View Full Version : How's this for a hike?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbtZfzxX44o
My passport is ready. Who wants to join me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbtZfzxX44o
My passport is ready. Who wants to join me?
Absolutely never. No amount of anything would get me to do that.
illabelle
08-04-2014, 05:33
Watching the video wasn't a problem. Being there is a whole 'nother story! I would die from screaming.
What would they do about lightning?
Damn Yankee
08-04-2014, 09:01
AWESOME! When do we leave?
Tipi Walter
08-04-2014, 09:07
The worst most dangerous part of it was SITTING THRU A 30 SECOND COMMERCIAL. Now if only Jeep could somehow put a road up there.
The harness system they use does not look like it would work in a fall---as your body weight pulls your arms out of the straps and your head is next.
I like 2:58/2:59 where it looks like part of a body is down below on the rocks.
100 deaths a year? America is way too litigious to EVER consider something like this. And the soundtrack of the vid is neat when you hear what seems to be a young child or toddler in the background---great place to bring a kid.
But why isn't everyone wearing an 80 lb pack???
Wow, that's some serious mountain hiking. Not for me. I am definitely a wimp compared to those folks.
Another Kevin
08-04-2014, 11:10
The harness system they use does not look like it would work in a fall---as your body weight pulls your arms out of the straps and your head is next.
Yeah. If presented with that thing, I'd find some line or webbing somewhere and tie a Studebaker seat. (Or a Swiss seat, but Studebaker is what I learnt, back in the day.) But that cable doesn't look like good protection anyway.
Kerosene
08-04-2014, 15:05
No thanks. Half Dome was about as extreme as I'm going to get!
Way behond my skill set. But 35 years ago with the proper training and skilled supervision... I might have just been game to give it a go.
If they made the planks 6 times wider, I would still never do it. That is nuts.
rocketsocks
08-04-2014, 17:07
Thanks for the invite Dogwood...but way to airy and rusty for me.