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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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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Mar 11, 2013 - 08:21pm PT
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If that dude doesnt take it easy he's gonna need a fundraiser.
I don't think so, Norway is one of those countries where that government pays for everything its citizens want or need, no questions asked. Sitting on a crap load of oil makes that possible.
I wonder if having free health care and welfare encourages this sort of risky behavior--seems like lots of this sort of stuff happens in Norway, at least disproportionate to its population.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Mar 11, 2013 - 08:24pm PT
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what do the chicks look like in Norway? maybe I should move.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 11, 2013 - 08:27pm PT
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I know you can't change the thread title, but yeah. Blooows again..
Hi Hankster. To be honest, I do not know what you mean. "Blooows again".
Maybe I should just shut my mouth and keyboard.
Would that suit you?
EDIT
Some of you may think that I am a whinger. That is your choice. There are lots of people out there with more serious problems than I have, but I have to concentrate on my own problems before I can help others.
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Mar 11, 2013 - 08:30pm PT
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what do the chicks look like in Norway? maybe I should move. I've never been there, but I think they look just like you'd expect! But I imagine they have pretty strict rules to keep foreigners out, or at least off the dole . . . there's always a catch.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 11, 2013 - 08:41pm PT
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But I imagine they have pretty strict rules to keep foreigners out, or at least off the dole . . .
Oh, yeah, and god knows I tried. It is easier now though, especially if
you're, ahem, from someplace Norwegians wouldn't live in.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Mar 11, 2013 - 09:01pm PT
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I'll base jump when I am 90
Yeah I think its totally do-able as a retirement sport. Just make sure you're rich so you can take a helicopter up there. This is where all the old big wall climbers should end up, like the baby boomers of the sport.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Mar 11, 2013 - 09:40pm PT
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Steve, yes the ripcord got pulled automatically...a job a Chimp could do. The problem was crashing into the trees and dealing with what might be below the trees......spooky!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Mar 11, 2013 - 09:45pm PT
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Jim
I'll bet--punji stakes down there.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 12, 2013 - 08:35am PT
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Your last thread title was you commiting suicide. In only my opinion, that was way insulting to any of us that have ever had to deal with a suicide for real. As an avid BASE jumper this was a stupid thread title as well. That's what I meant.... You don't gotta' leave the keyboard alone, but reel it in a little man.
Hankster, yeah regarding the head thread, I could have done better. Regarding my previous thread, never meant to insult anybody, and I have dealt with two suicides of close ones. And as a former EMT, I dealt with a couple of others.
It is just a bit of desperation on my part, and I sit here at the computer and keyboard, and sometimes use my fingers before engaging my brain.
I have a 'sign' posted next to my desk... Nil Desperandum. I try not to despair, but, then I also try to look on the bright side of life.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 12, 2013 - 09:41am PT
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Thanks Jebus, but I suppose Hankster does have a point to be considered.
It looks like mountaineers.net is no longer, as I cannot log into my email account (patricksawyer@mountaineers.net). I'll try again later, it may be a glitch, but if it isn't I will ask ChrisMac two things: firstly, if I can keep this thread going under a different Thread Head, and all the posts intact; and secondly if mountaineers.net has called it a day, then dpatricksawyer@gmail.com will be my contact email.
Now to go rob a bank, hit an old lady over the head for her purse, or just hope I win the EuroMillions. The latter is the best option. ;-)
As Monty Python (Life of Brian) says, Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
Nil Desperandum.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Mar 12, 2013 - 10:59am PT
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...But from the video, his chute opened just fine. Problem was he had line twists, or didn't stow the toggles correctly and/or some other reason that he wasn't able to steer fast enough when his chute opened facing the cliff...
That's my impressiono, too.
Here's another video of a cliff strike due to a line twist....
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Mar 12, 2013 - 11:38am PT
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^^^ looks like the lines came out straight at first then seemed to almost snap and twist 2 or 3 times. Also he lost a few valuable seconds unzipping his wingsuit before realizing the problem he had.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Mar 12, 2013 - 11:52am PT
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The thread title is fine.
Doesn't Open Properly!, or Line Twist!, or Poor Pack Job! might have been better, but so what.
Maybe Hankster needs to get laid and chillax a little.
Hankster, don't be a Coz, or I'll make you go sit in the corner!
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Mar 12, 2013 - 12:38pm PT
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at least the helmet cams seem to be holding up pretty well......
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Barbarian
climber
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Mar 12, 2013 - 07:41pm 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.
I never had to go with only 600' of altitude, but that pitch black thing terrified me. I do however get this funny urge to take the dive every time I see a C-130 tail gate open in a movie or on TV.
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