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i just watched on documentary on that dude Tommy. He's been climbing since he was 3 years old. cut his index finger off in a table saw accident in the early 2000's so he been climbing with out one of the most important things. Also he. And a 3 other ppl were climbing in Kyrgyzstan and got captured by rebels and that guy pushed one of them off a cliff. Dudes a badass.when the other guy in the doc talked about he knows 30-40 PROFESSIONAL guys that have died free solo'ing...i was like :
Breh, a 10 second google search will show you that sweating is a serious concern for professional rock climbers, to the point that some of them will pay $10 for a 2 ounce bag of chalk just because it works slightly better than the other kind. It's a fine balance too - if the chalk doesn't dry out enough you sweat through it, but if it dries out too much your skin cracks and bleeds.
It's at the point where some pro climbers will even get botox treatments or apply antihydral chemicals to their palms and fingers to try to make it literally impossible for their hands to sweat. Which, of course, can lead to all sorts of other damaging side effects.
And all that fine-tuning is by guys who can sit there just hanging off their rope studying the next move while they get their chalk right. Guys who are just sweating from exertion cause they know they're roped in and their lives aren't on the line.
Honnold is out there four hours straight going up a wall so glassy there are like TWO times in the entire climb where he can take both hands off at once. He has no rope to rest on, he's holding himself up the entire time. And his life is hanging in the balance that entire time.
For him to maintain perfect grip through all that is insane.
Columbo
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Still feel like if brehs practiced this we could send cacs back to doing sports like golf and hockey
We're more athletic, more compact, bigger stronger hands...shyt id climb them shyts right now i bet twice as fast as them cacs with no practice
We're more athletic, more compact, bigger stronger hands...shyt id climb them shyts right now i bet twice as fast as them cacs with no practice
Trece
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I have heard dudes that understand the sport say this is the greatest athletic accomplishment ever. I am not into this but I am in awe of this feat.
This is just mind boggling to me. I can certainly say it's among the most impressive athletic feats I've seen.
I'm sure there are those that could make the same climb, but they would NOT with no gear on. That is what makes this unreal. One slip and it's R.I.P.
I'm sure there are those that could make the same climb, but they would NOT with no gear on. That is what makes this unreal. One slip and it's R.I.P.
KalKal
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The granite is so smooth that people thought it was literally impossible to climb until just a few decades ago. To climb up 3200 feet of that shyt for four hours when any ONE mistake will cost you your life is insane. If he gets shook for one minute, and his hands start to sweat, he's dead. Can you imagine KNOWING that you couldn't allow your hands to sweat and then actually avoiding it for four hours while you performed intense physical activity? He's got to have some of the most insane sports psychology mindset in history.
It was interesting because he obviously was on the spectrum yet he seemed like he would be a cool guy to hang out with. He knew how to express himself and was more self-reflective than most people like that I've known.
I found this video today with him watching and discussing rock climbing scenes from various movies such as Mission Impossible, Cliffhanger, Star Trek V, etc. He's actually pretty entertaining just talking about this stuff
The really crazy part to me was when they showed how many times he actually fell when he was just practicing the "Karate Kick" move with a rope on the "Boulder Problem".
There's a part of the video I linked above where he's talking about the scene in The Dark Knight Rises when Bruce Wayne is climbing out of the pit:
"Better performance WITHOUT a rope than WITH a rope?...That's not a real thing."
TUA TAGOVAILOA
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Yea Honnold is a fascinating person I like when he talks about death and how he doesn’t believe in religion.
“I think it’s crazy to lead your life in preparation for the next life.”
So wise
“I think it’s crazy to lead your life in preparation for the next life.”
So wise
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Took a climbing class in Brooklyn. Body was sore, mad sore. Climbing is 
brehs. 
To anyone that does it in real life like this breh. I was scared only 30 feet up strapped to a harness, with ample cushion below. This dude here is a demon 
brehs. To anyone that does it in real life like this breh. I was scared only 30 feet up strapped to a harness, with ample cushion below. This dude here is a demon
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That's a pretty simplistic view of religion though. The vast majority of religious people are trying to live the best life possible AND be the best person possible for the next life too.Yea Honnold is a fascinating person I like when he talks about death and how he doesn’t believe in religion.
“I think it’s crazy to lead your life in preparation for the next life.”
So wise
Hell, Honnold spent 7 years prepping for this one four-hour climb. Ask him why he lives the vast majority of his life in preparation for the future? Because we know that it takes a ton of preparation to be who we want to be.
TUA TAGOVAILOA
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Yea I didn't quote everything he said.. And obviously your opinion on religion is super simplistic but thanks for speaking on behalf of all religious people. It's all a matter of perspective, people like me and Alex see religious people as clueless sheep who are living the way someone else told them to. That's not living your best life at all, it's really quite sad and pathetic. But to you and people who believe in that stuff, then sure you are living your "best life"
What does him training have to do with this? Obviously we have to train and prepare for the things we want in this life. Bad comparison.
I'm confused, do you see it as wrong to make generalized statements or not?
And what was simplistic about my opinion of religion?
Your quote implied there was something "crazy" about preparing for the future. Why? Break it down.
TUA TAGOVAILOA
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His quote said it was crazy to live in preparation for the next life. And since atheist don't believe in a "next life" hence the craziness to us. He's not saying its crazy to prepare for the future or even believe in something. Just that it's crazy to prepare or believe in something in the future that doesn't exist.
And you said "All religious people are trying to live the best life possible." Not sure how much more simple and naive you could get with that. Living the best life according to what? The Bible and not themselves? And are you saying non-religious people aren't trying to live their best life or can't live as good of a life as a religious person?