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[Kadin]

I'll admit that I have a major fear of heights but for some reason I really enjoy pictures like these. Probably because these guys are beyond crazy in my eyes and do stuff that boggles my mind. Do people like this simply have zero fear or they're just able to handle it a hell of a lot better than some of us?

Anyways, just wanted to share and see how many out there are like me and enjoy looking at stuff like this yet won't get close to a window on a 2nd floor or higher of a building.

Post some you find that really make your hands sweat.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

All the nopes

 

[mrkgoo]

That first pic gets my palms sweating because I hate how HDR is overused to the point where you see halos around objects such as that building.

 

[Horse Detective]

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[Brazil]

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Damn.

 

[Kadin]

Bad time to have sweaty hands...

 

[Extra Sauce]

 

[Marky Mark]

 

[Orkidea]

 

[PS3GamerKyle]

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I love it. 10/10. A+ effort

 

[Kadin]

Here's a video but I'll be surprised if anyone like me can make it past 4 seconds. I had to shut it down immediately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgLiEJRFXc8

edit: and lol at the Trump photos...

 

[Forerunner]

Still one of the best.

 

[Sparrowhawk]

Here's a video but I'll be surprised if anyone like me can make it past 4 seconds. I had to shut it down immediately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgLiEJRFXc8

edit: and lol at the Trump photos...

Yeah, videos like this make my hands and feet sweat while I yell "AWWW FUCK DUDE" and probably alarm the neighbors while doing so.

 

[Dio]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A_h2AjJaMw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcczjFRcVcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c8ZWA2sFm4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1C8dNtsOnQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHgBX4VO_M

 

[Regiruler]

Monkey bars no will to live edition?

 

[killamajig]

 

[Phreaker]

Job well done GAF, my hands are sweating now.

 

[Kadin]

Still one of the best.

I remember watching this a while back and not thinking much of it. Then he crawls out of the top of the enclosed area and then continues to climb. Hell no. I know it's just the camera but I swear I see the curvature of the Earth from up top of there.

 

[Laughing Banana]

ONE OF THESE DAYS I hope that that all those climbing videos also show when they GET DOWN.

Is there any?

 

[Fahzgoolin]

I will never understand people putting themselves at that much risk for insta death.

Seems like the worst kind of stupid no matter the reasoning.

 

[Sparrowhawk]

Anyone got a video link to this one?

This is the one that gets me the worst.

 

[Kadin]

Yeah let's just let go of one hand because 2 is just one too many. wtf

 

[Matthew23]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1jwwagtaQ&t=1m15s

 

[commedieu]

Are balls ascending the same as hands sweating?

 

[Darryl M R]

I will never understand people putting themselves at that much risk for insta death.

Seems like the worst kind of stupid no matter the reasoning.

I'm surprised that I don't hear about deaths from this. Part of me want to believe it is all fake.

 

[Dio]

I made a GIF from the last one in my post just for this thread.

I'm surprised that I don't hear about deaths from this. Part of me want to believe it is all fake.

Russian kids die of this shit and end up in the news.

http://petapixel.com/2015/10/04/rus...ile-shooting-daredevil-rooftopping-portraits/

 

[DrSlek]

No longer exists in that state, sadly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cICu9HtGhQ

 

[Finaika]

How can they be so composed?!

 

[Vincent Alexander]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A_h2AjJaMw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcczjFRcVcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c8ZWA2sFm4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1C8dNtsOnQ

The first video of the tower climb....shit makes me afraid of falling just watching it. Like afraid I'm going to tip backwards out of my chair and fall 1000 feet to my death.

 

[Kadin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1jwwagtaQ&t=1m15s

Well look at that, their hands do indeed sweat. Is that what the chalk is for? Knew it was for grip but didn't think it was because their hands sweat - figured just to add additional grip.

 

[mrkgoo]

Is that a child?

 

[Xe4]

This is the one that I saw way back in a climbing magazine. I'll never forget it. Came with an excellent story as well. The name of the route is Separate Reality, if anyone's wondering.

 

[Forerunner]

How can they be so composed?!

They do it for a living. So it's probably whatever for them.

 

[Opto]

yeah, i'd rather free-climb the Burj Khalifa

 

[Darryl M R]

I made a GIF from the last one in my post just for this thread.



Russian kids die of this shit and end up in the news.

http://petapixel.com/2015/10/04/rus...ile-shooting-daredevil-rooftopping-portraits/

Is Russia boring or something that kids have nothing else to do? I like a thrill but god this looks like you have a death wish.

 

[Kadin]

I'm surprised that I don't hear about deaths from this. Part of me want to believe it is all fake.

Yeah I stumbled across a video a while back of some bystander watching someone way high up climb out on some scaffolding and the guy then made a misstep and tumbled down towards the Earth. It was far enough away that I was able to watch but luckily didn't see the end result.

 

[zeemumu]

What...What happened to the 5th guy?

 

[Kadin]

What...What happened to the 5th guy?

Well there's only one guy sitting down now so...

 

[Dio]

Yeah I stumbled across a video a while back of some bystander watching someone way high up climb out on some scaffolding and the guy then made a misstep and tumbled down towards the Earth. It was far enough away that I was able to watch but luckily didn't see the end result.

Yeah, there are enough "fuck ups" where people do things of this nature and fall to their death on Liveleak. I won't link them here.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

What...What happened to the 5th guy?

Things didn't go well for Fred between photo 1 and photo 2.

 

[RawNuts]

I wasn't afraid of heights when I came into the thread...

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

 

[Rival]

Some of this shit literally makes me ill to watch.

 

[commedieu]

What...What happened to the 5th guy?

They probably cheated and took a crane over.

 

[Sparrowhawk]

What...What happened to the 5th guy?

He did a sweet backflip off the tower to take that awesome photo of the other guys.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Do y'all's hands actually sweat looking at pictures or is it just a figure of speech? I can't immerse myself enough into a photo or animated gif to the point it makes me feel anxious.

 

[Sparrowhawk]

Do y'all's hands actually sweat looking at pictures or is it just a figure of speech?

My hands and feet literally sweat.
Edit: Yeah, not so much the pics - it's mostly videos and GIFs.

 

[Dio]

Do y'all's hands actually sweat looking at pictures or is it just a saying?

Not really pictures, more video and GIFs for me but yes, my hands and soles of my feet start to sweat a little as I imagine myself in that situation.

Then again, I think about falling out of the airplane for 30,000 feet when I'm flying. I'm not phobic of flying or anything, I just think about the worst a little too much.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Do y'all's hands actually sweat looking at pictures or is it just a figure of speech?

That's my secret... I'm always sweating.

 

[Kadin]

Do y'all's hands actually sweat looking at pictures or is it just a figure of speech?

They full on sweat for me. Not to the point where they're dripping but enough to where I have to dry them off on my shirt or something.

To me it's an immediate reaction. If it doesn't happen within a second of viewing a picture, it probably won't happen. With videos like these, just about every one will make it happen.