Nope

LuFins Dad · wrote on 21 Oct 2022, 00:35

@Mik said in Nope:

If there was something up there that I wanted....

That would involve spelunking gear, not mountain climbing…

Catseye3 · 21 Oct 2022, 12:48

Jon, if you haven't already, you might enjoy reading about Shane McConkey. He's billed as a professional skiier and BASE jumper, but that doesn't begin to do him justice. He did amazing feats, including skiing down a mountainside stark naked.

I learned about him in Steve Kotler's book, The Art of Impossible, though mentions of McConkey are spread throughout so you'd have to read the whole book; not a hardship. There are YouTubes on him, and even a movie -- go here for a trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2845780/.

George K · wrote on 21 Oct 2022, 12:48

@Catseye3 said in Nope:

He did amazing feats, including skiing down a mountainside stark naked.

I don't think "amazing" is the proper adjective here.

Horace · wrote on 21 Oct 2022, 12:51

He was so preoccupied with whether he could ski naked, he never stopped to think whether he should.

Catseye3 · wrote on 22 Oct 2022, 16:25

@Catseye3 said in Nope:

I learned about him in Steve Kotler's book, The Art of Impossible, though mentions of McConkey are spread throughout so you'd have to read the whole book; not a hardship.

Jon, very sorry -- I recommended the wrong book to you above. The one I had in mind is The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance. I regret this error; I hope you didn't spend a lot of time on the wrong book.

George K · 17 Nov 2022, 13:42

Horace · 17 Nov 2022, 15:22

@George-K said in Nope:

I might try that if I was already up there for some other reason, but I wouldn’t go up there just to do that.

Doctor Phibes · 17 Nov 2022, 18:56

@Horace said in Nope:

I might try that if I was already up there for some other reason, but I wouldn’t go up there just to do that.

So maybe if your plane had crashed up there and you found that your headphones had landed on the other side of the chasm? That would be annoying. Then, you'd get there and you'd find they were somebody else's headphones after all.

Horace · wrote on 17 Nov 2022, 18:56

@Doctor-Phibes said in Nope:

@Horace said in Nope:

I might try that if I was already up there for some other reason, but I wouldn’t go up there just to do that.

So maybe if your plane had crashed up there and you found that your headphones had landed on the other side of the chasm? That would be annoying. Then, you'd get there and you'd find they were somebody else's headphones after all.

My rule of thumb is that, after a plane crash on a craggy peak, it's finder's keepers.

Copper · wrote on 17 Nov 2022, 19:15

No helmet, what an idiot

George K · wrote on 12 Jan 2023, 00:50

Mik · wrote on 12 Jan 2023, 00:54

What’s the point?

George K · wrote on 12 Jan 2023, 00:57

Speaking of "nope."

jon-nyc · 20 Jan 2023, 21:23

89th · wrote on 20 Jan 2023, 21:23

@jon-nyc I’ve heard she’s attached via rope. But still.

George K · 25 Feb 2023, 03:21

Catseye3 · wrote on 24 Feb 2023, 20:33

Holey Moley. Just sitting here and watching this in the safety of my house gave me serious heebies.

Coming out of those tunnels must have been terrifying . . . he was at first blinded.

Doctor Phibes · wrote on 25 Feb 2023, 03:21

@George-K said in Nope:

What does he do if he runs into somebody coming the other way?

George K · wrote on 16 Jun 2023, 16:04

The New Coffee Room

Nope