Video. American rock climber Alex Honnold took on Taiwan’s tallest building on Sunday, without ropes or safety gear.
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Was it just me who thought he was falling down? Seems to be a drone…
Seriously though, who gives a shit. Good job dude, nothing accomplished.
“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)
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.
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?
You’re not good at comparing probabilities, are you?
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?
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.
This might be an unpopular opinion but climbing buildings has never been interesting. No one ever cares except the media for five seconds.
People have been climbing buildings for decades, for free. Then they went to jail.
I think this is the first time a silly daredevil has done it for money, which actually makes it even less interesting.
Just because he’s a climber and thinks it’s a sport doesn’t make it interesting. It’s just as stupid as Evel Knievel and his increasingly embarrassing stunts.
I honestly kind of pity anyone who thinks this is impressive, because they bought into the hype. How’s your AI project going?
Spoken like someone who has accomplished nothing in their own life.
If this is what you call an accomplishment then I’ve accomplished ALL KINDS of things. This morning I took a shit.
Someone who hasn’t accomplished something would think this isn’t an accomplishment. None of your comments have helped your argument, you just look like a sad loser.
Your opinion is meaningless to me. I don’t have to go out doing stupid stunts to feel good about myself. Nor do I rely on the comments of strangers to boost my self confidence.
People who do this kind of thing, and the people who find it interesting are idiots.
And what pray tell do you do for fun Mr Erudite? Sit at home and bitch about people on the internet?
Another pointless American.
It is pointless but hardly a uniquely American thing.
What a dullard comment to make.
It’s just that the world is fed up to the backteeth with Americans pulling stunts nobody needs.
I’ll speak slowly.
This. Is. Not. Only. An. American. Stupidity.
Him being American is completely and utterly irrelevant to anything here.
Nothing you’ve done, or ever will do, will be as impressive as this.
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Yep, I’m pretty simple. I see a guy climb a skyscraper in an hour and a half with nothing but a t shirt, pants, shoes, and a bag of chalk, and I’m impressed. If you don’t think it’s impressive, I’d like to see you do it. You can even be tethered if it makes you feel safer.
The commenter you’re replying to is probably just bitter that they haven’t done anything impressive in their life.
