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Wow....that really was something. My stomach shifted a couple of times.

When he got to the top of the trail, this is what he found.....



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This kind of thing is why I voted you as "funniest on the Forums."

Joe(hee heh haw)Nation

I think I'd have turned back at the first hole.

Glad I didn't have to build that think, too.

Well thanks joe nation, I didn't know there was an election going on!

DrewDad, do you ever go down on the greenbelt?

There's this one place where you can normally walk in the creek bed to get by this place with a steep wall. However, when the river is running, you have to walk along this narrow shelf....Someone long ago nailed a chain along the rocks.

I've tried several times, and have never had the guts to make it all the way past that area.

Last time, I was alone, and I got to this point where I knew I'd be in trouble if I took another step forward. My left side was to the wall. I turned around to go back, and that's when I made the discovery my equilibrium wasn't nearly as good when my right side was against the wall.

Whoa Nelly.

I also realized the rocks where slimy, nice and slippery. mmm mmm good. I thought, "They're gonna find me down in the dry creek bed with a broken hip....swell"

On another occassion weeks later, I watched this guy take the same path, holding onto his bike....crazy bastard.

I did so from the safety of the creek bed.

I didn't realize how much of rockclimbing/bouldering is about balance until I was looking through a catalog that was sent to me after I bought my running watch. Thing was filled with what you'd expect - ropes, iceaxes, caribiniers - but there were also about ten different wobble boards and balance balls. These climbers practice balancing as well as strengthening their fingers, arms and wrists.

Good thing too as the 'walk' in the video only gets you to the base of the real climb.

Joe(the only rocks I want I want in my whiskey.)Nation

I have never encountered this particular fetish before.

Dear Joe, I'll see you in court if that thing gives me a heart attack.

I had to send it to my sons with the caveat that if they ever try something like this, to please not tell me until they are safely at home.

Now I need to find a comfy sofa and try to get my heartbeat back to normal.

Gasp, pant...

Diane(the wimp)Wells

Joe
I work with this guy who is big into rock climbing, mountain climbing, etc.
Just for fun I just googled his name, and came up with quite a few results. He must be pretty well known in that community. His last trek was climbing the hightest peak in Peru.

I think I'll email him this video.

He'll probably say something like "Oh that? That's the walkway to my house."

Seriously, from the few documentaries I've watched on climbing, and from this guy's personality, it seems to me that people that do this are very organized, methodical individuals. I don't see any bravado in him.

Bravado in this arena will get you killed me thinks.

I didn't close my eyes, but I was leaning to one side on my chair.

I fell off the edge. They say if you die in your sleep you will die in reality and I was just wondering if the same thing applies to watching internet videos, because, if that is the case, I am a friggin dead dude.

This would be the perfect nightmare that reoccurs night after night.

I thought we were friends, Jane.

Of course we are, gustav. I made the pact with the devil, now I'm sticking
with it.....or is it "to it"?

In America we say "to it". In Germany they say, "keine Übersetzung gefunden"

But, why is that surprising? Who can translate that guttural language? Not even legions of god's lexicon experts would dare to tread.

Yes, what can I say? We're even before Iceland and Finland in guttural languages.

But, I have heard your voice, Jane, and, I hope other members are not reading this, but, your voice is like a salve to my soul, like oil sliding down a windowpane -- smooth, sensuous, all-encompassing.

Take me, Jane..... make me whole.

Jawohl! What CJ .... and I certainly understand those who need a Schnaps after this adventure!

What adventure, Walter?

I believe we have come to the point in our relationship, Jane, where we should both feel comfortable allowing Walter to watch.