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wbw
Trad climber
'cross the great divide
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That swimming with the devil video makes me nauseous. A bit like having team tug-of-war on the edge of El Cap.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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I feel the same WBW. There is no way I'd go in that water, and I wouldn't stand by and watch others do it either. Utter Stupidity.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Where is that Swimming with the Devil video shot? Victoria Falls? Iguazu? I love how the chick says something like 'no way I'm doing that' and then hops right in. Absolutely brain dead.
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plund
Social climber
OD, MN
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re: Devil's Pool...thank you, no.
All those swimmers need to be seriously considered for the Darwin Awards.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, all...
as to the 'devil's pool' thing...
the thing that is really bad now, is that folks will get
complacent, seeing pics like that, and will asume this
is 'standard procedure' for all waterfalls... :(
never bothering to read, learn, or find out what is really
going on, there, or elsewhere...
:(
still, as to WHY folks can actually DO that... it is a very fool-hearty looking way to 'have fun'no matter what the 'mechanics' of it is--it seems like tempting accidents, and such... but that is just my opinion,
and i am just:
a mom (and gramma)...
back in my day, we were taught to respect that slippery stuff
along creeks, rivers, etc...
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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I wonder who got in that Devil's pool the first time and figured out you wouldn't get swept over? Big commitment!
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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My brother once swam in the last pool at the edge of Bridalveil.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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The Japanese have rebuilt the same tsunami-destroyed towns over and over.
Tsunami and earthquakes are part of their "life" since way before American know it alls.
They accept their fates unlike Americans who need to sue everyone on the planet and take no responsibility.
Different culture, different values on life, then Americans who "think" they can control everything.
The US rebuilt New Orleans, there's almost no hope the same thing won't happen again and sea level is rising to boot
peace
Karl
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kc
Trad climber
the cats
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Well, the Japanese don't have the lock on rebuilding. What do the people in Florida do every year after the Hurricanes? Rebuild in the same place. I don't call that 'cultural'. That's just rebuilding your home.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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The last tsunami of the same size in Japan was a thousand years ago in 960 A.D.
Right now in Japan the problem with rebuilding is that it's mostly old people who live in those villages
along the coast and they want to rebuild it just as it was.
The young people do not have the same traditional and provincial outlook and want to move higher.
However, age always has precedence in Japan so I think in the end, this will just cause more young
people to leave and hasten the depopulation of that area, an ongoing trend for 50
years.
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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That Devil's Pool is just not a big deal. There's no freakin current,
and they're standing behind a retaining wall, basically.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Devil's Pool = pussies.
I just have to indulge and repost this. It's so awesome.
If you look closely, I think he's throwin' the horns with that left hand.
Oh yeah.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, del cross...
as to your quote:
Did they ever find out what happened to that guy in the church group who disappeared near the top of the Yosemite Falls trail last year
i was wondering a bit about that too, i was thinking of his family, still,
after all this time....
:(
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otisdog
Big Wall climber
Sierra Madre & McGee Creek, Ca.
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The three in the article above are all from the central valley. The article doesn't mention the missing San Diego man.
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jstan
climber
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The photo, accidently captured by a tourist, is of Robert Overcracker attempting to raise awareness for homelessnss on Oct 1,1995. His rocket operated parachute failed to work and his body was never recovered.
No mention as to whether the jet ski was ever found.
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jstan
climber
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Yosemite Falls? You're kidding. Even hikers know you can't get your chute to open in the water.
Edit:
Del:
You're bad.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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I never panic in the face of danger. Werner and I have Ice Cold Blood. It will only warm up to true love. Which one of us has found it? Panic is emotion acted upon, we are like Spock (not Sprock) no emotion just get it done
fukking awesome, this is my mantra
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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i hear there is a Dutch Bros coffee going in at the top of yosemite falls,
currie company on the take again,
the currie company makes the gambino brothers look like a bunch of punks,
"i got chunks of punks like you in my stools,"
who said that?
ans below
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frank Sinatra
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