Vertigo

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:02 am

↑ Cool. I'm more afraid of the propeller than the void.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:20 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Dec 03, 2020 12:52 am

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:55 pm

https://i.redd.it/ijoih4w8w3q61.jpg

Living on the edge

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:57 pm

Until a hungry hawk comes around.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:20 pm

Nah, even an eagle might avoid that badass fucker

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:20 pm

One has to wonder who took that picture

xouper · Post by **xouper** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:48 pm

Anaxagoras wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:55 pm
Spoiler:
https://i.redd.it/ijoih4w8w3q61.jpg
Living on the edge

Another caption for that photo: "Are you eyeballing me?"

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 12:18 am

https://i.imgur.com/IRqKpdO.jpg

xouper · Post by **xouper** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 1:11 am

I understand the thrill of doing something crazy. I've been skydiving. What I don't get . . . is doing it without a "safety net".

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:45 am

I've noticed where the rope and piton has been rather poorly 'shopped out. It is shown in a higher resolution image at this site with an interview of the climber, about that specific climb.

http://stara.emontana.cz/adam-ondra-daw ... interview/

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:47 pm

Didn't some guy free climb El Capitan in Yosemite?

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 5:58 pm

Yeah they made a doc about it.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 6:02 am

Nuts.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adve ... el-capitan

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:57 am

that is how he will die.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 1:12 am

shuize · Post by **shuize** » Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:07 am

Anaxagoras wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 6:02 am Nuts.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adve ... el-capitan

He's done a number of unbelievable free solos.

In fact, there's a story about Honnold on one of the big climbs (not sure if it was El Cap) and forgot his chalk. So he borrowed some from other roped-in climbers halfway up.*

Here's some video tailor made for this thread:

* How'd you like to be one of the guys sweating his ass off on El Cap, Half Dome, wherever, and some guy shows up without a fucking rope, asks to borrow some chalk, and then climbs away?

Ha! Ha!

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:02 pm

What if the guy didn't have enough chalk?

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Fri Jun 04, 2021 3:40 am

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 6:45 am

xouper · Post by **xouper** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:41 pm

Nice video, Gramm. That's exactly the kind of thing that inspired me to become a pilot. And then when I got my license, I did a lot of flying in the Idaho mountains. Not quite as dramatic as that bird's experience, though.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:41 pm

xouper · Post by **xouper** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 10:12 pm

Flight Instructor: "When you routinely and voluntarily reduce your margin-of-error to zero, as that guy in the video is doing, then don't complain when someday you accidentally but inevitably exceed that margin and get severe butt-hurt."

Awed Bystander: "Yeah, but he died doing what he loves."

Flight Instructor: "There are bold pilots and there are old pilots. But there are no old bold pilots."

shuize · Post by **shuize** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:43 pm

I will happily watch the videos.

But that speed flying stuff is not for me.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:58 am

To each their own but this seems very Russian-roulette-esque.

Fid · Post by **Fid** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:22 am

Must have been a very still day. While my little pink ass stays firmly on the ground flying cellular kites. They do fold up to fit in yer mama's underwear drawer quite easily.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 1:22 am

No one gets hurt but you may not have the nerve to watch the whole thing.

NSFW:

Happy Halloween, this is some scary shit.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:03 am

Evolution at work.

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 12:18 am

So yeah I had that vertigo the other night in the comfort of my own home.

And yesterday at the doctor's office.

And later at the ER.

Where they did a CT scan of my head and found nothing.

I also passed all the "touch your nose, touch my finger" tests.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 12:55 am

Pyrrho wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 12:18 amWhere they did a CT scan of my head and found nothing.

Quell surprise.

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:48 am

Doctor X wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 12:55 am
Pyrrho wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 12:18 amWhere they did a CT scan of my head and found nothing.
Quell surprise.

– J.D.

:jaded: :crazy:

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 2:49 am

Touch your nose, but "my" finger. . . .

Were there other such . . . tests?

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 5:01 am

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 6:21 am

Is that Sanctioned?

– J.D.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 1:02 pm

Doctor X wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 6:21 am Is that Sanctioned?

– J.D.

No idea. I assume if it is not specifically prohibited by law, then by default it is legal.

It is sponsored by Red Bull though.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 2:08 pm

Anaxagoras wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 1:02 pmNo idea. I assume if it is not specifically prohibited by law, then by default it is legal.

It is sponsored by Red Bull though.

https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set= ... t.chain%5D

https://i.imgur.com/F6BUZHd.gif

– J.D.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Apr 25, 2022 2:30 pm

Dragon: Twice a year I have to have my blood completely replaced.

Hemlock: With what?

– J.D.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Tue Apr 26, 2022 2:11 am

Oh, I guess that reference went whoosh, over my head.

Pearls before swine, Doc. :oops:

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Tue Apr 26, 2022 3:09 am

It . . . is . . . not a good movie, but it has some epically awesome scenes of cheese. The creators of The Venture Brothers found it a source of inspiration.

I believe the Japanese Original author Rod "Trevanian" Whitaker intended it as a spoof.

– J.D.