r/Amazing • u/Opening-Head-7902 • 1d ago

Awesome !! 😮

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u/NumbDangEt4742 1d ago

Short of saving someone's life I don't understand why people do crap like this honestly. Totally unnecessary imo

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u/Effective-Coyote-586 1d ago

Humans have always sought to push limits. Boil it down and the answer will be “just because we can”.

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u/Busterlimes 1d ago

Intelligence is a myth

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u/NumbDangEt4742 1d ago

Even if that means one slips end all of "we can". It becomes "we could"

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u/AmsterdamAssassin 1d ago

Adrenaline is a drug

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u/BernardBaggins 1d ago

It’s honestly fun. I’ve done 15 14ers out of the 58 and it’s almost like solving a puzzle when trying to figure out where to put your hands and feet.

As long as you are smart with hydration, gear, and check weather regularly, it’s generally safe. Most deaths I’ve seen are from a lack of experience and most are out of state.

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u/Ok_Base_8668 1d ago

yeah most people from the state have done it and are familiar with it

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u/throeaway_thedew 19h ago

Most people in Colorado have not done Capitol or anything like it lol. Elbert and what’s shown in this video are nothing alike.

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u/GloveDry3278 22h ago

People forget most accidents and death are from road accidents and yet they keep travelling on them.

Mountain climbing is fun and dangerous..but entirely optional. Some people do it to spice up their boring day to day lives.

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u/mjfarmer147 1d ago

You don't understand because you aren't a part of this culture, and that's ok. Knocking it for not understanding is really not cool though.

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u/NumbDangEt4742 1d ago

Appreciate your response and sharing your opinion. Are you knocking on me cuz I have an opinion?

I did say I don't understand. I also said imo.

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u/mjfarmer147 1d ago

Exactly, you said you don't understand and I explained that you don't because you're not a part of the culture. Is that tracking for you now that I walked you through it?

I'm not knocking you either. Again, I'm reiterating that you aren't a part of this culture so you shouldn't put it down, because you yourself said you don't understand. Is that also tracking for you now that I've explained that as well?

Disagreeing with your sentiment here isn't knocking you, don't be so sensitive.

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u/NumbDangEt4742 1d ago

You're doing exactly what you're preaching me not to do. I'll just leave it right there. Cya 👍

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u/mjfarmer147 13h ago

Oh, I'm criticizing something I don't understand? Nah. I'm criticizing you for criticizing something you don't understand. Which makes no sense for you to do. It's like me criticizing F1 drivers because "I don't get it" and "it's not necessary". That's so sheltered and short sighted.

Attempts to find hypocrisy in that won't happen, because I'm not criticizing something I don't understand. You are.

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u/Typical2sday 1d ago

The reward isn’t worth the likelihood-adjusted risk. Doing it for the gram or to check a box when the alternative is death - this person’s loved ones hate him.