These guys are more hardcore then most Superheroes
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Posted on: 2010-09-17 03:16 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
O.O
Talk about having nerves of steel. No way I could do that job.
Yeah... yikes.
The stupid fish-eye camera didn't help, either. No way I would even consider EVER climbing up that high without being constantly tethered to something guaranteed to hold my weight. And wearing a parachute. Possibly a jetpack.
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I got vertigo just watching that.
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I don't know about vertigo, but I sure as hell didn't finish it.
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Originally Posted by MentalMaden
I got vertigo just watching that.
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Holy fogging carp! I've done some free climbing back in the day, but at most 100 feet high or so. Nothing like that. And never dragging a 30 pound dead weight on a rope beneath me.
That's awesome and takes nerves of steel.
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Well, just think: freeclimbing at 100 feet on a windy day is the same as freeclimbing at 1700 feet. If you fall, you're dead in both cases.
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Originally Posted by sleestack
Holy fogging carp! I've done some free climbing back in the day, but at most 100 feet high or so. Nothing like that. And never dragging a 30 pound dead weight on a rope beneath me.
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Yeah but from 100 feet you're a twisted mess; from 1700 feet you're a Jackson Pollock.
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I wouldn't even think about doing that without an emergency parachute on.
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Yeah, but in the second case, you'll probably be dead before you hit the ground from Terminal Velcoity.
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
Well, just think: freeclimbing at 100 feet on a windy day is the same as freeclimbing at 1700 feet. If you fall, you're dead in both cases.
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Originally Posted by NinjaPirate
I wouldn't even think about doing that without an emergency parachute on.
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But yes, I got vertigo just watching it. I think I almost pissed myself.
That was Insane
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Originally Posted by Gulver
Yeah, but in the second case, you'll probably be dead before you hit the ground from Terminal Velcoity.
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But yeah, feeling sick after watching that. My hands have never sweated this much before, and I've had the video closed for about 5 min already now, and I'm still feeling off. Without the bag and with no wind, I could conceive I could climb quite a bit of that height... but god, I thought he was at the top like 1/2 way through, and it just kept getting more and more extreme. Climbing outside was crazy enough, but the spindles just kept getting smaller and small... yikes.... then he transitioned again and I was like :O And wearing gloves? Mine would be a pool inside. That is so insane, I keep thinking that no one actually does that, in that manner, for a job, and this is like... freelance/prank video or something, and not an actual employee, but, yeah, wow. I need to get my mind off that video, cause I'm still feeling sick...
wow, my chest hurts from just watching...
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