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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Sep 23, 2010 - 04:08pm PT
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A walk is a walk to some extent, I'm way more impressed by the sit start with that exposure.
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dustonian
climber
RRG
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Sep 23, 2010 - 04:10pm PT
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You're right, Wall guy, nothing gay at all about posting naked videos of yourself on a website dominated by men.
And Bullwinkle, I've already got more life than I have time for with climbing, family, and working with the aim of benefitting humanity, but thanks for the petty aphorism. The OP, on the other hand, is obviously desperate to give some sort of higher significance to a fun but ultimately meaningless hobby. That, and hopefully sell a few slackline kits along the way. My point is the guy could have put the thousands and thousands of hours and dollars spent on these fruity feats of balance into something that could have benefited society, people in need, or any number of worthwhile causes. Blowing it all on slacklining and another arbitrary and pointless "milestone" is fine and good, but continually spraying about it on the internet is just sad. There are an infinite number of more impressive, beneficial, unique, and difficult things going on in the world that we could be celebrating, or better still, striving to emulate.
Bottom line--slackline or climb or whatever in your free time to augment your own quality of life, great. But accept from the get-go it is a self-indulgent and pointless activity and don't expect everyone to be impressed when you boast about it online. And let's face it, walking a slackline is 5.11 tops... pants on or off, line on fire, 1", 2", circular Amsteel, whatever. Slack-chain, maybe 5.12. Even as a feat of balance and skill it's really not very impressive.
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bestbefore
climber
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Sep 23, 2010 - 05:53pm PT
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I've got to agree with Karl and Werner here. A guy goes out and does the ultimate Free Solo slackline walk, and all people can say is "That's not so hard" or "He's a fag!" Serious need of a karma recharge on this site!
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RioT
Trad climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 23, 2010 - 06:38pm PT
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I have spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours doing what i love AND i have been trying to help humanity while doing it. I have personally started hundreds of people walking the slackline, and they are utterly thankful for this "meaningless feat of balance" i got them addicted to. I have toured schools and given inspirational speeches to kids using slackline as a metaphor for life. "one step at a time." "balance in life." "learning to stay focused." These are all good lessons for kids, and it can be taught in a very positive, physically active way. And the kids LOVE IT. I have held hands of kids, teens, college students, adults, grand patents... and helped them across the slackline. Even though its just a simple challenge, it gives people something to hold onto. Something to challenge themselves with. I even host my own slackline competition annually, with ZERO budget, and for ZERO profit, but rather all in the name of slackline! The event is supported by many different companies, and all the prizes, raffle items, everything... goes back into the community.
Call me a fag, tell me to get lost, tell me slackline is lame... but don't accuse me of being a soulless filthy rich schmuck trying to suck the life out of the community! I am definition dirtbag. A slacker slacking for dirtbags and slackers alike. I'm that crazy friend who stops by once in a blue moon to sleep on your couch because the engine in my car wont stop smoking...
+ no matter how lame or gay my videos are, i am still getting your clicks either way ;P
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Gene
Social climber
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Sep 23, 2010 - 06:57pm PT
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RioT,
What you did was impressive, bold, and freaking scary!!! Props. But I’d have the same reaction if you had a pair of shorts on.
There is nothing like seeing the face of a tourist spotting a naked unharnessed man scream out over Yosemite valley at 8:30 am at the top of lost arrow spire. They must have been hiking up the falls trail since around 6 am to see this?! B.e.a.utiful! ;D
You have stressed the ‘balls free' naked aspect of your walk. Seems that balls free added to your experience. Fine. I’m by no means a prude, but do you think going cheeky is any more impressive than doing it with a pair of shorts on?
Suspending reality momentarily and assuming I had the ability to do an untethered slackline to the LA, I’d be reluctant to do it naked for fear of snail eye. Don’t want that on camera.
Best,
g
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RioT
Trad climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 23, 2010 - 07:01pm PT
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It is kind of a 'cheeky' stunt... but, I did it with shorts on last year... I did a presentation on it with Timmy O'Neill at banff. This year i was just having fun =)
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dustonian
climber
RRG
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Sep 23, 2010 - 09:20pm PT
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Cool man, I'm glad to hear you have found a productive outlet for slacklining. Keep it up, maybe some good will come out of all that money and time after all.
I should clarify that I never called you a "fag" and wouldn't use a word like that; when I said "gay" I really should have said it it more in the context I meant: "lame." In no way do I think your sexual orientation is at issue here, and if you like to have sex with men that is completely acceptable and irrelevant here. I do however think you are a desperate spraylord looking to squeeze every ounce of personal identity and also profit (as you admit in your own post) that you can out of a fun, but frivolous pasttime. (And if you don't want people's opinions and feedback, then don't forcibly project yourself into the public sphere.)
By the way, you need to pad your lines man. You screwed up the trees at Miguel's here in Kentucky pretty severely with your unpadded 2" Gibbon line around two 4.5" saplings. They aren't long for this world.
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dogtown
Trad climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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Sep 24, 2010 - 01:02am PT
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Hey Dustbin, get a life. . .
For sure man! Live the life. Be a good man. And a good climber. Hubble yourself.
Dogtown.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Sep 24, 2010 - 02:07am PT
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Dustonian is a man.
Men dominate this board.
Therefore, Dustonian dominates this board.
anyone see the phallacy here?
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Gene
Social climber
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Sep 24, 2010 - 02:25am PT
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anyone see the phallacy here?
And for that I am happy.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 24, 2010 - 02:41am PT
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anyone see the phallacy here?
Uh, I can see a fallacy, but if you're seeing a phallacy, well I guess there's nothing wrong with that.
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go-B
climber
Matthew 25:40
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Sep 24, 2010 - 11:03am PT
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Ball'Z!
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Sep 24, 2010 - 01:42pm PT
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You could walk it with a Roman candle stuck in your a*# shooting flaming balls, and it would still be another bored guy walking on a piece of webbing.
The animosity comes from the repetitive aspect of it and touting every walk as some ground breaking, newsworthy achievement. Let's face it, you've seen someone walk one line, you've seen 'em all. When you have to resort to ever more silly and desperate stunts to try to squeeze some interest out of a very reptitive activity, that might be your first clue.
When ya'll start doing untethered backflips on the Spire line, I might be interested. Until then, yawn. I can watch people walk lines in most climbers' campgrounds. Its about as interesting as watching paint dry.
I don't think you're homosexual, nor would it matter if you were. But slacklining to me is about as exciting as flatw#ter kayaking...which is to say, it's a good sleep aid...better than Ambien.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Sep 24, 2010 - 02:20pm PT
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I'm thinking if you had stuck to just butt shots, this thread would be a lot shorter...
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monolith
climber
Berkeley, CA
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Sep 24, 2010 - 05:52pm PT
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I also agree with Karl and Weiner.
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RioT
Trad climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 27, 2010 - 09:14pm PT
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/touch ;P
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FeelioBabar
Trad climber
One drink ahead of my past.
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hater's gonna hate.
tough to see in the vid...but there is a little red wagon behind him that is towing his enormous balls.
bold!
proud!
thanks for sharing (aside from seeing the Captain and two Neils danglin in the breeze)
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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that's just wacky.
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