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Port
Trad climber
San Diego
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Mar 11, 2013 - 05:16pm PT
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It's important to note when posting these that the dude doesn't die. It's disturbing, but OK to watch.
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Mar 11, 2013 - 05:18pm PT
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yikes, that was scary
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Mar 11, 2013 - 05:51pm PT
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sheeet that sounded painful TFPU
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 11, 2013 - 05:55pm PT
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Port, there is a limit to the words a Thread Head can take. I was going to use the words survive and OT, but couldn't.
ChrisMac, I know jack about Base Jumping, but the guy was lucky, apparently.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Mar 11, 2013 - 05:55pm PT
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Poor guy : ( here's to a quick recovery and many more jumps! It might be dangerous but that's life ain't it, rock climbers?
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Mar 11, 2013 - 05:59pm PT
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Yikes. When stuff like this happens, you don't have time to get scared. Afterward, you get scared shitless..
Kinda like a climbing fall times a thousand.
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JohnnyG
climber
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Mar 11, 2013 - 06:09pm PT
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He sounded pretty scared to me
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Mar 11, 2013 - 06:11pm PT
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If that dude doesnt take it easy he's gonna need a fundraiser.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Mar 11, 2013 - 06:38pm PT
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Thank God walking off the tail gate of a C-130 into the pitch black night with a thick forest canopy 600 ft. below cured me of anything having to do with parachutes.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Mar 11, 2013 - 06:43pm PT
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that is from 2008 and been kicking around the web for years...
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 11, 2013 - 07:05pm PT
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Squishy, how can I change the title (Thread Head) without deleting the whole thread and subsequent comments. If you know a way, let me know it. I am not a techie. And the Thread Head is not that misleading in my opinion. Do you have issues?
I'd change the title to something more positive, you show me the way, and let the other posters stay 'intact'.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Mar 11, 2013 - 07:06pm PT
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base jumper in Norway, takes a wild ride!
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 11, 2013 - 07:17pm PT
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Kenny T and Ron, better Heads. But how do I change it without deleting other people's posts.
And you two should work as headline writers on newspapers, I have (on a number of titles) , but your heads are better than mine.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Mar 11, 2013 - 07:22pm PT
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Jim, didn't your ripcord get pulled automatically?
I still wouldn't jump!
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labrat
Trad climber
Auburn, CA
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Mar 11, 2013 - 07:22pm PT
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No way to change the title in the first post that I'm aware......
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Mar 11, 2013 - 08:01pm PT
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Patrick, Don't you mean BUTTHEADS..
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 11, 2013 - 08:06pm PT
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Labrat, and Squishy, the title stays the same as I am not nuking the thread. I still do not think it was a bad title/Thread Head, perhaps I could have been better.
A broken leg is all the guy got (and I am sure, scared to sh#t, I'd be).
I'll base jump when I am 90 (if I live so long).
And if my time is up, "there goes Pat the Splat." I know, poor humor.
These people have to have, well, many are woman, so much not 'balls', but more than I have.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 11, 2013 - 08:13pm PT
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Patrick, Don't you mean BUTTHEADS KennyT, this is not Saturday Night Live, is it? It's Monday in Ireland. ;-)
Where's Beavis?
I don't care what others think, that rc.com or mountain project or irishclimbing.ie or UKclimbing, all good forums in their own right, but the Taco Stand is the best.
ChrisMac allows diversity, allows campfire talk, allows what the others do not. Fair play Chris. We are a community with a common thread, but also, our own opinions.
EDIT
Kennyt and others, you are the people that make this forum alive.
Being on this forum gives me a lot of relief. It is one of the few places I can express my views, my travails, my ups and downs. And it is to the other Taco Standers, the other Supertopians (and ChrisMac and co), who allow me this outlet, this freedom... thank you all for those that are positive. I am not a sycophant, I hope. Just ready to express my appreciation to fellow climbers. Many of us are going through tough times. We have to rope together.
And I will also post this on a new thread.
I believe. In us as a group. Maybe it is hippiesish, new world , I don't know what, but...
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