gonads of such weight....there is no element on the periodic table.....
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I love what he's doing, but watching clips of him climb make me so uneasy. People who live like him rarely grow old.
Bravo though. Respect.
Bravo though. Respect.
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don't look down ...
That guy makes my palms sweat.
My unroped solo climbing ended in the mid 70s in Yosemite. I was a couple of hundred feet up when a hold broke and I peeled off the face. I managed to grab and hold onto a ledge after only dropping 20' It took about twenty minutes for me to get my shit back together enough to climb back through that section and make it to the top. I never climbed without ropes and pro ever again..
Mad props for doing what he did. Lets hope he doesn't die too young
Mad props for doing what he did. Lets hope he doesn't die too young
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Yeah, being serious here, I'm not impressed at all by this, because if someone is a good technical climber, they can climb difficult routes, pioneer new routes, achieve climbs that no one else has, all without free-soloing. I think there are some issues of mental health and in some of these guys, mental development, where they don't realize how stupid it really is. I can't see the reward being worth the risk. It's an impressive technical achievement, but he could also take that skill and climb something else that has been deemed "unclimbable", except do it with protection and ropes.
I've been watching this dude's climbing for a few years now. Each time I think I'm going to vomit watching it. Love it.
Youre a bunch of judgemental cunts arent ya?
Im sure homeboy gives about zero fucks and im also pretty sure we all do things most people find retarted.
Live and let live...
Im sure homeboy gives about zero fucks and im also pretty sure we all do things most people find retarted.
Live and let live...
I would argue removing all safety measures makes it a LOT more challenging. Physically, maybe not, but mentally absolutely.
Analogy most of us could relate to: Ride your bike 40ft on a painted line on the street. Ride your bike 40ft on a 2" x 4" 20ft in the air.
Technical challenge is a bit different, eh?
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Well, that escalated quickly.
Because glorifying mass murder tools is the exact same thing as a guy climbing a mountain without a rope?
Im sure he might influence at least one person to go free climb the hill in their back yard and sprain an ankle which is the exact same thing as 5 dead in the Orlando shooting yesterday...
Just removing the safety measures!
Yeah - physically it will be *easier* than if climbing with gear... but mentally - sheesh.
Of course - for Honnold climbing 5.12 is probably sort of equivalent to me climbing a ladder up El Cap.
Yeah. I mean, why in the world would you participate in a sport where you risk serious injury or death? And all he gets out of it is to live a life of traveling around the world climbing with his friends. It just seems stupid to me.
My climbing buddies and I do this on occasion on routes we have dialed. No rope. No chalk. No shoes.
We call it "no compromises".
and you have forsaken the guaranteed trim magnet...the service dog!
In LA? Damn straight.
Come on man. Nobody is knocking him, our how he lives. He's the absolute best in his realm. Risking serious injury (which many of us do on the regular) is not risking certain death (what he's doing). I'm all for him climbing anything whatever way he wants to. Like I said, respect. But, he's doing it with the intentional adder of having zero room for error. I'm sure that makes it exciting for him, I get that, but I don't get that.
Slightly analogous to wearing armor, including helmets, or not while riding. We have less of an I'm dead now factor...
I've been called something similar on occasion.
I just wanted to point out the fact that we are on a message board dedicated to hauling ass through the woods with only a little plastic to protect ourselves. I find it interesting that people on here would get judgy over the level of risk athletes accept. Unless you have done a lot of climbing yourself it's hard to understand free soloing. It looks so "extreme" but at a certain level it isn't. If you have the moves dialed, have practiced the route and have confidence in yourself it is not that dangerous because the chances of something going wrong are pretty slim. Of course that said, I could never imagine soloing something that vertical and sustained because I'm not a god among men, and if I solo long routes I take some gear in case I get tired or scared. But then again I could never imagine doing this either.
Come on man. Nobody is knocking him, our how he lives. He's the absolute best in his realm. Risking serious injury (which many of us do on the regular) is not risking certain death (what he's doing). I'm all for him climbing anything whatever way he wants to. Like I said, respect. But, he's doing it with the intentional adder of having zero room for error. I'm sure that makes it exciting for him, I get that, but I don't get that.
I still think the most dangerous thing I do is drive down a highway with no divider. All it takes is some stupid asshole falling asleep or dropping his coffee and I could be done. We accept that sort of risk without thinking but when someone is confident in their skills and does something that looks dangerous to us we get on our high horses.
You already risk death climbing. I see free-solo akin to showing up at the DH park with your DH bike and no armor or helmet, then going and rocking the hardest trails as fast and as hard as you can, setting record times. Sure, you can do it, but it doesn't serve any useful purpose and it's downright stupid. Wearing a helmet and some pads, you can STILL always find more challenging trails to ride. I'm sure this guy isn't maxed out on routes and problems, there's always something harder. I have more respect for people that put their talent to use wisely.
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