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Posted: 5/26/2011 11:15:37 AM EDT
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Just don't forget where you are and stumble outside in the dark to take a piss.
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It's common in big wall climbing. They're actually quite safe if they're hitched into bolts.
Back in the old days when a climber had to bivvy overnight on a big wall, they had to force themselves to stay awake the entire night because if they fell asleep they would probably fall to their deaths. The most protection they would have is a piton or something similar. If you're interested in these stories I highly recommend reading books like Gaston Rebuffat's "Starlight and Storm" and some of the books accounting the ascents of the great north faces of the Alps. The first real attempt on the north face of The Eiger (Ogre) resulted in a locale being nicknamed the "Death Bivouac" after the climbers were forced to bivvy there overnight. You can guess the outcome of the climb by the name. Even though I've had some experience climbing on ice, I don't like the idea of falling asleep while anchored into a cam or bolt. |
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It's common in big wall climbing. They're actually quite safe if they're hitched into bolts. Back in the old days when a climber had to bivvy overnight on a big wall, they had to force themselves to stay awake the entire night because if they fell asleep they would probably fall to their deaths. The most protection they would have is a piton or something similar. If you're interested in these stories I highly recommend reading books like Gaston Rebuffat's "Starlight and Storm" and some of the books accounting for the bivouacs on the great north faces of the Alps. Even though I've had some experience climbing on ice, I don't like the idea of falling asleep while anchored into a cam or bolt. Yeah and my car is quite safe too until something goes wrong and I go crashing into an oncoming semi at 75...... I dont think I could sped 8 hours hanging from some bolt screwed into a cliff face...... |
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There is no mother fucking way I would out there doing that.. Sorry but it ain't going to happen!!! Wasn't it in one of the stan countries that some rock climber were take captive while camping out on a cliff like that.. I think it was in Jerkoffastan or some place like that..
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I climbed a few Yosemite walls when I was much younger and dumber. I slept like a rock
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Mountain climbing intrigues me, and Climbing Everest or even K2 would be a dream come true and I'd do it in a heartbeat.
But... suspending myself asleep on a cliff face for hours? Not something I care to do... ever. |
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Quoted: What if you have to take a dump in the middle of the night? I'm more concerned about the guys camping 1,000 ft above me. |
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Hmmm...dont see any way the zombies can get you there... They jump off the top of the cliff and grab you on the way down? As long as they don't land head first when they land, I don't think scavengers would get all of you eaten before the zombies wake up. |
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this is common practice on big wall climbs. I've never done one myself but sure does look like fun
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Wife likes to get it on in the tent.....so no sheer cliff camping for us
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What if you have to take a dump in the middle of the night? Bombs away!!!!!!!!!! |
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Big wall climbing!!! Sweet.
Devil's Lake in WI had guy walk off cliff night before we climbed. Blood on the rocks gives you something to think about. |
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Wife likes to get it on in the tent.....so no sheer cliff camping for us Yeah, but the harness is very useful and kinda looks like a garter belt. |
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Don't have to worry about putting your food in a bear sack, that's for sure!!
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I've done this before! However, I did this indoors on a fake rockwall.
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Climbers have been doing this for 30 years - that I know of.
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Quoted: Don't have to worry about putting your food in a bear sack, that's for sure!! Nope, you BECOME food in a bear sack..... |
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Wife likes to get it on in the tent.....so no sheer cliff camping for us there's actually a porn of two people having sex while hanging on ropes off a cliff |
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There is no mother fucking way I would out there doing that.. Sorry but it ain't going to happen!!! Wasn't it in one of the stan countries that some rock climber were take captive while camping out on a cliff like that.. I think it was in Jerkoffastan or some place like that.. Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodden, in Kyrgyzstan. They waited until one of the guys left and then pushed the other one off a cliff. |
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Quoted: Quoted: There is no mother fucking way I would out there doing that.. Sorry but it ain't going to happen!!! Wasn't it in one of the stan countries that some rock climber were take captive while camping out on a cliff like that.. I think it was in Jerkoffastan or some place like that.. Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodden, in Kyrgyzstan. They waited until one of the guys left and then pushed the other one off a cliff. Wow. Thanks for the link. |
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Wife likes to get it on in the tent.....so no sheer cliff camping for us there's actually a porn of two people having sex while hanging on ropes off a cliff I..umm...heard about that. |
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I used to rock climb a lot when I was in college. I always thought it would be cool to go big wall climbing
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What if you have to take a dump in the middle of the night? Well you used to take a dump in a paper lunch sack and wing it as far away from the cliff as possible. Now they carry big PVC tubes and place the waste in them ( at least in Yosemite ). NEVER EVER walk near the base of ElCapitan first thing in the morning. |
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The tents wouldn't bother me as much as the open platforms. No. http://i56.tinypic.com/dphiex.jpg All the tents are is a rainfly on the platforms. As for taking a dump you are supposed to go in a brown bag and then shove it into a PVC pipe to haul it off when you leave. Not nice to look up and take a face full because some jerk above doesn't care about hygiene or the environment. |
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Quoted: Fuck that. I can barely pitch a tent on a level surface. They have pills that for that... |
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Quoted: Quoted: That looks fucking awesome. insane. FIFY Synonyms, yeah? |
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I've done some big drops while rappelling...ain't no fucking way I could sleep knowing that my life depends on a bolt or two.
Nope. No way. |
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