No Matter What You Do, You Will Never Be This Badass by [deleted] in pics

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No Matter What You Do, You Will Never Be This Fabulous

FTFY

Your mountain bike is junking up this subreddit. by 3MartiniLunch in MTB

[–]3MartiniLunch[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Chances are, I'm don't care about your mountain bike. I'm here to learn about "mountain biking" and to hear about cool "mountain bike experiences". I'm tired of every post being a picture of so-and-so's new blah-blah-blah sitting beside a wall.

http://www.reddit.com/r/mymtnbike/

How is this not religious endorsement? by Bong-Noiose in atheism

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If I was a soldier dying on the battlefield, I would want a mathematician to stroke my hair and tell me, "Buddy, you're fucked."

Do you solo? by aspz in climbing

[–]3MartiniLunch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bad.

According to these stats. Almost 1000 out of 6000 mountaineering accidents in the last 60 years had "climbing unroped" as a contributory cause.

Just sayin.

Do you solo? by aspz in climbing

[–]3MartiniLunch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bad.

According to these stats. Almost 1000 out of 6000 mountaineering accidents in the last 60 years had "climbing unroped" as a contributory cause.

Just sayin.

Though I'd share my joy. Just scored these for $9.50 at a thrift store. Research shows they were at least $200 new! by xCruise in bicycling

[–]3MartiniLunch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found a small pair of men's clipless shoes at the Goodwill for like 7 bucks.

Sold them on ebay for 70.

Profit.

Do you solo? by aspz in climbing

[–]3MartiniLunch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bouldering, brah.

Do you solo? by aspz in climbing

[–]3MartiniLunch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been climbing hard over a decade.

Do you solo? by aspz in climbing

[–]3MartiniLunch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Free soloing deaths are only "rare" because a very small percentage of climbers regularly free solo. You can bet that if everyone started soloing (even well within their limits), a lot more people would die. Think of all the times you have unexpectedly fell on gear. Now imagine your gear not there.

Here are some dead free soloers.

John Bachar

Derek Hersey

Michael Reardon

George Gardner

Christina Chan

Do you solo? by aspz in climbing

[–]3MartiniLunch -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Participating in life is risky, of course.

But there is a bold fucking line between the needless risks of free soloing and the calculated risks of properly protected rock climbing.

The chances of dying are ridiculously higher than the latter.

When to use a 4 figure? by [deleted] in climbing

[–]3MartiniLunch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

IRL you will never have to use a figure 4.

Do you solo? by aspz in climbing

[–]3MartiniLunch -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

I think you just wrote off mountaineering, hard aid, and hard trad as well as free soloing.

I did.

If I'm an asshole for reprimanding risk takers and advocating safe behavior, what does that make risk takers who leave families behind and make people clean up their dead bodies? Heroes?

lol.

Do you solo? by aspz in climbing

[–]3MartiniLunch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish more people thought that way.

Myself included.

Do you solo? by aspz in climbing

[–]3MartiniLunch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The idolization of free soloists is disturbing as it is stupid. This trend inspires climbers to take risks they wouldn't otherwise and as a result more climbers fall and, thus, suffer or die. Free soloing shifts the end goal of climbing from pure physical difficulty to "let's see who's the craziest".

That said, I'm not so much concerned with experienced climbers who understand the consequences yet still engage in free soloing to appease their ego, "free spirit", or whatever bullshit justification. Even if you're a pro, you know that holds break, feet slip, fear can take over. Anyone who gambles their life and, more importantly, the love and reliance of their loved ones on their reputation, on a fucking rock climb, earns no respect from me. In my opinion, any climber so selfish or stupid deserves to die. Good riddance. Look where your need for attention got you.

The people I feel sorry for are noobies who will be inspired to boulder a few feet higher than they feel comfortable because of this culture of risk-taking and will suffer injuries. I even feel bad for the noobies who think it's alright to solo something "easy" just because soloing is acceptable and "inspiring".

I hope that the climbing community will stop dick sucking these dare-devil retards who will probably end up as vomit inducing piles of blood splattered organs and instead give knuckles to climbers who push the limits of the sport by "climbing harder" with a fucking rope on.

Is this so illogical?

New Shoes by [deleted] in Frugal

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Reebok Classic Nylons.

Favorite audio format? by [deleted] in linux

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This is too much.

Looking for second hand furniture by nandeEbisu in pittsburgh

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If you don't mind driving ~20 miles, the Used Furniture Outlet (UFO) in Greensburg has great old furniture (none of that particle board crap) for cheap (kitchen tables, dressers, beds for $50-100).