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Mr. Fuzzypaws

2012-01-21 07:25:42 AM

It's the goddamn Spider-Man.

SwingDancer

2012-01-21 07:39:36 AM

I dont think i could fall off it that fast

Tex Colorado the Arizona Assassin

2012-01-21 07:45:31 AM

WTF????

If they laid that horizontally, I probably couldn't run from one end to the other in 6.26 seconds.

AxL sANe

2012-01-21 07:45:34 AM

Bah - ropes are for wussies. Let's see them race here.
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FormlessOne

2012-01-21 08:08:34 AM

Because not every single activity humans do should become an Olympic event? I mean, we've been pushing to get everything from golf to sheep-shearing on the Olympic program. (Golf? Really? When your 70-year-old grandfather can go to the Olympics as an athlete, there's a problem...)

zunkus

2012-01-21 08:20:47 AM

That was pretty amazing.

iron_city_ap

2012-01-21 08:23:48 AM

Holy shiat.

jiaxiaobo

2012-01-21 08:30:50 AM

FormlessOne: Because not every single activity humans do should become an Olympic event? I mean, we've been pushing to get everything from golf to sheep-shearing on the Olympic program. (Golf? Really? When your 70-year-old grandfather can go to the Olympics as an athlete, there's a problem...)

Agreed, there's already too many stupid competitions.

However, something like climbing is worthy. Running, swimming, throwing, climbing... fits with the whole basic skills kinda thing. You could see them having climbing compeitions in ancient Olympia.

Table tennis, water polo, synchronized swimming, beach volleyball, for example, do not fit.

rillettes

2012-01-21 08:35:41 AM

It's not an Olympic event because it's a farking sideshow.
A huge aspect of climbing is endurance, being able to the route, and dealing with the reality of a long fall.
These guys are top-roping on plastic on a route they've done 100s of times. It's like a stacking cup competition.

FormlessOne

2012-01-21 08:44:22 AM

Elephantman

2012-01-21 09:01:04 AM

Mcavity

2012-01-21 09:18:09 AM

this is insane speed climbing.
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dfacto

2012-01-21 09:28:15 AM

His weird air running reminded me of a dog when you hold them over water.

veale728

2012-01-21 09:32:45 AM

AxL sANe: Bah - ropes are for wussies. Let's see them race here.
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mooseyfate

2012-01-21 09:57:47 AM

rillettes: It's not an Olympic event because it's a farking sideshow.
A huge aspect of climbing is endurance, being able to the route, and dealing with the reality of a long fall.
These guys are top-roping on plastic on a route they've done 100s of times. It's like a stacking cup competition.

Holy shiat, someone's opinion on Fark actually changed my mind. You've got a hell of a point! Now if they did all competition on walls that neither contestant had seen nor climbed prior to standing infront of it ready to climb, THEN I'd support it being an Olympic event, but you're right. This is the equivalent of a person that can't dance being astonished by two highly trained dancers doing very rehearsed routines. Now if each dancer had ravenous badgers tied to each appendage, I'd be farking impressed....

my_cats_breath_smells_like_cat_food

2012-01-21 10:02:39 AM

Mcavity: this is insane speed climbing.
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Holy Crap. This comes right up to the edge between amazing and reckless.

epoc_tnac

2012-01-21 10:15:49 AM

"I hate the olympics with such a passion - they're not even sports, they're just elements of a sport

'I throw a stick' At what? 'Nothing'.

'I throw a disc!' Who catches it? 'No one'

It's all the ingredients of a sport without combining them into something fun."

FormlessOne

2012-01-21 10:31:50 AM

my_cats_breath_smells_like_cat_food: Mcavity: this is insane speed climbing.
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Holy Crap. This comes right up to the edge between amazing and reckless.

Both. Amazing, because he was stunning at free-climbing, and reckless, because he eventually made a bad decision, and died from it. He stands as both a stunning example of skill and a demonstration of caution - had he taken a bit more care at Leaning Tower, he'd still be with us, but if he had taken more care, he wouldn't be him.

EdenLiesObscured

2012-01-21 10:47:54 AM

Mcavity: this is insane speed climbing.
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i just knew it would be Dan Osmond.
while speed climbing is entertaining to watch, i'll stick to slow, meticulous, controlled climbing.....

watched this 2x last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5gzniB46oQ

beerrun

2012-01-21 10:54:30 AM

rillettes: These guys are top-roping on plastic on a route they've done 100s of times. It's like a stacking cup competition.

Unlike running the 100 meter dash, right?

rillettes

2012-01-21 10:56:09 AM

mooseyfate: rillettes: It's not an Olympic event because it's a farking sideshow.
A huge aspect of climbing is endurance, being able to the route, and dealing with the reality of a long fall.
These guys are top-roping on plastic on a route they've done 100s of times. It's like a stacking cup competition.

Holy shiat, someone's opinion on Fark actually changed my mind. You've got a hell of a point! Now if they did all competition on walls that neither contestant had seen nor climbed prior to standing infront of it ready to climb, THEN I'd support it being an Olympic event, but you're right. This is the equivalent of a person that can't dance being astonished by two highly trained dancers doing very rehearsed routines. Now if each dancer had ravenous badgers tied to each appendage, I'd be farking impressed....

The difference being that dancers are judged on the execution of their moves, which is why they rehearse for hours and hours.
Also, in most climbing comps, climbers can preview a route for a limited time before they are sequestered, so yeah, you should start writing that letter of support.

mikaloyd

2012-01-21 11:21:38 AM

This is one of those sports like tennis or volleyball. Worth watching when broads do it. Otherwise...meh.

2wolves

2012-01-21 11:27:08 AM

If you get "Style" points it isn't a sport.

stonelotus

2012-01-21 12:08:46 PM

Mcavity: this is insane speed climbing.
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didn't Osman also break some kind of record for speed falling?

walkerhound

2012-01-21 12:10:47 PM

jiaxiaobo: beach volleyball

Why do you hate nicely-shaped asses?

www.insidesocal.com

rillettes

2012-01-21 12:43:44 PM

stonelotus: Mcavity: this is insane speed climbing.
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didn't Osman also break some kind of record for speed falling?

Well, his cell phone did record the sound of him falling, so there's that.

jiaxiaobo

2012-01-21 12:45:49 PM

walkerhound: jiaxiaobo: beach volleyball

Why do you hate nicely-shaped asses?

[www.insidesocal.com image 320x480]

Well, you got me there. Ok, beach volleyball stays. We'll keep water polo, too. But I draw the line at cup-stacking.

Marshmallow Jones

2012-01-21 01:19:25 PM

Why is it not an Olympic event? Not enough sponsor money available. Look at frickin half-pipe snowboarding. It belongs in the Olympics about as much as basket weaving, but the snowboard makers heave millions of dollars at the committee, ergo we have a bunch of peckerheads doing the same flips and twists in a completely silly contest.

The Dreaded Rear Admiral

2012-01-21 02:37:02 PM

Because the record for free-climbing El Capitan is in no danger of being broken.

lunkhed

2012-01-21 02:44:19 PM

They could fit it in the Olympics, if they get rid of the ball bouncing, ribbon waving, hoop twirling and skittle waving competitions. WTF.

craigzy

2012-01-21 03:30:11 PM

i thought subby was being facetious.

buckeyebrain

2012-01-21 03:39:46 PM

Because NBC needs to devote 36 hours in each day to gymnastics in the Summer Olympics.

/Swap 'gymnastics' for 'figure skating' and 'Summer' for 'Winter', and you've got that, too

trippdogg

2012-01-21 03:59:37 PM

The Olympics has a moratorium on adding any new sport that involves men wearing spandex.

whither_apophis

2012-01-21 05:07:45 PM

If it doesn't relate in some way to killing Spartans, Persians, or barbarians it shouldn't be in the Olympics.

Sliding Carp

2012-01-21 05:13:59 PM

walkerhound: Why do you hate nicely-shaped asses?

12 > 4

whither_apophis

2012-01-21 05:33:34 PM

walkerhound: jiaxiaobo: beach volleyball

Why do you hate nicely-shaped asses?

[www.insidesocal.com image 320x480]

Ha! She put her panties on backwards

Swoop1809

2012-01-21 05:40:43 PM

I just started rock climbing so I found that very cool, but I assume they have climbed that course a bunch of times. It would be more impressive if they only see the course right when the gun sounds to start so they have to think on their feet, which is one of the important parts of rock climbing.

/need more finger strength

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body

2012-01-21 06:07:21 PM

rillettes

2012-01-21 06:19:16 PM

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: rillettes: It's not an Olympic event because it's a farking sideshow.
A huge aspect of climbing is endurance, being able to the route, and dealing with the reality of a long fall.
These guys are top-roping on plastic on a route they've done 100s of times. It's like a stacking cup competition.

/Fixed that for ya, Chuckles.

//Not sure if you're trolling or if you're really just that stupid.

///Cheers!

I think you accidentally something there, big fella.

PanicMan

2012-01-21 06:27:40 PM

Swoop1809: I just started rock climbing so I found that very cool, but I assume they have climbed that course a bunch of times. It would be more impressive if they only see the course right when the gun sounds to start so they have to think on their feet, which is one of the important parts of rock climbing.

I think bouldering competitions to be pretty awesome to watch, and compete in if I wasn't so out of practice. Wouldn't really work for Olympics though.

/need more finger strength

Don't we all...

madden101

2012-01-21 07:03:34 PM

jiaxiaobo: Table tennis, water polo, synchronized swimming, beach volleyball, for example, do not fit.

You forgot ballroom dancing & rhythmic gymnastics.

I'd like to see this event done without any safety precautions. I suspect you'd be less likely to leap for the finish if not grabbing on to something means you fall and injure yourself very severely.

snowshovel

2012-01-21 07:58:20 PM

FormlessOne: jiaxiaobo: FormlessOne: Because not every single activity humans do should become an Olympic event? I mean, we've been pushing to get everything from golf to sheep-shearing on the Olympic program. (Golf? Really? When your 70-year-old grandfather can go to the Olympics as an athlete, there's a problem...)

Agreed, there's already too many stupid competitions.

However, something like climbing is worthy. Running, swimming, throwing, climbing... fits with the whole basic skills kinda thing. You could see them having climbing compeitions in ancient Olympia.

Table tennis, water polo, synchronized swimming, beach volleyball, for example, do not fit.

I'd argue for water polo, only because of the level of fitness required to play. Equestrian sports, the only group of sports in which the fitness and discipline of your horse matters as much, or more, than your personal fitness and discipline, shouldn't be present in the Olympics, IMHO.

Not knowing the history, I can almost make a potential allowance fro Equestrian sports...the whole military how in-sync you are with your mount will help you win battles kind of thing, again historically.

But if the history of putting in Equestrian was simply a bunch of rich IOC people who wanted to show off their prize ponies, then screw it.

Sessone

2012-01-21 10:53:29 PM

as long as we are going to add events from american gladiator, we might as well add the "joust".

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Lligeret

2012-01-21 11:02:25 PM

jiaxiaobo: FormlessOne: Because not every single activity humans do should become an Olympic event? I mean, we've been pushing to get everything from golf to sheep-shearing on the Olympic program. (Golf? Really? When your 70-year-old grandfather can go to the Olympics as an athlete, there's a problem...)

Agreed, there's already too many stupid competitions.

However, something like climbing is worthy. Running, swimming, throwing, climbing... fits with the whole basic skills kinda thing. You could see them having climbing compeitions in ancient Olympia.

Table tennis, water polo, synchronized swimming, beach volleyball, for example, do not fit.

I agree with a lot of things you said but water polo should definitely be in the Olympics.

Also to the comments about it being the same course making it unfit for the Olympics. It is a set course of a set height, that is its purpose, to do it as fast as possible. By the same argument we should get rid of all running events, after all every single athlete has run the distance a repeated number of times. Then we should take care of swimming, because it is the same.

Really I do think climbing would be a fantastic addition to the Olympics maybe not speed climbing, but give people an identical wall and limited or no knowledge of the wall ahead of time and it would be interesting to watch, and ability would certainly play a factor. Certainly better than sports that are judged, I am not saying that gymnasts are not athletes, I am simply saying I dislike sports where the outcome has human bias inlaid in it. Points and time rule in no ones favor.

studebaker hoch

2012-01-22 12:44:00 AM

Mcavity

this is insane speed climbing.

RIP Dan Osman

RandomExcess

2012-01-22 05:21:05 AM

The skill of climbing is not HOW FAST YOU CAN COMPLETE A RANDOM BUT WELL REHEARSED COURSE. This is nothing like scoring a dance routine based on technical execution, it would be like an Olympic event for fastest tap dancer. Impressive, perhaps, but not worthy of the Olympics.

Lligeret

2012-01-22 07:00:18 AM

RandomExcess: The skill of climbing is not HOW FAST YOU CAN COMPLETE A RANDOM BUT WELL REHEARSED COURSE. This is nothing like scoring a dance routine based on technical execution, it would be like an Olympic event for fastest tap dancer. Impressive, perhaps, but not worthy of the Olympics.

Again by that argument there should be no running or swimming or speed skating or cycling races in the Olympics. Because who wants to see people travel a set distance under a specific set of parameters where the judge is time, fastest time wins. That is what this speed climbing is. You would not compare a running race to tap dancing. This is not scored on technique this is scored based on who goes from point a to point b the fastest.

ski9600

2012-01-22 01:23:27 PM

I've got a new suit for free climbers that's more aerodynamic and will shave seconds off your time.

/google me on amazon

RoyBatty

2012-01-22 03:16:13 PM

Lligeret: Also to the comments about it being the same course making it unfit for the Olympics. It is a set course of a set height, that is its purpose, to do it as fast as possible. By the same argument we should get rid of all running events, after all every single athlete has run the distance a repeated number of times. Then we should take care of swimming, because it is the same.

There seems to be a difference between running a set distance in an oval probably (mostly) unchanged since the Greek Olympics, and climbing an arbitrary pattern of holds that changes how often? Per meet? Per year? Per whenever?

If record keeping matters, it makes it hard to compare records unless you keep the climb identical, but if you're going to standardize that climb, what's the pattern going to be, and it's justification?

Lligeret

2012-01-22 07:31:17 PM

RoyBatty: Lligeret: Also to the comments about it being the same course making it unfit for the Olympics. It is a set course of a set height, that is its purpose, to do it as fast as possible. By the same argument we should get rid of all running events, after all every single athlete has run the distance a repeated number of times. Then we should take care of swimming, because it is the same.

There seems to be a difference between running a set distance in an oval probably (mostly) unchanged since the Greek Olympics, and climbing an arbitrary pattern of holds that changes how often? Per meet? Per year? Per whenever?

If record keeping matters, it makes it hard to compare records unless you keep the climb identical, but if you're going to standardize that climb, what's the pattern going to be, and it's justification?

You do realize that is a standardized course right?

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