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Czech climber Adam Ondra climbing El Capitán in Yosemite National Park (lemmy.world)

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[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, one of the best climbers in the world is not 'smart' when climbing with the proper security setup.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

one of the "best climbers" just means "hasn't yet had a catastrophe". even 'with precautions' one mistake and it'd hurt like hell getting smacked and scraped against the front of that rock face, while flailing and trying to control the situation, recover...

its kinda like jumping out of a plane with a parachute. yeah sure 'precautions' but you're still deciding 'yes I should leave a perfectly capable vehicle to plunge towards the earth with comparatively minimal control over the situation'. and in both situations, your safety gear isn't guaranteed...

so yes, very "smart" indeed