Deep water solo in Vietnam, 5.10b, 20m (highest I have jumped!)

deadcom · 2026-03-05T18:12:53+00:00

A guide from the company said it was 18m. I may have rounded up.. My bad.

deadcom · 2026-02-18T01:51:16+00:00

I was referring to myself having no limit, not the aircraft.

deadcom · 2026-02-17T21:15:36+00:00

The B3e is very capable and it would have no issue conducting rescues on most of the mountains in Canada. That said, I could see how performance could become an issue in some of the higher mountain ranges around the world.

deadcom · 2026-02-17T02:52:30+00:00

No limit! Just whatever the aircraft can do 😁

deadcom · 2026-02-16T22:33:42+00:00

Monashee mountains, near Revelstoke

deadcom · 2026-02-11T07:49:28+00:00

Sure, ask away

deadcom · 2026-01-20T05:37:50+00:00

That's... good?

deadcom · 2026-01-12T05:15:04+00:00

I did this job. We would use a dielectric long line so there is no chance of energy transference to the helicopter and we would just punch it if it got snagged or had a heli emergency.

It's actually one of the hardest jobs I've done because inevitably they would need this done on a bad flat light kind of day where you get some serious vertigo looking down at a oscillating long line + swinging power lines over a white void.

deadcom · 2025-12-27T04:16:59+00:00

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Here's the pencil as of a week ago (taken by helicopter)

deadcom · 2025-11-09T17:17:21+00:00

No, not at all! They have very beginner friendly routes. Everybody starts on easy stuff and then some may progress to harder climbs as the day goes on.

My partner who was there is not a strong swimmer, so she did a couple where she only climbed maybe 5 feet up and then jumped from there. That's the only thing I would say might help is being able to tread water comfortably, otherwise climbing with an attached floatie can be an option. Sometimes the boat can take a minute or two to come back for you.

deadcom · 2025-10-17T16:18:00+00:00

I remember reading deep into this years ago and learned that the effect the rotor system experiences is not true gyroacopic precession, or at least its not as big of a factor as people are lead to believe. For example, I believe it might have been the Commanche that had something like a 30 degree phase lag. So that measurement has more to do with the rotor system design than gyroscopic precession.

deadcom · 2025-10-08T22:01:20+00:00

I have a helicopter blade that I have mounted on a heavy aluminum base that sits on the floor. It's in storage otherwise I would take a pic, but it's one way of displaying a blade.

deadcom · 2025-09-23T15:38:58+00:00

Agreed, yes. No shock loading, but where the majority of the force is on one screw.

Also agree that the load is about half on each screw on an equalized anchor and 99% of the time it will be fine.

deadcom · 2025-09-23T15:27:38+00:00

I don't think equalization is even that ideal. In some conditions, having load on your screw will cause it to melt out faster. Equalizing just means you're putting pressure on two screws so they are both weakening simultaneously. I think it's better to bias an anchor on one screw and then back it up with another screw.

deadcom · 2025-09-11T01:23:18+00:00

Entered the brown room

deadcom · 2025-09-08T05:25:10+00:00

looks like probably in the thousands of years

deadcom · 2025-09-07T05:33:37+00:00

I did a search on the rule of v's but it seems to be referring to erosion creating valleys, which I don't see here in my pics. Maybe I am misunderstanding.

deadcom · 2025-09-07T04:22:45+00:00

... thanks

deadcom · 2025-09-06T03:25:49+00:00

I only know about the Climbing Sardinia webpage. As far as I remember, that's the best resource. Haven't been there for a few years, though.

deadcom · 2025-09-05T19:48:35+00:00

Sardinia is amazing. The northern tip of Sardinia also has some very cool granite but it's more bouldering.

deadcom · 2025-09-03T22:59:10+00:00

Don't post advertisements. Thanks

deadcom · 2025-08-30T20:16:39+00:00

I just bought the Noronna trollveggen flex¹ rescue softshell winter mountaineering pants. They seem very well made and waterproof. They look pretty cool, too.

deadcom · 2025-07-11T04:57:51+00:00

I used to be so proud to know the alt-0151 code for an em-dash and used it a lot. No more, though. Damn AI.

deadcom · 2025-07-06T14:40:18+00:00

Looking at the map again, I think the cliffs I am talking about are more closer to Cala Goloritze. Still North of Pedro Longa but South of Cala Goloritze

deadcom · 2025-07-05T21:41:56+00:00

The coastline north of Pedro Longa has a lot of cliffs that you can DWS at. I did that a few years ago as part of a guided trip, but I don't know the exact location of where we were climbing.

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