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Darwin award in progress.
People on lemmy are becoming judgemental like on reddit. This is probably safer than riding a motorbike on a public road, remember there aren't many rock climbing accidents and the gear is really safe when used properly. Darwin award would be justified MAYBE if they were doing something wrong, or had forgotten a piece of gear at home. Wtf..
This is probably safer than riding a motorbike on a public road
Um, you're not really selling this. That's a pretty low bar.
the gear is really safe when used properly
Beside the point. I don't know where this is in the world, but there must have been options for more sensible places to stay the night. If there aren't, then it's a poor choice of climbing route. I'm critical of the decision making that put them overnighting here, not the sport of rock-climbing in general.
poor choice of climbing route
They had everything they needed to sleep there. One would think they planned to sleep there...
They had everything they needed to sleep there.
Except, you know... a place to sleep.
One would think they planned to sleep there...
That's kind of my point. They planned this (if you can call that planning), on purpose (and I assume not inebriated at the time).
They literally packed a portaledge. A specialty piece of gear that costs hundreds of dollars that allows people to do exactly this safely.
Um, you're not really selling this. That's a pretty low bar.
Mate I'm quite risk averse but come on, you ever leave your house or too dangerous?
Mmm, I take plenty of risks, but for a purpose beyond assuaging my boredom. Heck, I've been up in a work harness many times, on a ship at sea (200ft above a metal deck with the waves rocking you back and forth is... interesting).
Without a reason to go there, this is just entertainment... expensive, high-risk entertainment.
Someone else mentioned these are pro climbers. Your previous arguments that this is unnecessarily risky, that they are idiots that cannot plan a route etc have already been addressed by me and others. Now it turns out that you are acrually a cool kid that has a good reason to be high up in a harness but they don't, they are just bored and looking for entertainment. Whatever mate, surely it's them deserving the Darwin award here..