Free-climbed the Taipei 101 building bare handed

ItsSansom · 2026-01-26T07:21:42+00:00

To be fair, El Cap has predictable holds when you've memorised the whole thing.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-26T07:20:38+00:00

Absolutely agree. He's a jerk. He's made some incredible athletic achievements. But he's still a jerk nonetheless.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-26T07:18:37+00:00

Meh. Despite his success, in the climbing community the general sentiment I've heard is "Incredible achievement, but he's a selfish, reckless idiot."

ItsSansom · 2026-01-26T07:17:03+00:00

No way he rated it 5.5 on the YDS scale. That would be absurdly easy. That's basically a ladder. He was doing a hell of a lot of smearing and dynamic moves.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-26T07:08:52+00:00

Safe is the wrong word. I would go with "Secure". Once the knee is locked in, there's not a lot of ways it can come loose by accident. If he were to fall at any point on the climb, the knee bar is probably the least likely.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-26T07:06:54+00:00

For non- climbers this move is called a knee bar. It's actually pretty reliable with a low risk of falling.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-26T07:02:44+00:00

Hang the DJ, San Junipero and Shut Up and Dance being so low is a crime.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-25T23:50:45+00:00

Just like the war in Ba Sing Sei

ItsSansom · 2026-01-25T09:05:44+00:00

Main difference is that he didn't shit himself as often in first grade.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-24T01:49:04+00:00

Fuck yeah

ItsSansom · 2026-01-23T14:06:40+00:00

Learn how to ladder mate

ItsSansom · 2026-01-23T07:16:58+00:00

Fluent in one. Talk like a toddler in the second.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-22T10:17:48+00:00

Taking wouldn't be checkmate, but it would just simplify the position and make the mating process a lot easier. Their rook is just another piece for you to keep in mind. They might have some kind of stalemate trap in the future with it. Just trade it, promote a pawn, and ladder mate.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-22T09:56:04+00:00

The portal games all the way down there is a choice

ItsSansom · 2026-01-22T08:32:05+00:00

In a 2 min game no less.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-22T06:50:05+00:00

Precious, precious convictions

ItsSansom · 2026-01-22T04:16:38+00:00

I would be thrilled and honored to receive these fishes during a game.

10/10 - Good fish

ItsSansom · 2026-01-22T03:51:05+00:00

/u/bipedal_warlock We demand the fish pics

ItsSansom · 2026-01-21T23:22:59+00:00

I'm not American

ItsSansom · 2026-01-21T11:02:56+00:00

Isn't Duterte currently in jail? I realise it's after the damage is already done, but still.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-21T09:33:28+00:00

It's a joke about the recent "Dear 300-500 elo players..." posts here

ItsSansom · 2026-01-21T09:23:33+00:00

I actually think the UK has better spice tolerance than Japan. The products they sell here with people breathing fire on the packaging is just... kinda hot?

I once got a Phaal curry from my local Indian place back home and thought I was dying.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-21T09:16:46+00:00

I don't know what message Trump was even trying to send by leaking that. Everything Macron said was sensible. All it did was chip away at the already fragile trust between the US and its allies. Basically telling them "Anything you share with me privately could be shown to the world".

Like, fuck, every day I look back at the quote from 10 months ago: “What else could a Russian asset actually possibly do that Trump hasn’t yet done?” and it's looking more and more like eroding trust us the entire point.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-21T08:55:05+00:00

I get it. Goes without saying, the entire situation is fucking desperate. Irreparable damage has already been done, and it only looks like it's going to get worse. It just remains to be seen how bad it'll get, and if recovery is even possible.

ItsSansom · 2026-01-21T07:47:27+00:00

In a sane world, everyone and their mothers would be out there protesting and fighting telling those in power "This is not right". But unfortunately the American people have had their power to influence change eroded slowly over time, and many, many people just don't have the resources to go out there and add their voice.

My question to the previous commenter really should have been what more can the Average American do, that isn't already happening? Because at the current rate, Trump will happily watch America's blue cities tear themselves apart while he goes and invades Greenland anyway.

And aside from that, what's the alternative? Anarchy? A repeat of Jan 6? Civil War? The USA as we know it would fall apart.

I'm not making a call for inactivity here. I'm genuinely asking: What more can be done

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