22 thoughts on “The free-climber’s Everest.”

1. Thanks KG, I feel really sick. My fault for looking.

   • sorry Mara! I used to love the sport and couldn’t resist commenting on this climb.
     (Gecko feels the way you do when she looks at those pics.)

2. Have been and I do!

   • Wonderful, innit? The sheer perseverance is amazing.

     • Yep- in theory, a fall from ten meters is as fatal, as one from a hundred but it’s a whole world different actually doing it.

       • Ain’t that the truth! Climbing is more about the head than physical strength.

         • Yes,one does need be a bit off in the head to go free climbing

         • Yep- seen a bunch of bulging dickheads unable to climb their own height. And round chaps go up the rock like a gecko!

3. Thread-jacking, with apologies to our esteemed host, but if this one’s real it’s truly EPIC.

   I don’t know much about the Australian Lib Dems except I like their slogan:

   There are two guiding principles that determine our approach to legislation. We would never vote for an increase in taxes and we would never vote for a reduction in liberty.

   If they live up to that, I’m a fan. Anyway, David Leyonhjelm is a Senator from NSW and has had someone stalking and harassing him over his support for freedom of speech. His reply to that stalker is truly the best thing I’ve ever read!

   • And that, friends, is the only response some leftist piece of shit deserves.

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     • Short and to the point. Just like me!

       • And there was I, thinking you were the soul of tact and sensitivity, Os.

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4. Bletch … this stuff turns my stomach. No life saving ropes? Really??

   • Terminal velocity is the same at 300ft as it is at 3000, Mara.

5. KG , I know almost nothing about terminal velocity but I can assure you that I would not be related to anyone who would hang onto rock face, thousands of metres high by their fingernails .Who the hell would? Presumably these climbers have family with good blood pressure and and excellent life insurance cover,

   • I can’t explain it Mara, except to say it’s less scary doing it than to be scared of doing it would be.
     Sort of.
     That, and the irresistible urge to have a go at beating what everybody says can’t be done.

     • As Kipling would say, “you’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din”. This stuff scares the crap out of me……
       I’m not so fit now but my challenge used to be marathons.
       Still a challenge in them but a bit safer…..

       • Well, a marathon would be scary to me – too many people, too close.
         A walk down a busy city footpath is bad enough….
         Rock climbing and parachuting are both a good way to get an adrenaline buzz without looking like a kamikaze…

6. Tourists at the top: “Why the hell did you waste your valuable time climbing up this here mountain on this side when there is a perfectly good road up the other way ”

   Mountain Climber: “BECAUSE THE MOUNTAIN WAS THERE ”

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