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Title: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: dogboy on August 19, 2012, 02:18:41 AM
How much does this guy get paid?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k4Xk1mEwmI&sns=em
Title: Re: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: ergophobe on August 19, 2012, 06:49:07 AM
DB - look for vids of Alex Honnold free soloing Moonlight Buttress... these guys have nothing on Alex.
Title: Re: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: Chunkford on August 19, 2012, 11:13:01 AM
Quote from: dogboy on August 19, 2012, 02:18:41 AM
How much does this guy get paid?

Apparently only $40,000-$60,000 pa - http://www.cosmoloan.com/international-economy/salaries-of-the-most-dangerous-jobs-in-the-world.html
Title: Re: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: Rumbas on August 20, 2012, 10:48:43 AM
Holy moly, almost made me puke just watching some of the vid. Wow, there is not enough money in the world to get me up there.
Title: Re: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: ukgimp on August 20, 2012, 03:00:51 PM
Last time I watched that it occurred to me that someone built it, not just climbed up it!
Title: Re: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: ergophobe on August 20, 2012, 05:20:31 PM
Sorry, but I just gotta say - a 1600 foot elevator ride and then 168 feet of climbing? Bah! No big deal.

Like I said, check out Honnold doing Watkins, Half Dome and El Cap (about 6500 feet of total climbing) and notice at about 1:18 where his foot slips, his eyes go wide for a second and he goes right back to work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQb4_8PyZBM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DreOcir6XHk

I can't even begin to explain how much difference there is between climbing a radio tower and a 5.13 (Honnold free soloed Phoenix). Most climbers will train daily for years and never climb a 5.13 in their lives, let alone without a rope.


Title: Re: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: Chunkford on August 20, 2012, 05:37:49 PM
I always wondered who puts those clips on the side of mountains so all the other climbers can use them.

One of life's mysteries solved. Cheers for that :)
Title: Re: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: dogboy on August 20, 2012, 09:43:34 PM
Totally agree. Free climbers are the bomb.

This, I just saw as different. It's a job. It's not his passion or sport. I have no issue risking big if it's what drives you but as far as someone doing this as a job... better him than me:)

Title: Re: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: grnidone on August 23, 2012, 07:20:13 PM
And this video wasn't shot when it was windy...imagine if there were a 20 mph wind!
Title: Re: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: dogboy on August 28, 2012, 02:24:35 PM
...yeah, easy as riding a bike:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt1ixz_unbelievable-bike-riding-on-climbing-wall_fun
Title: Re: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: Rupert on August 29, 2012, 04:20:28 PM
That Bike riding made my hands sweat...  thx Dogboy!

This is one of my cycling heros.  Must have discussed him here before:

https://www.google.com/search?q=danny+macaskill&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

In the UK, other searches shows Gee Atherton, who has a brother and a sister in Downhill racing... amazing skills.
Title: Re: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: mick g on August 29, 2012, 10:42:59 PM
this one is scary too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3575H7cMctE
Title: Re: The only question is how you climb anything with balls this big.
Post by: dogboy on September 04, 2012, 03:43:06 PM
this is really pretty awesome...

http://youtu.be/XTeZr--d820
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