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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Jul 21, 2011 - 06:47pm PT
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Been done at Niagra.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jul 21, 2011 - 06:50pm PT
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A famous aerialist (Blondin?) had a tightwire across Niagara in the late 19th century, and crossed it several times. It seems an unlikely place for a slackline - it's an awfully long way.
I just hope that no one took a videorecording of the accident, or if someone did, that it's only given to YOSAR, law enforcement, and the families, and not published on the internet or sold to the news media.
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rectorsquid
climber
Lake Tahoe
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Jul 21, 2011 - 07:51pm PT
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Signs and rails obviously hold no impact
The death toll might be way higher without the signs. I can't imagine them having no impact.
In this particular case, maybe more people would have jumped in to attempt a rescue had the rails and signs not been there. Who the heck knows how bad things could get without the rails and signs.
Dave
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WBraun
climber
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Jul 21, 2011 - 07:53pm PT
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LOL
These guys have totally lost it now. The obsession has grown.
They're all fantasizing going over Niagara falls in a barrel now .....
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Jul 21, 2011 - 07:54pm PT
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You are right about it being a tightwire, and it was done more than once, I believe.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Jul 21, 2011 - 09:50pm PT
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Here is a much different view of the falls:
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WBraun
climber
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Jul 21, 2011 - 11:19pm PT
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And here's the real deal ....
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thetennisguy
Mountain climber
Yuba City, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 21, 2011 - 11:22pm PT
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Typically it takes a few days for the bodies to surface, so perhaps they will be recovered soon. Condolences to the families. The water up there and the pools in particular are so alluring that many folks think it's a worth risk taking, I suppose. It's like a moth to the flame. There's probably hundreds of folks that do this same thing each year and get away with it. We only hear about the one that don't make it.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jul 21, 2011 - 11:24pm PT
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Great pic Werner. Is that part of the recovery effort?
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WBraun
climber
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Jul 21, 2011 - 11:25pm PT
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From a few years ago.
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Tobia
Social climber
GA
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Jul 21, 2011 - 11:41pm PT
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Leah Oliver Good, mentioned above in the quoted list of victims of Vernal Falls, had a son that worked in the YPCC warehouse that I worked with.
I had forgotten his mom died in that manner. The realization that someone you have familiarity with, however remotely, makes this more horrible.
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Mr_T
Trad climber
Northern California
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Jul 22, 2011 - 12:08am PT
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Was hiking down later Tuesday from above Nevada Falls, and saw some idiot playing in the river about 25 yards above the Nevada drop. Found out later that every once in a while one of these moths does get sucked over. Glad it wasn't while I was earlier in the day and not the falls I was walking past...
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dugillian
Trad climber
Vancouver
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Jul 22, 2011 - 01:19am PT
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and the Christians still don't believe in Natural Selection.
Nor do they believe in Darwinism but even in today's Nanny society it still occurs.
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dugillian
Trad climber
Vancouver
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Jul 22, 2011 - 01:49am PT
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Hmmm...If only the Catholics allowed women to make choices about their own bodies and started getting rid of ALL of their pedophile priests instead of just shuffling them around would they truly have two moral feet to stand upon.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Jul 22, 2011 - 02:15am PT
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nope
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Jul 22, 2011 - 02:55am PT
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shortcut between Grizzly and Broderick? Yes - you start right from the top of Vernal, but the other side. A dry gulch leads up, becomes more wooded, and a few easy ledge traverses is all you deal with. Not even manzanita bushes as I recall. I tried this approach by looking at the old coffee-table book Above Yosemite, featuring NASA photos and photos from airplanes (back before Gooogle earth).
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Jul 22, 2011 - 03:39am PT
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some brothers wrote
I respectfully disagree, Karl.
As climbers, we have FULL knowledge of the dangers inherent in this natural world, and that knowledge gives us FULL right to 'preach' or share what we know with others in the environment.
As climbers, we do everything we can to mitigate the danger, with gear, harnesses, rope, etc. These things are the equivalant of that fence at the top of the falls; in place to avoid the hazards.
I liken climbing over that railing to climbers walking past Jesse's signs in the Valley at the site of active rock fall areas, and willfully roping up.
WBraun
climber
Jul 20, 2011 - 09:22am PT
I'm in the rescue business.
I have every right to preach when you're out of line doing something stupid .....
Still don't agree. If this was thread about Bachar decking, or somebody eating it soloing some sick himalayan face, the "Stupid" tone would be far more toned down.
The fact that we know we're doing ridiculously dangerous things doesn't make it more wise than some tourist who makes a bad call, thinking it's not so dangerous.
We have the safety tools and don't always use them. I walk right by the "Safety" signs every year to descent tenaya canyon and I'd walk past more signs around Glacier Point and the falls if it didn't set a bad example for others.
Peace
Karl
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