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Xlorp posted:The Corinthian Crunch
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I always think of that one guy from the Everest TV show sitting at the summit and saying to the camera 'Nothing is more important to me than my kids'. I mean-- obviously that's not true or you wouldn't be taking this huge unnecessary risk. I suppose he didn't say 'nothing is more important to me than making sure my kids don't lose their father' but I feel like that should be bundled in, when you have kids. Like, try not to die. At least while they're little.
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Jul 19, 2022 12:43
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https://i.imgur.com/KkOLHsw.mp4 Nah thanks.
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Jul 22, 2022 12:28
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A bunch of people just successfully did the ascent and descent of K2, the mountain that has a 1:6 kill ratio and today is the 10 year anniversary of some Polish dude skiing down the drat thing. This interview with Norwegian Kristin Harila is pretty interesting (she summited recently). She's an ex cross-country skier who decided to climb all the 8kers in six months but she also gives credit where credit is due- she basically says she walked up and didn't have to do anything. quote:“In this sense, I have a different narrative than the one in Purja’s film. This is not about one person doing something amazing. There are so many people involved! For me, it is essential to show the work that the Sherpas are doing. I have Pasdawa and Uncle Dawa [Dawa Wongchu is Pasdawa’s uncle] with me…I want to share the record with them because they deserve it so much. I hope they can complete the challenge with me.” https://explorersweb.com/six-down-eight-to-go-interview-with-kristin-harila/ Also if anyone wants to read about the skier dude because it's going to be interesting to see if he can make it down all of the major ones. https://www.sbnation.com/2018/7/23/17602358/andrzej-bargiel-polish-daredevil-skied-down-k2-giant-balls-giant-giant-balls
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Jul 22, 2022 12:57
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mobby_6kl posted:https://i.imgur.com/KkOLHsw.mp4 Did that rope snap? Wtf! Those ropes are almost impossible to break with human weight (say hi to your mom for me). E: looks like the carbiner or attachment failed?
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Jul 22, 2022 13:00
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I haven’t climbed in a few years but back in the day anchor failures were the most common cause of accidents like that. Ropes are easily damaged by rocks and loading, and they are not rated to hold the weight of a human that has been accelerated over some distance.
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Jul 22, 2022 13:34
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The pro came out  ^^ And, yep, you need to record the number of hard falls a rope has endured, plus a very conservative estimate of the height. Genuine not-making GBS threads-you climbing rope is only rated to such-and-such number and height of falls. Potato Salad fucked around with this message at 13:38 on Jul 22, 2022 |
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Jul 22, 2022 13:35
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Outrail posted:Did that rope snap? Wtf! Those ropes are almost impossible to break with human weight (say hi to your mom for me). it's trad climbing. you put your own anchors in! the rope didn't snap the tools holding the rope to the wall just failed. it's expected and that's why you put loads in when going up. e: you can see he's got loads of stuff hanging from his belt. those are the things you put in the wall to anchor the rope to. hemale in pain fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Jul 22, 2022 |
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Jul 22, 2022 14:20
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Pryor on Fire posted:I haven’t climbed in a few years but back in the day anchor failures were the most common cause of accidents like that. Ropes are easily damaged by rocks and loading, and they are not rated to hold the weight of a human that has been accelerated over some distance. Holding humans that have accelerated over some distance is the whole point of dynamic climbing ropes. They are rated in terms of fall distance to total rope length in the system. I believe the standard is something like 7 immediately repeated factor ~1.7 falls with 80 kg weight. So falling 17 feet onto 10 feet of rope. In the gif, the guy only falls to the height of his belayer, so the maximum possible fall factor is 1 (fall the same length as the amount of rope in the system). It’s true that ropes running on sharp edges can cut easily but in this case I think he just placed lovely protection in the rock and the protection failed. When sport climbing ropes often take hundreds of falls with no issue because the fall factors are smaller (like 0.1-0.5) and probably not that many climbers ever take a 1+ factor fall in their life.
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Jul 22, 2022 14:28
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he blew his pro, it happens and it's also why i was never really interested in trad lead. expensive as hell, and poo poo Happens a lot more often than it does when you're clipping into to something bolted into the rock
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Jul 22, 2022 16:49
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Anachronist posted:Holding humans that have accelerated over some distance is the whole point of dynamic climbing ropes. They are rated in terms of fall distance to total rope length in the system. I believe the standard is something like 7 immediately repeated factor ~1.7 falls with 80 kg weight. So falling 17 feet onto 10 feet of rope. In the gif, the guy only falls to the height of his belayer, so the maximum possible fall factor is 1 (fall the same length as the amount of rope in the system). It’s true that ropes running on sharp edges can cut easily but in this case I think he just placed lovely protection in the rock and the protection failed. I never climbed indoors before, in my experience people were falling slightly scary distances and shredding ropes on granite pretty regularly, so you’d be replacing a rope every few weeks or months. Sometimes you can see the damage, sometimes you can’t. Always a fun roll of the dice after a few falls.
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Jul 22, 2022 17:38
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sport climbing doesn't mean climbing in a gym. realistically if your rope is getting shreaded that often, your anchors and setup are kinda hosed up. there really shouldn't be much occasion for your rope to be significantly dragging across the rock, getting stepped on, etc
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Jul 22, 2022 20:32
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The idea of replacing one's rope every few weeks is absolutely ludicrous.
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Jul 22, 2022 20:37
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gohuskies posted:The idea of replacing one's rope every few weeks is absolutely ludicrous. That's probably what that one guy thought when he went for one more jump off a cliff with an old rope and it broke and he died.
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Jul 22, 2022 20:50
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Cojawfee posted:That's probably what that one guy thought when he went for one more jump off a cliff with an old rope and it broke and he died. Dan Osman. That dude was nuts. Whether he knew it or not, every time he went out to climb, he was attempting suicide. Like the Chris McCandless of free climbing.
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Jul 22, 2022 20:55
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its this: https://www.climbing.com/people/climbing-mental-health/
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Jul 22, 2022 21:02
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Cojawfee posted:That's probably what that one guy thought when he went for one more jump off a cliff with an old rope and it broke and he died. Do you mean Dan Osman? It probably was not due to an old rope, more likely a change in jump site resulting in rope-on-rope cutting. I guess hard to say for sure but hardly conclusively worn out rope. More here: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.climbing/c/gW92OrNs7_o?pli=1 If you are referring to another incident, maybe so! Most famous fatality due to worn gear I know is Skinner. His belay loop (not the rope) was more than a couple weeks old though.
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Jul 22, 2022 21:08
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Dan Osman left ropes on the crag overnight and then jumped off using them with no inspection If you're doing something that requires replacing a rope every few weeks, I, uh, don't even know where to start with that one. You're either doing something incredibly irresponsible, incredibly wrong, or incredibly exciting
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Jul 22, 2022 21:41
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Don't call yourself an ice warrior if you're not buying sun bleached second hand rope in Kathmandu market before your fatal winter ascent of Lhotse.
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Jul 22, 2022 22:45
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This is really good, and also pretty disturbing.
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Jul 22, 2022 22:50
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honda whisperer posted:Agreed. Combat sports are the same sort of way. It's awesome when you're young and you push because you're the baddest guy on earth but then you get older and you break a rib, feel your neck get tweaked bad, or just plain cant get out of bed one morning because you're just spent and you go ehhhh you know maybe I should focus on other things in life.
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Jul 23, 2022 03:29
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WILDTURKEY101 posted:Combat sports are the same sort of way. It's awesome when you're young and you push because you're the baddest guy on earth but then you get older and you break a rib, feel your neck get tweaked bad, or just plain cant get out of bed one morning because you're just spent and you go ehhhh you know maybe I should focus on other things in life. I can see that. Is the other option steroids and well just a little turns into a dark path?
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Jul 23, 2022 04:15
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honda whisperer posted:I can see that. "There are old climbers, and there are bold climbers, but there are no old, bold climbers."
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Jul 23, 2022 04:41
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honda whisperer posted:I can see that. Steroids are one of the reasons you feel unbeatable and awesome when you are young.
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Jul 24, 2022 04:01
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that Honnold/Mitbo video has lead to me watching dozens of other climbing videos and all the climbing documentaries i could find and now im seriously considering going to the climbing gym near me despite my terrible fear of heights + being completely out of shape. it just looks so god damned fun
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Jul 24, 2022 17:45
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Find a bouldering gym, it's way accessible Also maybe frustratingly hard at first, but power through and you'll find that there's a huge puzzle aspect to it, it's fun
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Jul 24, 2022 17:49
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Aphex- posted:Anyone with an interest in the Himalayas should definitely hike the Annapurna Circuit at some point. One of the coolest things I've ever done.
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Jul 24, 2022 20:58
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ante posted:Find a bouldering gym, it's way accessible Nah, go straight to free climbing some sheer slabs. Ropes will break and just weigh you down anyway. It'll be fine.
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Jul 25, 2022 02:55
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:Steroids are one of the reasons you feel unbeatable and awesome when you are young. You can feel that way again, if you're open to the idea of trying them. As long as you work hard (and you will work harder than you ever have before) they will make you better, quicker, at anything athletic.
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Jul 25, 2022 04:16
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Unless you are a middle aged man, in which case they will just kill you.
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Jul 25, 2022 04:24
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Mister Speaker posted:You can feel that way again, if you're open to the idea of trying them. As long as you work hard (and you will work harder than you ever have before) they will make you better, quicker, at anything athletic. Gonna take my camshows to the next level. null_pointer posted:Unless you are a middle aged man, in which case they will just kill you. Oh, nevermind.
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Jul 25, 2022 14:35
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All juiced up, no experience, El Capitan. Get ready for this summer's smash hit reality tv show "Climbin' Guidos".
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Jul 25, 2022 15:11
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Hoof Hearted Ice Melted
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Jul 25, 2022 15:13
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null_pointer posted:Unless you are a middle aged man, in which case they will just kill you. What exactly do you think TRT is?
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Jul 25, 2022 23:27
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AARD VARKMAN posted:that Honnold/Mitbo video has lead to me watching dozens of other climbing videos and all the climbing documentaries i could find Have you watched the Reel Rock series yet? It's on red bull tv. Some really good episodes in there. Or the Dawn Wall movie?
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Jul 26, 2022 01:05
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NC Wyeth Death Cult posted:A bunch of people just successfully did the ascent and descent of K2, the mountain that has a 1:6 kill ratio https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/28/australian-man-among-two-climbers-found-dead-on-k2 They made it to 7600m then turned around - no details about what happened to them but they were missing for a week.
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Jul 28, 2022 03:38
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Climbing good. Go climb. Also the latest Edge of the Earth episode is about big wall climbing so there’s more content available!
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Jul 28, 2022 04:41
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Jumpsuit posted:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/28/australian-man-among-two-climbers-found-dead-on-k2 And Afghani mountaineer Ali Akbar Sakhi also passed away after becoming the first Afghani to ascend the mountain, graciously leaving the descending achievement for future generations but I didn't want to start the season on a downbeat. Not to be a ghoul laughing at rich people dying but in the vein of most Nascar fans I applaud the successful start and finish of each race with all the drama inbetween but I am also going to hoot and holler when a car pinwheels into the stands. https://www.khaama.com/afghan-mountaineer-passes-away-climbing-k2-mountain-473983/
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Jul 28, 2022 12:21
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I'm going to withhold judgement until I know the net worth of the decreased individuals.
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stratdax posted:Have you watched the Reel Rock series yet? It's on red bull tv. Some really good episodes in there. Saw Dawn Wall, great doc. Thanks for the tip on the Reel Rock series, watched a few of those the other night. also did some climbing inspired DALL-E prompts  
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