Official Off Topic Discussion Thread #1

[islandguy11]

I don’t imagine that the builders planned for people climbing on the wall, you aren’t worried about it coming out of place?

Though this is certainly a consideration, in this case no, from what I can see and feel when fingering the rocks at lower levels the wall is actually built quite strongly and the rock pieces seem to be held firmly in place (not that it's out of the question maybe a smaller piece might come out).

Insofar as surface quality buildering is often safer, more dependable than out on real rock. Also when climbing w/o ropes you habitually try your best to make sure that if any of your points of contact were to break off (or you slipped), you'd still be able to keep yourself on the wall with the other 2 or 3 points of contact.

 

[Dloks]

Yeah for sure gonna have to do that with this one buddy, sounds quite dubious at best. Likewise a simple google search would surely hit on such an incident, but it doesn't insofar as I could see. No biggie, just like we try to prevent misinformation in our hobby, those into extreme sports try to do the same with theirs.

You wouldn’t find any information because like before, him and the deadliest rodent like to pull stories out of their culos. Now he’s a full time forum concierge. Googling things for people.

 

[supercichlidlvr]

 

[supercichlidlvr]

WATCH: Bungee jumping woman has THIS happen to her

WATCH the terrifying moment a bungee jumper slams into the ground after the rope brake fails.

www.express.co.uk

 

[supercichlidlvr]

 

[Dloks]

I can find a hundred bungee death related videos on the internet thanks. The comment was specifically for Fishhead your other account. Or whoever you are his knight in shining armor.

 

[Ulu]

Man I would love to hunt out here but it’s buffalo traces private property and it’s actually federal property (not sure how it works) because there’s bourbon in the first four buildings (barrels aging=government property)

It's aged and bottled in a bonded warehouse. If the hootch goes astray, Uncle Sam gets the bond.
It used to be $10 a gallon, so it's a pretty big bond.

 

[Ulu]

. . . when climbing w/o ropes you habitually try your best to make sure that if any of your points of contact were to break off (or you slipped), you'd still be able to keep yourself on the wall with the other 2 or 3 points of contact.

Even with ropes!

I remember stretching for a handhold that I wasn't sure was within my reach. Really stretching, to the point that I knew if I didn't catch it I might be off balance enough to wind up falling about 16 feet before the rope caught the last piton. I yelled at my belay guy to hang tight and grabbed it handily. We were working with diaper slings and minimal gear, so it coulda been rough if I'd missed.

 

[Ulu]

Why "Fireman" is a job for real men, who aren't scared of the hose.

 

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