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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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You have to remember Darwin is still hard at work every single day.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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fckin drunk russians... you would think they would have all been extinct by now?
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Where the Hoback and the mighty Snake River meet
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Thanks Dingus, saved me from some early morning horror, which I can do without.
(I'll watch it later, not that big of a wussie)
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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The last few seconds.... nightmarish.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Looks like a cool place to ski though.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Inconsistent continuity.
Beware the evil that lurks in youtube.
edit: news reports state this video is actual. sad but true. RIP thrillseeker.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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ncrockclimber
climber
The Desert Oven
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That was really disturbing. I sincerely wish that I would not have seen that. To me, it is not entertaining at all to watch someone die.
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Glad I missed it too. Rather watch someone making like-with two or three hotties.
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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What pud said
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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That must have hurt!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Seems like a profoundly dicey location for an activity like that. I would have taken one look at the unsecured run-out and understood the potential for this. I'd love the get a translation of what those knuckleheads are saying. One of them is still giggling long after it was clear those guys were monumentally f*#ked.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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What mrtropy said.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Seems like a profoundly dicey location for an activity like that.
BVB, the Russian for 'dicey' is 'normal' or, if very dicey, 'interesting'.
They weren't actually saying much other than "there he goes" and when it
was obvious he was in for the big one "he's going down"; the usual Russian
understatement.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Maybe a side issue, but the guy who died had massive spinal injuries. Should have stabilized him where he was then evac'd him, rather than dragging him back up the hill. Hopefully they'll have better medical responders when the olympics come to town.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Glad I missed it too. Rather watch someone making like-with two or three hotties.
Funny to think which of the two is illegal to put on youtube...
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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falling off the top of el cap would be a bad way to die. But being in that ball would be just sooo creepy. I guess because you'd have time to know what's going on. Plus I'm claustrophobic. A definition of hell for me.
poor guys
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 10, 2013 - 08:57am PT
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From the article Mister E posted...
Still conscious and able to stand, they were rescued by two skiers, who then pulled both men up to the top of the hill. Burakov suffered serious spinal injuries and died on the way to the hospital. Shcherbakov suffered a concussion and other injuries and remains hospitalized.
What does not go together
A. "able to stand" and "conscious"
B. "pulled both men up to the top of the hill" and "hospitalized"
C. "conscious and able to stand, they..." and "serious spinal injuries"
I'm going with 'C'
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 10, 2013 - 12:09pm PT
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OMG, I haven't seen galoshi for yonks! Them fookin' Rooskies are all nucking
futs. I seriously think their Mongolian heritage has given them a collective
(no pun intended) sense of fatalism - nothing ever phases them. What, rope
up to walk up the Kahiltna Glacier? Why would you do that? It's dead flat!
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Jan 10, 2013 - 01:18pm PT
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Christ.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Jan 10, 2013 - 03:47pm PT
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It turns out this was a cheap Chinese knock off of a Zorb®. Zorbs are single occupant spheres, and the franchised operations have very strict guidelines for use (first and foremost having proper fencing on the course, obviously). There are also significant dangers inherent with a two-person sphere, prohibiting their use.
Russian Zorb pair flee after man killed
There was another incident involving one of these unlicensed, double-occupant knock-offs where a reporter was severely injured when the sphere went off course and landed hard on concrete after jumping an inadequate fence:
http://kennebecvalleypodium.forumotion.com/t10017-state-investigating-zorb-ride-accident-that-hurt-reporter
Quote from link above:
The operators of the ride and officials at Lost Valley said they were unaware that they needed a permit and safety inspection before they could offer rides to the public.
Knott surprising!
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bjj
climber
beyond the sun
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Jan 10, 2013 - 04:06pm PT
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[Yakov Smirnoff]
In Soviet Russia, ball rolls you!
[/Yakov Smirnoff]
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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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Jan 10, 2013 - 04:19pm PT
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“The transparency of zorbs also reflect the open, accessible and inclusive society that Sochi 2014 Games is helping to build,” Dmitry Chernyshenko, head of the organizing committee, said in 2010.
I love BS. It makes me happy.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Jan 10, 2013 - 07:43pm PT
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why does Peter Gabriel now look like Uncle Fester?
No doubt, he's way middle aged!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jan 10, 2013 - 07:43pm PT
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Chinese knockoffs? Double occupancy? Proper fencing? Licensed operators? Governing body Rules? WTF! As if any of this makes any difference at all.
How about walking up, taking one look at the ball, looking down the hill, and then just saying, "What, are you f*#king nuts? Only an idiot would get inside of one of those things."
Again, humans being humans and asking Darwin to work a double shift.
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