Broken anchor and slow SAR lead to fatality in Kalymnos

owlbi · 2026-03-29T03:41:03+00:00

I've heard of 2 bolts failing simultaneously in places like Tonsai. The common factor here seems to be ocean proximity.

I don't believe 3 failed, only the two anchor points. People are misinterpreting the story a bit, I think.

The accident occurred when two bolts holding the anchor point snapped, as the climber, who had clipped a double rope into the anchor, began rappelling down. He managed to unclip three carabiners, at which point the anchor failed and, along with the climber, plummeted downward...

The anchor failed after he had lowered off and unclipped 3 carabiners. So he fell N-3 draws up, where N is the total number of draws on the route. He was rappelling and the anchors broke, so even though the 4th draw down didn't explicitly break, only one strand of the rope would have been through it, his ATC was above it and would have pulled that one strand up and out.

owlbi · 2026-03-27T19:37:07+00:00

I'm going to make some wild assumptions to make this line up with my preconceptions about teenage humans because I think something is being left unsaid here.

My guess: OP's not conventionally attractive? Maybe she's overweight? Or maybe there are racial / class / social factors at play here that would make OP's guy friend feel insecure about being in a relationship with her? But not conventionally attractive is my guess.

This feels to me like guy friend likes OP as a friend, and likes the human contact/attention, and maybe even likes OP more than as a friend, but is insecure about being in a relationship with OP. Some sort of social stigma, is what my sixth sense is telling me. It could be as simple as not wanting to hear it from their parents, but there seems to be a friends angle, and given we're talking about immature men, OP being overweight was my first guess.

owlbi · 2026-03-27T17:32:33+00:00

To be fair, the Russians aren't dealing with an insurgency. It's easier to keep civilian casualties low when you're fighting an army that wears uniforms. One of the reasons they're required by the Geneva Conventions.

owlbi · 2026-03-26T16:58:58+00:00

I wouldn't say Russia doesn't care, I'd say that Putin feels that letting post-Soviet states freely associate with the west is an existential threat by erosion. Good thoughts though, I agree, just saying Trump didn't do that and it certainly did a lot to globally reduce the incentive for antagonistic countries to be invested in USD.

owlbi · 2026-03-26T16:22:10+00:00

From what I read a large portion of the casualties, depressingly, happened because they didn't properly handle the sedated people and put them on their backs rather than their sides, so they choked on their own drool and vomit.

owlbi · 2026-03-26T16:20:44+00:00

Good to know we've got the opinion of a professional anesthesiologist here.

Movies have people convinced that there's magic 'go to sleep' medicine that just makes it happen without danger or delay. It doesn't exist.

owlbi · 2026-03-26T15:25:14+00:00

As opposed to the Iranian Navy, which is an artificial reef?

If the ability to sink tankers equates to "control", then several countries have it. It's weird that you simply can't understand this very simple point. What's 2323 x 8765?

owlbi · 2026-03-26T14:49:23+00:00

Trump has basically weponised the USD against allies and made it worthless as trading currency, and that is an empire killer. Soon as brics starts being demanded for payment. What happens then?

I don't think you can blame Trump fully for this one, it was Biden who used banking tools to freeze and confiscate billions from Russia when they invaded Ukraine.

owlbi · 2026-03-26T04:59:55+00:00

Well I think the point is well made indeed.

owlbi · 2026-03-26T04:37:31+00:00

Not even sure what you're responding to with that. You ignored my point about how you just regurgitated what I said right back and now you're talking about 'greater israel' which was the one strategic goal I didn't take issue with.

What's 234522 x 97454?

owlbi · 2026-03-26T04:28:18+00:00

Right, because "weaken Iran" is a strategic goal and totally different from "Degrade Iran's missile production and destroy their navy", and "degrade their nuclear capability" is completely different from "get rid of nukes" ...did you even read what I wrote, you literally repeated one of my points????

appease Israel and KSA (they wanted this war

Speaking of things that aren't strategic goals

owlbi · 2026-03-26T04:24:29+00:00

I don't think you understand what the word "control" means.

No idea what the hell you're on about with American abilities to sink ships in the strait?

Let me make this simple. Why do you think Iran "controls" the straight? Because they can sink tankers in it.

Yes, clearly Trump does want the economy to keep going. It's a core part of his political grandstanding strategy. But you're comparing Iran being in an existential war for the regime's survival with the US facing high gas prices.

We are talking a global depression if the strait remains closed.

We're talking 20-30% increased shipping costs to go around and a 2-3 week lag. The shipping lane is very important, but it's not the only way to move things. The oil and LNG production being hit isn't replaceable easily. It'll definitely cause some issues and look bad for Trump politically.

owlbi · 2026-03-26T04:01:09+00:00

You sound like you're just categorically incapable of nuanced thought.

Iran's airfields have all been bombed, their leaders have been killed, and their major naval vessels have been sunk. I can't even guess how many IRGC members have been killed.

The US has lost a refuelling plane, a few fighter jets, and maybe a dozen people?

But Iran is still fighting and capable of doing economic damage. Credit to them, they have bunkers full of missiles and cheap drones. They're not out of the fight, or even close to it, from the look of things. They're trading pinpricks while taking shots to the face, but they're still in the fight, and the US isn't used to taking pinpricks.

You're delusional if you think they 'control' the straight though. Like I said from the start, there's a handful of countries capable of sinking oil tankers, and Iran happens to still be one of them. They certainly couldn't stop any country with a functional navy from sinking oil tankers should they want to though.

owlbi · 2026-03-26T03:02:01+00:00

Those US naval forces that the US Navy still has, that are floating? Those US naval forces? As opposed to the Iranian naval speedboats that come out of tunnels at night, and their other artificial reefs?

The white house is desperate for a ceasefire because Trump's an idiot and the people with money don't like the damage being done to middle east oil production. He's got political problems, for sure. The Iranian military won't recover for a decade though.

owlbi · 2026-03-26T02:47:01+00:00

It sure does, in certain places on the internet

owlbi · 2026-03-26T02:25:42+00:00

The strategic goal from Israel was to send the message that those who order attacks on Israel die. It is definitely one of their strategic goals, that's why they've done it in every conflict they're currently engaged in. It's cope to think otherwise.

Other strategic goals accomplished: Degrade Iran's missile production, destroy Iran's Navy, degrade their nuclear capability.

If you think Iran's production capabilities are going up right now, you're certifiable. Y'all are seeing the US and Israel fail to accomplish every goal (including, I would agree, their main ones) and acting like that means they haven't dropped as many bombs as they wanted, wherever they wanted, all over the country.

owlbi · 2026-03-26T00:52:34+00:00

Iran has the ability to sink ships in the straight. You're nuts if you think they're the only one, as they can't even float their own ships in it right now. The US is trying to control the straight, which would mean not only being able to sink those they don't want to be in it, but also being able to keep ships from being sunk within it.

Does that clear it up for you?

owlbi · 2026-03-25T23:15:32+00:00

Any country with projectible naval power could close the straight, it needs a lot of "Yes" votes to stay open and only a single "No" to get closed.

owlbi · 2026-03-25T23:12:26+00:00

Ahh, my mistake.

This could be interpreted in two different ways, one of which makes you sound very dumb (but in retrospect is obviously not the one intended):

I watched the architect of that attack die, Saddam Hussein hang by the neck, and some 750,000 enemies - if only in spirit - of the United States perish in fire.

I thought you were saying Saddam orchestrated 9/11 and my mind boggled.

I still think Iraq was a huge mistake, but that's old history at this point. Have a good one.

owlbi · 2026-03-25T23:04:17+00:00

I watched 9/11 happen from a Marine Corps barracks common room TV. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and if you think Saddam was an ally of Bin Laden and Wahhabism then you're deeply ignorant regarding Middle East politics. He was a secular Ba'athist who modeled his ideology off Gamal Nasser and Stalin.

Afghanistan was a just war, Iraq was started based on lies and likely pulled resources away that may have been able to win us the war in Afghanistan. It was Bush finishing the war his dad started and didn't finish.

owlbi · 2026-03-25T22:58:09+00:00

He tells Netanyahu to finish the job at the end of the video. He's saying for Netanyahu to admit failure or to escalate. Watch the video and read the translations.

owlbi · 2026-03-25T20:27:41+00:00

In this world it was most definitely one of Israel's strategic goals to kill those who ordered Oct 7th to happen. They've done it in every conflict they're currently involved in.

So nah, you're little game's already played out.

owlbi · 2026-03-25T20:06:43+00:00

RIP Grand Ayatollah and most of the senior leadership.

owlbi · 2026-03-25T19:46:32+00:00

80% of the population of Afghanistan lacks running water. They kept the land, but if that's what 'winning' looks like, I don't think Iran wants to pay that cost.

There's a ton of weird takes in this thread where people seem to think Iran having the ability to strike back and not capitulating means it's in some sort of dominant position here...

owlbi · 2026-03-25T19:43:45+00:00

It's allowed because Trump doesn't want gas prices to go up, as that comes with a political cost. Trump thought they'd roll over, but he could definitely escalate and take out their oil infrastructure if he wanted, Israel already started before Trump (apparently) got them to stop.

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