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Monday Night Web Movie: Climbing Sydney’s Tallest Building…From The Outside
Here’s a blast from the past: the story of the man who climbed Sydney’s tallest building, way back in 1986. Welcome to Monday Night Web Movie.
Professionally Lighting Climbers On A Sheer Ice Wall Basically Guarantees Amazing Photos
Photographer Ray Demski recently decided to take climbers and a photography crew to a bridge in Avers, Switzerland, light an ice wall and then shoot the climbers once it got dark. The results are pretty awesome, which is not surprising, because this whole plan was…pretty awesome.
Watch These Guys Sneak Past Cameras And Guards To Mount Europe’s Tallest Building
One of the most terrifying things I’ve ever done is jump out of a plane from 15,000 feet (4572m). Even with that experience under my belt, I’m not sure if I’d have the guts to do it again and it certainly hasn’t given me the fortitude to scale a 320m-tall building, complete with a snow-covered crane at the top.
Photographing Mountain Climbers Takes Balls — And Ladders — Of Steel
If you’re a photographer who covers extreme athletes like mountain climbers and wants to capture a moment from a unique angle, you’re probably willing to take some risks yourself. Like Corey Rich’s use of an incredibly precarious folding ladder tethered to the near vertical side of a mountain. Here’s to hoping he wasn’t working for free for the experience.
This Backpack Lets You Climb Up Any Wall
The military wants to be able to send soldiers up and over high walls, and sometimes grappling hooks aren’t practical. What to do? Oh, I dunno, how about a vacuum backpack with suction gloves that’ll let you climb up brick, glass or just about any other surface? Yep, that’ll work.
These Guys Are The Craziest Climbing Russians Of All The Craziest Climbing Russians
What is the deal with Russian men and climbing things? First, some mad ones climbed some towers. Then a crazy dude climbed up a skyscraper. Then some other nutcases spidermanned a bridge. And now these ones.
Nerdy Climbing Wall Holds Prove Even Star Wars Fanboys Stay Fit
When you think of Star Wars fans, you probably picture an overweight individual sprawled out on a couch reaching for Cheetos with a plastic lightsaber. But apparently that image isn’t entirely accurate, since you can now buy Star Wars-themed climbing wall holds.
There’s A Ridiculous Traffic Jam Of People Trying To Climb Mount Everest
Even though four people died trying to climb Mount Everest last weekend, and even if reaching the summit costs more than a Porsche, it’s not stopping people from attempting to scale the highest point on Earth. In fact, there’s so many people trying to climb Mount Everest that it’s causing a human traffic jam.
