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Is this one of those "Fuck everything about that" moments? (i.imgur.com)

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[–]NoPantsSandwich 41 points42 points ago

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It's not that difficult when your left foot is on a ridge for balance.

[–]Grimleawesome 17 points18 points ago

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He's also holding on to the rope with his right hand.

[–]pennerigatepasta 11 points12 points ago

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And his right foot is on the ground.

[–]randoh12 2 points3 points ago

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And he is married to a hot climber woman person.

[–]karel_ 0 points1 point ago

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Aren't Dean Potter and Steph Davis divorced?

[–]ETA_was_here 24 points25 points ago

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FIXED

I removed the annoying blue artifact blocking most of the photo. Now our giant is a bit more visible.

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[–]DinoJr14 0 points1 point ago

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He'll kick you apart!

[–]Cyroxia 0 points1 point ago

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For the longest time I was like "Is this photoshopped? what does he mean?" but then I got it. HA.

[–]goodbyemailbox 13 points14 points ago

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NSFL Archive Footage

[–]starkrampf 1 point2 points ago

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That made me sick like nothing else, and I consider myself a hardener internet veteran.

[–]forbin895 34 points35 points ago*

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Obligatory: Philippe Petit.

Crazy French dude did something similar in the 70's, except he did it between the World Trade Center buildings. He and his crew snuck all the equipment up, shot an arrow from one building's roof to the other with the line on it. He spent 45 minutes dancing on a wire between the two buildings. They had to pull him off with a helicopter cause he wouldn't come down. And then he walked off.

There's a great movie on the story called "Man On Wire". Highly recommended.

[–]bathysphere22 10 points11 points ago

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he actually walked off, he wasn't pulled off with a helicopter

[–]forbin895 2 points3 points ago

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Ah! Thanks. My mistake. My memory seems to have made it more awesome than it really was. ;)

[–]FORVICTORY 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah, pulling him off with a helicopter would almost definitely make him plumet to his death. Helicopters = wind.

But, this is defnitely my favorite documentary. Very inspiring.

[–]peno_asslace[S] 7 points8 points ago

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I'm so scared of heights and falling, that I am actually afraid to watch that movie.

[–]johnylaw 6 points7 points ago

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Don't be afraid of falling, be afraid of rapid deceleration.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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I'm equally scared, and watched it. It haunts my nightmares.

[–]LostAbbott 11 points12 points ago

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Except this is Dean Potter, and that line is a nylon piece of 1inch webbing called a slack line. It is not tight like a standard "Tight rope"

Dean does this a lot in Yosemite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Potter

[–]loomx 1 point2 points ago

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he has moved on to 'free basing'. Free soloing with a parachute.

[–]steffystiffy 0 points1 point ago

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haha his wiki page makes him look like a major asshole

[–]jesteryte 0 points1 point ago

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he's not an asshole, he's just unhinged

[–]daviator88 -2 points-1 points ago

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This. Common warm-up for rock climbers, but it's usually a couple feet off the ground.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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It doesn't seem like this would be a good warm-up. Good for balance, yes, but I usually warm up on easy boulder problems.

[–]HydeOut 0 points1 point ago

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Bouldering. <3

Slack lining is great for trips when it rains. =\ Just put up a slack line between two trees. =)

[–]jesteryte 0 points1 point ago

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slackline comp vid

[–]daviator88 0 points1 point ago

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It's preparing you for the climb ahead, call it what you want. :)

[–]cinemafest -2 points-1 points ago

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Pssssshhh. Dean Potter. Whatever.

[–]LostAbbott 1 point2 points ago

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So yeah actually quite a bit harder than a traditional tight rope. since you have to both control the wobble of the line as well as your own wobble...

[–]PokeSmotDoc 3 points4 points ago

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Watched the move. Not bad. Still, not the safest place to practice karate.

[–]Adrianoo 3 points4 points ago

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A bit curious....wouldn't a helicopter roaming around him make him lose balance?

[–]kmillns 2 points3 points ago

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That's why he stopped walking on the wire and turned himself in.

[–]rmonty0908 5 points6 points ago

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Saw the movie. He kinda struck me as an asshole.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Yes, at least one other person here understood the documentary, the ending.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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It wasn't about that audacity required to fulfill one's dreams?

NO MyPotPie, you retard! The guy is an asshole!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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If you recall the documentary, there were no interviews with Petit with any of his former colleagues. After the Twin Towers, he immediately slept with a groupie despite his long-time girlfriend and immediately became a media star, abandoning his friends. This is why the one (former) friend bursts into tears at the end. He was an asshole. The human aspect is what elevated this documentary from good to great.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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but most of that was at the very end

[–]iseeu52jr 1 point2 points ago

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the helicopter didn't pull him off he just eventually got off, and the movie was awsome

[–]apextek 1 point2 points ago

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was on colbert a few years back

[–]17-40 1 point2 points ago

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It's on Netflix streaming, for those who are curious. It's pretty insane to watch him go across.

[–]junkytrunks 0 points1 point ago

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I watched the movie with my young kids.

I am still astonished at the sex scene that they threw in near the end. Talk about surprise smut in a documentary. It was rather unnecessary and ruins the movie for the school-age set.

[–]jesteryte 1 point2 points ago

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That was a great movie. There's a part when Philippe Petit is talking about how facing the most serious consequences possible causes the rest of the world to fall away to the focus and clarity of his walk on the wire. Dean Potter in 'the Sharp End' and 'Fly or Die' also talks at length about the heightened state of awareness he gets when he is about to solo a climb - his whole body tingling, as he describes it. I think both individuals experience their disciplines as life-affirming in that they are acts in denial of death. Watching them, we can see is beautiful about danger. Of course, that doesn't mean they're not both seriously unhinged. . .

[–]PimpMogul 0 points1 point ago

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That movie was top notch in terms of self-told documentaries. I enjoyed his enthusiasm years AFTER he had done the act.

[–]Slurm28 8 points9 points ago

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Yosemite?

[–]Barefoot_J 7 points8 points ago

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yup. Thats El Capitan in the background. He's at Taft point.

[–]lCt 1 point2 points ago

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I hiked that spot over the summer and this picture does not do him justice. I was shitting bricks looking down the side of that cliff and I'm not afraid of heights.

taft point looking down

[–]dourk 0 points1 point ago

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Thank you. I didn't make it there last year, but I def will this time.

[–]RetiOrNot 0 points1 point ago

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I almost swallowed a push-pin when I saw this. Don't ask why there was a push-pin in my mouth...

[–]morolin 1 point2 points ago

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Everytime I think about Yosemite, or see it in print, I'm reminded of an Australian I met once while hiking out there. He pronounced Yosemite like it rhymed with "Vegemite". Nobody I was with corrected him because we thought it was awesome/hilarious. I wonder to this day if he ever got corrected. Or, if when he did, he stuck to his pronunciation anyway.

[–]jellyfishes 3 points4 points ago

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I have no daredevil spirit. Putting myself in danger does not excite me. The way I see it, no matter how advanced my skill level, there will always be factors out of my control, and I don't think that risk is worth the reward.

That shit is fucking impressive, though.

[–]peno_asslace[S] 3 points4 points ago

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more here

[–]Bulgeman9000 3 points4 points ago

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Some men live on the edge. Other men dangle out a rope from the edge and live on that.

[–]rflbrrypwncks 2 points3 points ago

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So you would say fuck kicking a mountain miles away to create your own canyon? i guess we have two different outlooks on this picture...

[–]ChippedMetalCig 1 point2 points ago

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It took me a second, but when I finally figured out wtf you were saying, I laughed.

[–]PropositionJoe 1 point2 points ago

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yep. there's no way in hell you're gonna catch me walking across that.

[–]bobtentpeg 1 point2 points ago

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Yet he isn't tied off. Just sayin', being tied off to the line wouldn't make it any less impressive but it would make me think more highly of the guy.

[–]LostAbbott 0 points1 point ago

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He has tied off to the line a lot with another piece of webbing and a rappel ring. He also does this with a chute and jumps off in the middle.

[–]bobtentpeg 0 points1 point ago

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Maybe I'm blind, but where is the ring or webbing? In the picture I see neither.

Also, they apparently make strapless parachutes, perfect for the evening out with your man. The ACME strapless parachuteTM is slimming and fits nearly any body type.

[–]LostAbbott 0 points1 point ago

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Sorry I guess I accidentally... In this shot he has no protection. On other high line walks he has used those other forms of protection.

[–]sirkazuo 0 points1 point ago

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It would be less impressive to me... ballsiness and confidence are both metrics of impress.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Crazy as shit, but you have to realize that the chances of him catching that wire with a leg or arm if he falls is pretty close to 100%. He is a very skilled climber.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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He also free solos quite frequently. He knows what he's getting himself into.

[–]ChippedMetalCig 1 point2 points ago

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Correct. This is one of those "fuck every single solitary thing about that" moments. Shit.

[–]Jaduardo 1 point2 points ago

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That's Dean Potter. He's an elite climber.

[–]F0B 1 point2 points ago

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go to the slackline subreddit

[–]andromedea 1 point2 points ago

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Slacklining -- generally done with a "leash" at those kinds of heights, but Dean Potter is basically the Chuck Norris of rock climbing/slacklining/etc.

[–]aih 1 point2 points ago

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Anthony Kiedis?

[–]GregorMendel 1 point2 points ago

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my palms just got sweaty looking at that

[–]izanaton 1 point2 points ago

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I think thats Dean Potter.

[–]DerHarm 0 points1 point ago

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I can only imagine what the guy standing by the railing is saying.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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yep

'Taint tingling' sounds fun but it isn't.

[–]yosemighty_sam 0 points1 point ago

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I was hiking Yosemite two summers ago, we saw someone do exactly this at the same spot. Spotted the wire when we were halfway up Yosemite Falls. Same guy? When was this taken?

[–]stets 0 points1 point ago

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DAE want to throw him a bowling ball?

[–]Thieves_MacGyver 0 points1 point ago

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I love the way his thumb lines up with the rope. That's some crazy perspectival balancing shit.

[–]ajsmith55 0 points1 point ago

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There is some sort of line hanging from his right side. Wonder what that's about.

[–]TrashySamurai 0 points1 point ago

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This belongs in WTF as well just saying haha

[–]drctrgenius 0 points1 point ago

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sweaty palms in under 0.05 sec

[–]St3yr 0 points1 point ago

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I got vertigo just looking at that pic...damn i gotta toughen up

[–]WhatAboutDubs 0 points1 point ago*

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All that and he got photobombed.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Looks like Iggy Pop. Maybe it's just the haggard boney look.

Boney with an e looks creepier.

[–]Lee1066 0 points1 point ago

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wow

[–]kittiekats 0 points1 point ago

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Pictures like this make my feet feel like I dunked them in an ice bath

[–]Sierra117 0 points1 point ago

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Dean Potter. All around badass, part time jackass. Walks the line between civil disobedience and Law Enforcement nuisance every year in Yosemite.

and that is NOT a slackline, thats 11mil rope.

[–]garaging 0 points1 point ago

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Why, Adrien Brody. Why?

[–]warmpita 0 points1 point ago

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At least we won't be losing someone important.

[–]jamesmt0032 0 points1 point ago

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Yes. Yes it is.

[–]wise_comment 0 points1 point ago

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Oh slacklining.

Worst part is when you set up a line, and it's about 1 inch above crotch level. Never ends well, but you're always to lazy to re-set it

[–]berserker87 0 points1 point ago

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Anxiety.

[–]cargocultleader 0 points1 point ago

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"Look at me, douching around like I don't care! Do you mind if I hit on your girldfriend later?" No shame!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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I'm pretty sure his motivation for doing this was a messy divorce. Might be wrong though.

[–]cargocultleader 0 points1 point ago

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And now he wants relive his youthful years in search of meaningful stuff? Could be possible.

[–]cargocultleader 0 points1 point ago

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Really, no shame at all!

[–]BlasphemousOne -2 points-1 points ago

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Martin Short rocks!

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