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  • He's not Fred Dibnah…
  • bencooper
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    Climbing a chimney in Romania:

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLp5hlyrtnE&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop[/video]

    😯

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    Don’t watch full screen on a big monitor unless you’re holding onto your desk.

    BoardinBob
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    Nope, nope, nope, nope.

    Aaaargh!

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    mcmoonter
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    That was scarier than watching Dr Who from behind the couch when I was six. 😯

    monkeyfudger
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    That gives me the willies, wouldn’t catch me up there!!

    moshimonster
    Free Member

    Guess he doesn’t suffer from either vertigo or common sense!

    redthunder
    Free Member

    Bit queasy now 🙁

    donald
    Free Member

    Sweaty palms here.

    geordiemick00
    Free Member

    love it, especially the bit where he starts pulling the cable to check it’s not going to snap, when he’s already so high up that if it did he’d be dead anyway 😯

    lowey
    Full Member

    I feel dizzy.

    bruneep
    Full Member

    indeed

    senorj
    Full Member

    I now feel a little sick.

    jambourgie
    Free Member

    Fred would’ve done it with a fag in his mouth 🙂

    I’m not taking nothing away from these guys, they’ve clearly got some stones. But I think a lot of it is mind over matter. When I was a youth, I used to do stuff like this (nothing that high), and I was completely fearless. I’d always think – If you painted a four inch wide stripe on the floor, you’d jump around all day on it without ever falling off, so there should be no difference doing it at height (wind factor excluded). Then at some point in my 20’s, I ‘became scared’. No idea what happened, would be interested to know. But watching stuff like this these days leaves my palms sweating!

    epicsteve
    Free Member

    That is impressive but insane.

    grenosteve
    Free Member

    Very scary….

    Reminds me of Metro 2033.

    P-Jay
    Free Member

    They might meet him very soon!

    bencooper
    Free Member

    Then at some point in my 20’s, I ‘became scared’. No idea what happened, would be interested to know.

    For me, it was having a kid. I’ve climbed lots of silly stuff, been one step away from a very long drop numerous times, but wouldn’t consider doing that kind of thing any more now I have responsibilities.

    leffeboy
    Full Member

    that was horrible. I think the problem was that he didn’t seem confident, rather he was able to put the fear behind him. I may have nightmares about that now

    atlaz
    Free Member

    Places a lot of confidence in old soviet era engineering doesn’t he?

    flip
    Free Member

    Great stuff, but how did he know the iron work was safe?

    midlifecrashes
    Full Member

    I’m not watching that, I know it’ll ruin my afternoon. How times have changed though, they used to do this sort of stuff for kids TV.

    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrnuhrqVN1M[/video]

    bencooper
    Free Member

    Great stuff, but how did he know the iron work was safe?

    He didn’t. I’ve put my foot through rusty mesh walkways before. That certainly gets your attention.

    jambourgie
    Free Member

    For me, it was having a kid. I’ve climbed lots of silly stuff, been one step away from a very long drop numerous times, but wouldn’t consider doing that kind of thing any more now I have responsibilities.

    That makes sense Ben. Not sure I can use that excuse though – being sprogless. Maybe it’s just a case of becoming less stupid 🙂

    bencooper
    Free Member

    Yes, a creeping sense of your own mortality 😉

    tazzymtb
    Full Member

    Many moons ago I used to do stuff similar to that as part of my job. Overhanging wooden steeplejack ladders held with ropes tied to wooden pegs, knocked into big brick chimneys was always “fun”

    racefaceec90
    Full Member

    YAWN! 😉

    jambourgie
    Free Member

    tazzymtb – Member
    Many moons ago I used to do stuff similar to that as part of my job. Overhanging wooden steeplejack ladders held with ropes tied to wooden pegs, knocked into big brick chimneys was always “fun”

    You are the ghost of Fred Dibnah AICM£5

    moshimonster
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    If you painted a four inch wide stripe on the floor, you’d jump around all day on it without ever falling off, so there should be no difference doing it at height

    The vertigo would get me for sure. I simply wouldn’t be able to balance at any significant height off the ground.

    I think the most dangerous part of all that was his absolute trust in that cable at the beginning. Probably the difference between what the likes of Fred D did every working day and this.

    Harris
    Free Member

    This scares me more.
    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phl82D57P58[/video]

    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    Some more of Alex…
    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leCAy1v1fnI[/video]

    bencooper
    Free Member

    Alex Honnold must have something missing in his brain – simply astounding what he does.

    Climbing the cable was definitely the sketchiest bit – everything else is down to his ability, but if that cable had decided to snap he’d be dead.

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    If you painted a four inch wide stripe on the floor, you’d jump around all day on it without ever falling off, so there should be no difference doing it at height

    I struggle to stay on the pavement. Not a natural athlete biped.

    redthunder
    Free Member

    I would of been impressed if he Base Jumped off after the climb …. 😉

    bencooper
    Free Member

    I climbed the Inverkip chimney a couple of times for a mate who was going to jump off it – winds were always too sketchy, then he was killed in Switzerland.

    That was easy – internal staircase, only hassle was the full mask becasue it was full of insulation fibres. 1030 steps to the top.

    project
    Free Member

    In the end credits he thanks his freind for climbing it first to check the strength of the cables and ladders.

    Unbelievable

    moshimonster
    Free Member

    In the end credits he thanks his freind for climbing it first to check the strength of the cables and ladders.

    Maybe more professional than it looked then. Perhaps his friend climbed it with ropes?

    tazzymtb
    Full Member

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX7p3jfr0mA[/video]

    the late dan osman, this always makes my skin tingle, particularity with the dyno when he’s totally away from the rock

    welshfarmer
    Full Member

    This one always gets my heart a pounding. And these guys are doing it for a living. Note complete lack of safety line at the top, only clipping on to rest. Nutters.

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k4Xk1mEwmI[/video]

    letmetalktomark
    Full Member

    Such sweaty palms! I only watched it on my phone too 😳

    Bookmarked for watching again (and the others) on a bigger scream, if I dare.

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    the late dan osman, this always makes my skin tingle, particularity with the dyno when he’s totally away from the rock

    Oi. No Danrolling!

    For the correct angle, tilt your monitor approximately 25 degrees to the left. 🙂

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