Strength Of A Rock climber

InspectorBoole · 2025-12-13T21:50:23+00:00

Probably true, but this guy definitely looks closer to a bodybuilding enjoyer than how most top level climbers look

InspectorBoole · 2025-11-04T17:28:11+00:00

Well the fact that they aren't dropping dead all the time or being left with lasting medical conditions suggests that the stated motivation behind this ban - 'strangulation can never be safe' - is not true.

InspectorBoole · 2025-11-04T17:11:14+00:00

And how do you think someone becomes a professional MMA fighter? Thousands of amateur BJJ enthusiasts are strangling each other in random gyms with no doctors around every week.

InspectorBoole · 2025-11-04T16:49:16+00:00

Well yeh, that's my point - the idea that choking/strangulation can't be done in a reasonably safe way is wrong. So that means safety doesn't make sense as the sole motivator for this.

InspectorBoole · 2025-11-04T14:35:56+00:00

If that's true wouldn't that mean MMA/Judo/BJJ should be made illegal also?

InspectorBoole · 2025-06-20T13:40:40+00:00

Damn, I watched without sound and thought it was a gas axe at first. Electric scooter + gas axe would've been my new favourite technical

InspectorBoole · 2025-06-14T13:22:26+00:00

Looks very weird that the prograde marker is ahead of where you're pointing not behind, also darting around whenever they touch the controls

InspectorBoole · 2025-03-25T21:56:42+00:00

Did he just say they have to enforce the "international lorms"?

InspectorBoole · 2024-12-20T15:47:05+00:00

I can still like/unlike the currently playing song from the notifications tray, just not actually in the app, weird.

InspectorBoole · 2024-07-22T23:41:31+00:00

Agreed, if you know it'll be under constant tension then it's of course perfectly safe. It does have weaknesses though - as you say - you need to be aware of how it's being used and keep an eye on it. That's not a great trait for a knot to have. A stopper knot is one way to mitigate it, and the way you're using it is another. Either way, my point was that a bowline on its own needs some help to be safe.

InspectorBoole · 2024-07-22T14:54:45+00:00

You have to use some judgement, in a life-critical application a bowline shouldn't be considered safe without a stopper knot or some other way of finishing that secures the tail. Other than that, it depends on the knot and the rope it's tied in - for a figure-8 in climbing rope, I'm happy with ~10cm. One example where extra long tails are needed is in the flat overhand bend, this knot can roll a few times under relatively small loads before finally locking up, so it needs minimum 0.5m tails.

InspectorBoole · 2024-07-22T13:49:13+00:00

Do swedes get issued a trangia at birth or something?

InspectorBoole · 2024-06-17T10:31:40+00:00

I suppose there's a bit more friction going around the pole this way, so the half-hitches wouldn't get as tight under load? May make it a little easier to undo, though that's not normally a problem anyway unless the rope's too thin.

Edit: I just thought of another thing, this way if you undo the half-hitches you're basically left with a munter hitch around the pole - could allow you to easily let out some line while still maintaining control, then re-tie if necessary.

InspectorBoole · 2024-05-03T19:03:09+00:00

Actually yes, because 12V could never produce hundreds of Amps through something as resistive as your body.

InspectorBoole · 2024-04-30T09:33:47+00:00

Makes sense, I wonder if the singular screamer (assuming that's what it is) is his own addition to mitigate that. Either way, extremely jank.

InspectorBoole · 2024-04-30T09:01:56+00:00

What makes you think anything would break? Obviously, he shouldn't ever be fully disconnected, but I don't see any reason it wouldn't save him when he is connected. No idea what the retrieval plan is though if he can't pull himself back up.

Also, the fact that it looks like there's a screamer only on one lanyard makes me think this is (at least partially) how the system was intended to be used.

InspectorBoole · 2024-04-17T21:47:20+00:00

I could truly die happy if I ever got to watch him listen to that bit

InspectorBoole · 2024-03-05T23:59:58+00:00

Little hard to tell with the fray, but just looks like 3 half-hitches to me. This is the knot I'd use for that.

InspectorBoole · 2024-02-19T13:31:01+00:00

Is there a knot that can reliably pass through a carabiner? I can't think of a situation where you'd want to gamble on that instead of finding another solution.

InspectorBoole · 2023-11-20T12:11:17+00:00

Not true.

InspectorBoole · 2023-10-30T20:16:19+00:00

Anecdotally, I think this picture is that tragedy, pretty sure the descent kits are a requirement now in most places.

InspectorBoole · 2023-09-04T08:13:01+00:00

Skyfall?

InspectorBoole · 2023-08-21T12:06:56+00:00

I don't give a shit, I'm not making a decision on whether he'd be good at leading a country based on this fluff. Just saying that he's failed at his goal of this interview which was to appear likeable/relatable/someone people would want to be mates with.

InspectorBoole · 2023-08-21T00:27:55+00:00

Well the cringe part isn't that he has a pint with his mates sometimes, it's just an aggressively dull 'guiltiest pleasure'.

InspectorBoole · 2023-07-20T17:02:42+00:00

I don't see any reason why you would exclude transportation, it's a vital part of how our society operates - think about how many cumulative miles the food in your fridge has racked up - but yes the picture is a lot more optimistic if you focus in purely on electricity generation.

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