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Lurking Haro posted:Should circuses replace lions with bobcats? It was A THING here in Australia for a while at country shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQcwcT_6agc
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Humphreys posted:It was A THING here in Australia for a while at country shows: When I was a kid, the local county fair did bobcat rodeos, where they had a bunch of tricks like that. They had a couple people who trained for it and put on a good show, then they invited people from the audience to come down and try, which is probably OSHA as hell, but this was before cell phone cameras so...meh.
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DiHK posted:Reported for being a tease. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSnS3cxUC-A The bit where he grabs the electricity cable and goes for a dirt nap  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...bing-video.html
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cyberbug posted:(They also told me that one of the employees there had been an olympic-level archer and they had previously ignited the flame with a flaming arrow, but suspect that was a tall tale...) I work on landfills fairly often and have seen a flare relit with a handheld propane torch taped to the end of a long stick, so that really wouldn't surprise me.
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Asproigerosis posted:My coworker got work comp for his 5th metatarsal base fracture he got from standing up out of a chair at work. Wait what? How? Are his feet made of glass?
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Purely a guess obviously, but maybe he was rocking in the chair, and brought the leg of the chair down over the bone transferring his weight onto it as he leant forward to stand. Having broken my 5th metatarsal by falling down the stairs, I'm unclear how else you would do it from a chair. Lovely Joe Stalin fucked around with this message at 17:14 on May 4, 2017 |
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:Wait what? How? Are his feet made of glass? He planted his foot with all of his weight on the forefoot, so the peroneal tendons were probably trying to hold and pull the metatarsal up while his bodyweight was trying to force the metatarsal down, resulting in the base giving way to the opposing forces.
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Getting the same feeling that tower climbing video gave me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZfBrNtbP2c blugu64 fucked around with this message at 03:52 on May 6, 2017 |
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May 6, 2017 03:47
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blugu64 posted:Getting the same feeling that tower climbing video gave me no no nononononononononono no no nonononono
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Oh if climbing is your thing, another goon was working on a game where you climb a tower. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXnbybzjtZk also in VR
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Cross post from funny picturesStink Terios posted:Yup. This little brick is gonna hold.
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Memento posted:Cross post from funny pictures The little brick that could.
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blugu64 posted:Getting the same feeling that tower climbing video gave me I wonder if these guys start out just not bothered by heights or if they start out terrified and then eventually it gets boring. Or what if it's still terrifying every time, and all the guys in these videos are just making GBS threads their pants every minute of it.
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PostNouveau posted:I wonder if these guys start out just not bothered by heights or if they start out terrified and then eventually it gets boring. Here's a story about a speed-climber where doctors determined that his amygdala (which controls the fear response) just straight up didn't work.
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minato posted:Here's a story about a speed-climber where doctors determined that his amygdala (which controls the fear response) just straight up didn't work. Man, it's just a matter of time till this dude gets himself killed.
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PostNouveau posted:Man, it's just a matter of time till this dude gets himself killed. Free-soloing is insane, doubly so the multi pitch routes he does. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phl82D57P58
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Jesus Christ, that bit at 5:00 got the palms sweaty. He's cross-stepping along nothing way up there.
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Megabound posted:Free-soloing is insane, doubly so the multi pitch routes he does. Free solo climbers tend to be pretty good at what they do, and generally only go solo on routes that are relatively easy for them. It's rare for a free solo climber to die by falling from a free solo climb, although climbers do often die in climbing accidents. Ironically one of the most iconic free solo climbers, Dan Osman, died from rope failure.
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Megabound posted:Free-soloing is insane, doubly so the multi pitch routes he does. Noooope nope nope nope
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evil_bunnY posted:Uli Steck also died a couple days ago. An 85 year old Sherpa was also making an attempt on Everest a few days ago to get the record for oldest person to climb to the peak but had a heart attack and died. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nepal-everest-idUSKBN1820HD Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 11:12 on May 7, 2017 |
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I just found out that the 11 foot 8 bridge we were debating a while a go is near me. I'm going to take a trip and get some pictures for the thread. Hopefully someone crashes while I am there.
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Mycroft Holmes posted:I just found out that the 11 foot 8 bridge we were debating a while a go is near me. I'm going to take a trip and get some pictures for the thread. Hopefully someone crashes while I am there. Are you going to rent a Uhaul truck?
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evil_bunnY posted:Uli Steck also died a couple days ago. Here's Uli speed climbing the Eiger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a0X9rdJ7hc (there's footage of him doing this faster in 2015 but I think the 2008 version has better footage)
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Mycroft Holmes posted:I just found out that the 11 foot 8 bridge we were debating a while a go is near me. I'm going to take a trip and get some pictures for the thread. Hopefully someone crashes while I am there. It's in Durham, right? I saw it a few months ago and only realized afterwards it's *that place* and I should have taken photos for this thread.
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pidan posted:Free solo climbers tend to be pretty good at what they do, and generally only go solo on routes that are relatively easy for them. It's rare for a free solo climber to die by falling from a free solo climb, although climbers do often die in climbing accidents.
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Azathoth posted:If I'm reading that right, he died doing what amounts to testing a last-ditch safety system for kicks, right? Cause it really sounds like that guy had a legit deathwish. What falling on the rope? No, climbing ropes are specifically designed for exactly this; the stretch and rebound rates are designed in to not exceed survivability thresholds. You do need to inspect the rope condition, and in many ropes, tally the falls and eventually decommission them on that basis. Seriously though, if you're not falling on your gear youre not really climbing; it's a basic skill. Edit: whoops! Not the everest thread; might still be true I suppose! Blitter fucked around with this message at 18:29 on May 7, 2017 |
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What he was doing went well beyond using his gear as intended. You aren't supposed to fall 1000 feet.
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Azathoth posted:If I'm reading that right, he died doing what amounts to testing a last-ditch safety system for kicks, right? Cause it really sounds like that guy had a legit deathwish. Regardless, he was relying on rope that had been left to the elements for months on end so gently caress that guy really.
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Once at a film festival I saw a half-hour documentary about a group of mountain climbers that was planning to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of the north face of the Eiger (1938, so this was in 1998) by replicating the original expedition. So they aimed to use the same route and start at the same time of year, and planned to use period-accurate equipment. Heavy steel climbing equipment, waxed cotton parkas, canvas tents...and hemp rope. The last part gave some of the members of the expedition pause, because they knew that hemp rope isn't as strong as modern nylon climbing rope. So they went to a rope-testing facility to see what they were up against. The main test the facility suggested was a simulated fall and arrest -- so you get a 100-kg weight (representing a person and their gear), tie it to the rope, anchor the other end to the top of the test shaft, and drop the weight fifty feet, which assumes that the person slipped while installing an anchor and fell all the way to the previous one before being caught. First they tried it with the modern nylon rope. The weight goes over the edge, falls....and a second and a half later there's a THUMMMM as the rope catches it, elongates a bit, and springs back. Success. Then they tried the old-style hemp rope. Weight goes over the edge, falls...and a second and a half later there's a KA-BANNGG BOOOOOOOOOOMMM as the rope snaps cleanly in half, not even slowing the weight's descent, and the weight smashes into the floor of the test shaft at full speed. Cut to a shot of the climbers watching from the control room. Their faces all carry indescribable expressions. I wish I could find that documentary again.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:An 85 year old Sherpa was also making an attempt on Everest a few days ago to get the record for oldest person to climb to the peak but had a heart attack and died. Gurkha, not Sherpa.
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Sagebrush posted:Once at a film festival I saw a half-hour documentary about a group of mountain climbers that was planning to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of the north face of the Eiger (1938, so this was in 1998) by replicating the original expedition. So they aimed to use the same route and start at the same time of year, and planned to use period-accurate equipment. Heavy steel climbing equipment, waxed cotton parkas, canvas tents...and hemp rope. The last part gave some of the members of the expedition pause, because they knew that hemp rope isn't as strong as modern nylon climbing rope. So they went to a rope-testing facility to see what they were up against. So which rope did they use?
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Theophany posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSnS3cxUC-A quote:Video of the incident emerged on the same day a shocking video was released showing the moment passers-by refused to help a fatally injured young man who burst into flames while trying to steal copper wire from an electricity substation. I have trouble with their word choice. "Refused." If a dude is on fire from electricity, I'm likely to also become on fire if I try to help as an untrained passerby.
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Avenging_Mikon posted:I have trouble with their word choice. "Refused." If a dude is on fire from electricity, I'm likely to also become on fire if I try to help as an untrained passerby. Also if you literally burst into flames because of the current/voltage levels there probably isn't much they could do to help. Unless he was running around in flames or something, but even then if you are inside a presumably fenced-in substation you can hardly complain nobody jumps in to help.
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evil_bunnY posted:Uli Steck also died a couple days ago. Aww, I didn't hear about this until now. I'm sad 
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Avenging_Mikon posted:I have trouble with their word choice. "Refused." If a dude is on fire from electricity, I'm likely to also become on fire if I try to help as an untrained passerby. The "on fire" part wasn't a permanent thing. He ended up walking himself to a clinic. The Dark One fucked around with this message at 22:53 on May 7, 2017 |
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