Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Climbing World Reels

Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by BHSPitMonkey on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @09:26PM (#14503031)

This starts to resemble something like abstinence-only education in schools, though, where a hard-line stance of "just don't do the risky thing we've told you not to do and you'll be fine" leads to less successful real-world results than embracing the complex realities of human behavior.

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by 2muchcoffeeman on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @03:34AM (#14504354)

No it doesn't. There are other places and countries where you can BASE jump. They chose to do it where it was banned and selected times where they would evade authorities.

This sort of entitled attitude doesn't help IMO. Breaking local laws just confirms that you can't trust these communities and you give everyone a bad name.

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by Fricken on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @03:49AM (#14504412)

Do you honestly think anyone who BASE jumps gives a fuck what you think? Why even waste your time saying it? They're obviously not here to obey the rules. Like, really obviously.

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by 2muchcoffeeman on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @05:39PM (#14510076)

I'm not really sure I understand the point of this comment.

Of course they don't have to listen to me. But people express their opinions all the time.

Of course they should follow local access rules, local ethics and etiquette.

Most outdoor communities I've seen try and keep good relationships with local authorities. We want to maintain areas as much as they do so we can keep using them.

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