Sep 20, 2011, 2:15 AM
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sounds like a soloing accident
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notapplicable
Sep 20, 2011, 3:03 AM
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crashkickave wrote: sounds like a soloing accident
Sounds like a climbing accident to me. Same goes for Bachar, Hersey, Humar, etc.
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