• JohnnyFlapHoleSeed@lemmy.worldBanned
    38·
    2 months ago

    These goats always fascinated me. Like what the actual fuck? Why? Then when they eventually do make a mistake and fall they just like hop down the side of the mountain and/or tumble 100m they just hop right back up like nothing ever happened.

  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    I’m scared as fuck of heights but once in a while I torment myself watching videos of Alex Honnold, a freak of a human being who likes to do shit like free soloing El Cap. Watching him do crazy shit is actually kind of soothing, except for one time when he finished a climb on a slope like what these goats are on. It was basically like steps about 1" deep and a foot high; nothing to grab onto, he just had to stay leaned slightly in to the wall to keep from falling off. And I guess hope no wind sprung up. Just terrifying.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      I’ve done some climbing before (with ropes) and it’s kinda fun being in a slab like that where you can lean in and not always need to have a hand on the wall. But fuck that guy and no ropes. Even watching recorded videos of him doing things makes me incredibly nervous and uncomfortable. I don’t think we should be encouraging what he does the way we do.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    2 months ago

    I know I’m stumbling into “old man yells at cloud” territory here, but they could have just said “you’re”.

    There’s something really off-putting about people talking like this on the internet when there’s like a 95% chance they’re an educated white person.

    I can’t succinctly put it into words, but it often feels downright racist.