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Sober people are fuckin’ crazy.
in nyc that’d cost 7500 a month
Yeah, but would you do it IF YOU COULDN’T TELL ANYBODY?
In the words of dead Descartes: “I think not.”
I know climbers who would absolutely do this and tell no one. Adrenaline can be its own reward.
I really want to do this one day.
Love how rock climbing has some of the safest, most thoroughly tested gear in sports, but it always looks dangerous and that attacts all the “these guys are all idiots”, “darwin award” and “i would probably die” people.
There’s no good reason to do what these guys are doing, it’s thrill seeking pursued by the kind of people that associate risky behavior with meaningful life experiences.
I feel like that logic could be applied to a lot of the things we do for fun.
Sure, but a lot of the things we do for fun do not involve the kind of risks that require a search and rescue team to pull you out of when you fuck up (or the wind just happens to blow a little harder than you expected that night).
The risk/reward calculation for this scenario is way off.
You keep pretending to be great at assessing risks from your armchair but forget that these two guys are professionals, and you know nothing about rock climbing or this particular situation, you haven’t provided a singke reason why what they are doing is risky, or stupid. Anchors not bomber proof enough? Not enough redundancy? Too much slack? What is the problem exactly?
Yet you feel entitled to judge them. These are probably the guys that come and rescue you, when you do something stupid in the outdoors, not the other way around.
they needed a nap
https://www.tetongravity.com/story/news/your-chances-of-dying-ranked-by-sport-and-activity
Gear isn’t the whole story. My running shoes are safe but a slip or getting hit by a car are always a risk. In the photo, the risk isn’t necessarily the equipment: it’s human error or the unpredictability of nature.
“OMG you’re gonna get killed!”
I would definitely roll in my sleep and fall to my death
Might not look like it, but they’re clipped in.
So you’d roll off the ledge, crack your head against the rock face and then bleed out, NOT fall to your death 👌.
I go to bed fully clothed and wake up without pants on, so there is no way a carabiner clip would save my lucid dreaming ass.
I always just want to know seeing this how many have died hotelling cliffside.
Probably not many it’s pretty safe if you’re tied in.
Totally different type of harness. Not applicable at all.
OK, this is a workplace safety notice so of course it’s focused on a work harness. Is a climbing harness more extensive? Does it offer more support if you end up suspended in it?
If not then the risk of suspension trauma is higher than in a work harness.
Holy shit you know absolutely nothing. I’ve been rock climbing for more than a decade. You can sit in a climbing harness for hours and hours. It’s not the most comfortable thing. But I’ve spent multiple hours sitting in harness’s countless times in my life. I can’t believe I’m even having this conversation with someone who knows absolutely nothing about what they are talking about.
For the sake of this photo they are tied into ropes coming up from below but they also have an anchor point above in the background and most likely a point directly on the ledge they are on. They will be tied into very short dynamic ropes for the majority of their time up there making it very difficult to fall more than a couple feet.
Workplace safety harnesses are very different from climbing harnesses
Uhh what if you wake up in the middle of the night and have to poop?
Probably shit over the edge if you can’t hold it
“Those damm birds.”
- Guy looking at his car.
