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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jan 27, 2012 - 04:02pm PT
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C'mon, doesn't everyone use quickdraws like that?
The wakeboard and jumar setup at the end is an interesting idea.
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cintune
climber
Midvale School for the Gifted
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Jan 27, 2012 - 04:10pm PT
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Sure, what could possibly go wrong?
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jfailing
Trad climber
A-Lone Pine
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Jan 27, 2012 - 04:14pm PT
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Dude, that anchor IS TEH RADNISS!!
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dmons
climber
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Jan 27, 2012 - 04:18pm PT
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good thing those are steel biners
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squishy
Mountain climber
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Jan 27, 2012 - 04:30pm PT
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ummmmm
yer gonna die?
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Jan 27, 2012 - 04:42pm PT
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and it's going to hurt.......................for part of a second!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Jan 27, 2012 - 05:01pm PT
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That's all shot right here around in the Gorge. The rope jump is off a bridge into the Klickatat River. I never thought anyone who did that bungee jump thing with climbing ropes was any too smart.
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nature
climber
Aridzona for now Denver.... here I come...
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Jan 27, 2012 - 06:53pm PT
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7 minutes and then you can go be a homo
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 27, 2012 - 07:01pm PT
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Holy sh!t !!!! That was that the anchor, those quick draws?
LOL
Just think if he hit the rocks too on those jumps where he hit the water.
He was cutting pretty close ....
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damo62
Social climber
Brisbane
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Jan 27, 2012 - 07:08pm PT
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Wow, that must be a sketchy anchor if wonderBraun is moved to profanity.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Jan 27, 2012 - 07:10pm PT
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phuq!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jan 27, 2012 - 07:25pm PT
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Um... and he couldn't just... tie the rope directly to the bridge? He clearly knows a bowline with a nifty fig-8 backup.
OMG EDIT: I love the nifty knot... clipped to a non-locker...clipped to the harness.
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Bad Climber
climber
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Jan 27, 2012 - 07:46pm PT
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Thanks for the pics. I thought I saw him clip in with a single non-locker. JEEEZus. Then the very close margin for error on the swing. Just a couple of feet to one side and his head is burger on that platform next to the water, not to mention the rocks. Not too bright, that one. Let's hope he continues to get lucky and stops teaching!
Reminds me of the time some friends and I observed an "experienced" climber teaching some buddies how to rappel with a single, non-locking 'biner. After a while, we couldn't take it anymore and went over to offer, as gently as we could, that a locker or two biners with reversed gates would be a better idea. As expected, Mr. Bonehead got offended and blew us off because he "knew what[he]was doing." Tell that to Tom Patey--RIP.
BAd
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apogee
climber
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Jan 27, 2012 - 07:54pm PT
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No brains, no headache.
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kennyt
climber
California
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Jan 27, 2012 - 09:05pm PT
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Is this guy even still alive?
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dmons
climber
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Jan 27, 2012 - 09:09pm PT
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notice how relaxed he was jumping off backwards?
notice how carefree he was in the air?
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 27, 2012 - 09:21pm PT
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Yeah he was good no doubt.
Did he really tie in without a locker?
Did he really use just those quick draws for the anchor?
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kennyt
climber
California
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Jan 27, 2012 - 09:26pm PT
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Oh yeah, Maybe he's getting just what he wanted, Who's laughing now hahahahaha
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Paul Martzen
Trad climber
Fresno
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Jan 28, 2012 - 03:05pm PT
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I think the rope to the wiregate is not his tie in, though it might have been on that jump. In other jumps it appears the attachment is at the back of his harness. Notice that the jumps start high and gradually get closer to the water, so he is experimenting and adjusting as he repeats the jump.
Pretty weird anchor, and it seems like the rope must be going up and over the railing. Don't see any padding. Hmmm. Rope is attached on one side of the bridge, hanging below and back up to the jumper on the other side of the bridge. Can't tell if it is over the railing or not.
Look at an enlargement at 3:14 Two ropes with a single wired gate on each. Pretty wild.
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Pass the Chongo, Chongo
Social climber
camped on P3 of WOS
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2012 - 09:30pm PT
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MIKE WILSON IS THE RADNESS BRAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Pass the Chongo, Chongo
Social climber
camped on P3 of WOS
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2012 - 09:42pm PT
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THE MAN,,, THE MYTH,,, THE LEGEND,,, MIKE "MOTHER F*#KING" WILSON!!!!!!!!!!!
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Pass the Chongo, Chongo
Social climber
camped on P3 of WOS
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2012 - 09:44pm PT
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"awwwwww yeah" - Mike Wilson
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Pass the Chongo, Chongo
Social climber
camped on P3 of WOS
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2012 - 09:49pm PT
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"are you sure we measured these angles right?" -Mike Wilson
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Jan 28, 2012 - 10:19pm PT
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I would totally party with that dude! Brah!
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Ettore
Trad climber
Grass Valley
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Jan 28, 2012 - 10:32pm PT
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What is a safe way to set up a pendulum swing on a bridge? I have all the gear I think I would need.
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Jan 28, 2012 - 11:01pm PT
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Yeah he was good no doubt.
Did he really tie in without a locker?
Did he really use just those quick draws for the anchor?
- This could all be taken on faith alone and without any further evidence...
I see nothing wrong with this guys decisions:
Quickdraws for anchors - specially when they are doubled up.
No locking biner is ever really needed - specially when a good knot.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Jan 28, 2012 - 11:31pm PT
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why the f*#k would u tork ur body like that.
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Jan 29, 2012 - 04:07pm PT
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Future Darwinian awardee.
Bad rigging techniques + widespread exposure of dumb stunts = idiots will die.
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Pass the Chongo, Chongo
Social climber
camped on P3 of WOS
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 29, 2012 - 05:40pm PT
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AMEN DUCE!!!! I AM STILL IN AWE OF HOW BIG OF AN IDIOT THIS GUY IS!!!!
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Jan 29, 2012 - 06:39pm PT
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Didn't watch the whole ski video, but it looked like they were mostly hucking big falls, then crashing.
Has that what it's come to? Seems like the goal would be more to land it than to pull off some wild spin during the huck.
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Pass the Chongo, Chongo
Social climber
camped on P3 of WOS
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 29, 2012 - 07:38pm PT
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Yeah again, EQUALLY as LAME!!!! JUST HUCKING HIM SELF AND EATING SH#T,,, WHERES THE SKILL IN THAT?!?!!? THIS GUY IS A FVCKING MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SeanH
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Jan 29, 2012 - 07:43pm PT
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deuce - Depends what form of skiing you're talking about. Park skiers, especially those that compete and end up in videos, are very much all about landing and riding away clean.
Wilson is out there having fun and just going balls to the wall. Frequently that means he doesn't ride away. However I'd invite anyone to stand on top of the Palisades or Fingers (Squaw) and contemplating hucking a double back over them. It's not something I'd say a lot of skiers have in them. Just another way to have fun on the slopes.
Anyway, I think Wilson has quite a quiver of tricks he can land given a straight forward park jump, or a more straight forward cliff (if there is such a thing), but I think he'd rather push it and see what he can get away with. Entertaining either way, if you ask me.
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Pass the Chongo, Chongo
Social climber
camped on P3 of WOS
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 29, 2012 - 07:46pm PT
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SeanH, IS MIKE WILSON YOUR BUDDY?!?!
PLEASE TELL HIM FOR ME, PASS THE CHONGO SAYS "YOUR A F*#KING IDIOT"!!
THANKS
PTCHongC
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SeanH
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Jan 29, 2012 - 07:57pm PT
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Chongo - Nope, never met him personally. Though he seems to be out there having a pretty fun life while you're tearing on him from your couch.
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 29, 2012 - 09:01pm PT
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This might be a better option for his harness. Just one is needed.
Then tie the rope into it. It has 15 kN strength in all directions. So it's above 10 to 1 safety factor.
It should be tied in with a long tailed bowline or butterfly and the tail to the waist part of the harness for redundancy.
But then again whatever, ... clip in with a safety pin or a paper clip if that's what turns you on ....
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Rock!...oopsie.
Trad climber
the pitch above you
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Jan 29, 2012 - 09:10pm PT
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Werner's option looks like the opposite of rad. When I huck bridges I just tie in direct to my nutsack and back it up with a noose around my neck.
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dmons
climber
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Jan 29, 2012 - 09:14pm PT
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begs the question
does that help or hinder your erection?
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Rock!...oopsie.
Trad climber
the pitch above you
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Jan 29, 2012 - 09:20pm PT
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I learned my technique from David Carradine...
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Jan 29, 2012 - 09:25pm PT
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Every red blooded adventurer goes through a period of reckless abandon, to push the limits. That's all good, I hope he survives (some folks with whom I've shared that kind of activity didn't) The issue is more about going all out to make viral videos that highlight crap rigging practices. That's f*#king uncool.
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 29, 2012 - 09:38pm PT
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Yep
John has it correct ...
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Pass the Chongo, Chongo
Social climber
camped on P3 of WOS
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 29, 2012 - 10:35pm PT
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Yep AMEN to that again DEUCE!!!
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kennyt
climber
California
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Jan 29, 2012 - 10:39pm PT
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I'm definately adding some hotwires to my rack
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BLD
climber
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Jan 29, 2012 - 11:00pm PT
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Well, that made me fell better about things that I thought were stupid.
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