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[Video] American climber Alex Honnold scales 101-floor skyscraper without safety gear (www.euronews.com)

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Video. American rock climber Alex Honnold took on Taiwan's tallest building on Sunday, without ropes or safety gear.

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[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

“People ask me, 'What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?' and my answer must at once be, 'It is of no use.' There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever. Oh, we may learn a little about the behavior of the human body at high altitudes, and possibly medical men may turn our observation to some account for the purposes of aviation. But otherwise nothing will come of it. We shall not bring back a single bit of gold or silver, not a gem, nor any coal or iron.

“If you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won't see why we go. What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to live. That is what life means and what life is for.”

(George Mallory, mountaineer)

[–] newtraditionalists@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Joy, at the expense of any first responders who may have to scrape my body off the floor. Joy, at the expense of my parents who sacrificed for me to have so much privilege. Joy, at the expense of all the incoveniced humans who have to adjust their typical commute for my ego. Joy, at the expense of everyone else. Nothing is noble about this. Unbridled self obsession, that is all.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I’m sorry that you have such a viscerally negative reaction to the concept of adventure.

Personally, I’m glad that people try to do incredible and difficult things just because they can, but you’re welcome to continue shouting insults from the sidelines I guess.

[–] teft@piefed.social 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You can get splattered on the way to get a donut not just climbing a building. Also this guy has freesoloed lots of other places so he wasn't in a ton of danger. He was the first to freesolo El Capitan. He had the experience and the safety crew on standby.

Do you just stay in your house wrapped in bubble wrap?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You're not good at comparing probabilities, are you?

[–] teft@piefed.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

I’m an avid extreme sports enjoyer so i’m actually fairly good at recognizing risk. When was the last time you did anything fun and adventurous?