Girlfalldown 0 #26 September 29, 2005 QuoteOuchy. Yeah and that was with a fully functional parachute. [mumble]damn rocks, plf my ass [/mumble] -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prepheckt 0 #27 September 29, 2005 QuoteQuoteOuchy. Yeah and that was with a fully functional parachute. [mumble]damn rocks, plf my ass [/mumble] Shannon, what happened? That looks like it hurt"Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #28 September 29, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteOuchy. Yeah and that was with a fully functional parachute. [mumble]damn rocks, plf my ass [/mumble] Shannon, what happened? That looks like it hurt Correction, it HURTS! Me vs crackly hard rocky ground in an out downwinder on the side of a hill. I think I lost. The ground just smirked at me. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casurf1978 0 #29 September 29, 2005 I've only RCed once and in all honesty dont feel qualified to say which is more dangerous. Rockclimbing also scares the bejesus outof me. I dont know why. Probably the whole scared of heights issue. Yeah, sounds crazy huh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #30 September 29, 2005 QuoteSkydiving is way more dangerous! Just look at my ass! This was a result of skydiving, does that count? Then again, I got the one in the attachment from playing softball (those things ain't THAT soft). By the way, your bruise tastes yummy. Blues, dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #31 September 29, 2005 Quote By the way, your bruise tastes yummy. Blues, dave Did you lick my bruise when I wasn't looking? You weirdo! I'm starting a poll on who's weirder. Skydivers or Rockclimbers. I think we'll win. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #32 September 29, 2005 Quote Did you lick my bruise when I wasn't looking? Not that I know of. As far as I know, you were looking. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j_ung 0 #33 September 29, 2005 QuoteI don't think it really compares. If you are only toproping and not doing trad then rockclimbing is very safe. If you are doing some serious multi pitch trad climbing then I think that it could be more dangerous then your average skydive, but probably just as dangerous as swooping. I climb stuff and agree. Except for the obvious, I don't know squat about jumping, but there are several different disciplines in climbing. Some are far more dangerous than others. Toproping? Skydiving seems more dangerous to me. Big-wall freesoloing? No offense to you fine folks, but I think you'd have to jump with your rig attached to nothing but your genetalia to rival it. (I love the pirate emoticon, but what exactly does it mean?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beowulf 1 #34 September 29, 2005 Freesoloing is nuts and I would somewhat compare that to base jumping but with many more opportunities to splatter yourself all over the ground below. Did you watch that CSI: NY yesterday that featured a Freesoloist? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Loonix 0 #35 September 29, 2005 there's people out there who do bigwall freesoloing?! crazy people. How do you define bigwall, by the way? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #36 September 30, 2005 wow, i can't believe skydiving is winning in the polls, I voted for climbing. I'm going to do another multi-pitch tomorrow and it scares me way more than skydiving, even swooping... peace lewhttp://www.exitshot.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blowboarder 0 #37 September 30, 2005 Quotethere's people out there who do bigwall freesoloing?! crazy people. How do you define bigwall, by the way? Used to be you spent a night on a big wall. Now some sicko's climb two in less than 24 hours. Just think Yosemite and that's pretty much the definition of big walls. Of course, someone else from rc.n00b will come over shortly and give you the total technical geekout answer with 17 different subclassifications. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sopheavy 0 #38 September 30, 2005 I guess it all depends on each person. My friend is a very experienced rock climber for the longest and he refuses to go skydiving because its scares the heck out of him. I've never been rock climbing before. The closest thing I ever did to that was hiking up to the summit of a mountain in Nevada. It took all of the energy of out me though.---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- If you want to see the rainbow, you gotta put up with the storm. God bless! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #39 September 30, 2005 Interesting! I think it depends a lot on who you jump with, and who belays you. I voted skydiving as more dangerous. Here's my reasoning. When you start to climb, you can start in a gym, on a top rope, with an excellent person on belay and another right next to you coaching in quiet, real time. If you're pumped out, your belayer can lock down and give you a time out. When you start to skydive, it's through the same door as those with 10000 jumps plus, and whatever happens in the next 60 seconds - you'll need to deal with. (Tandem excluded.) I guess we could draw a gym/top rope comparison to tunnel time here. Once you're a more senior sport climber, even when leading a climb your belay partner can call out grips, give you a rest, get you to double check you're hooked in on 2 points prior to untieing to rap down. You can use a sling to hook in at any point. You can get stuck and call on a cell for help, etc. These options are not available as a skydiver. Trad has many more variables, but I think most trad climbers are more experienced, know their limits (usually discovered in sport or boldering) and stay within them. Solo climbing I think is many times more dangerous than even BASE. Equipment dependance is down to shoes and magnesium carbonate, and a loose rock or weather can compromise even the best. Mountaneering, with it's high altitudes, hypoxia, HAPE and HACE, exhaustion, exposure etc also introduce many variables and blur the lines between success and failure, elation and survival. I guess there's a big difference between a SL jump from 3500ft and a 400 way too.. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #40 September 30, 2005 Quotethere's people out there who do bigwall freesoloing?! crazy people. How do you define bigwall, by the way? I'd call anything that will kill you big enough. Check out this picture of Alex Huber climbing Kommunist. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #41 September 30, 2005 Quotewow, i can't believe skydiving is winning in the polls, I voted for climbing. I'm going to do another multi-pitch tomorrow and it scares me way more than skydiving, even swooping... peace lew It could be that this is posted in the skydiving site so more skydivers voted. I wonder what the answers to the poll would be like if this was posted on the rockclimbing site. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
