Insane free climber climbing an abandoned building in downtown Phoenix right now

[u/flyart]

[u/grantnel2002]

What always surprises me is their confidence that they won’t totally run out of energy halfway up. Too tired to go up, too difficult to go back down.

[u/Comprehensive_Money1 → u/grantnel2002]

Nah dude. He can chill with his back against the wall. Its the mental endurance that's key here.

[u/ZaxLofful → u/Comprehensive_Money1]

Can confirm, it’s always my head that gets in the way; not my body.

[u/Brownie-UK7 → u/ZaxLofful]

That’s cos you’ve got a big head. A sniper’s dream.

[u/CuddlePervert → u/Brownie-UK7]

As a sniper, I can say that’s definitely not our dream. A big head usually means the individual is probably suffering by some form of gigantism, but that’s not even to say how big we’re talking. 2x big? Okay. 3x big? Oof, that’s… strange… but 4x big or bigger? Now we’re getting into the territory of either extraterrestrial beings or those with unknown psionic abilities, and rule number one when when setting up your sniper position is to always, ALWAYS avoid angering the psionic hive mind. A bullet, no matter how big, well, their minds are so concentrated with psionic potential that the sheer density caused from trillions of other psionic minds all inter-connected creates a hardened shell of dimensional energy that will not only ricochet the bullet, but bring about your imminent and all-observed doom. You laugh, but it’s literally the first page in our instruction manual. DO NOT ANGER THE PSIONIC HIVE MIND! So no, in short, a big head is not our dream, and is in fact, our nightmare. If we’re unlucky enough to catch a glimpse of one down range of our barrel, we’re probably already dead.

[u/TheAllKnowingWilly → u/CuddlePervert]

Ok grampa calm down, were almost back at the home. 🙂

[u/CuddlePervert → u/TheAllKnowingWilly]

I want bananas on my waffles!

[u/SarcasticOldPerson → u/CuddlePervert]

Hive mind says NO!

[u/harbormastr → u/SarcasticOldPerson]

Username checks out here.

[u/CaseyAffleck_ → u/SarcasticOldPerson]

But my hive body is telling me YESSS!

[u/theshorn → u/CuddlePervert]

Came here to say this

[u/Stagamemnon → u/theshorn]

They know.

[u/Stagamemnon → u/CuddlePervert]

Ah yeah. As they used to say in Ranger school- “you might not see any Psionic entities on an excursion into the wasteland, but they’ve definitely seen you!”

[u/brito68 → u/CuddlePervert]

I'm stuck on relating your username to this comment and I don't know what to do with my life.

[u/CuddlePervert → u/brito68]

Oh ho ho nooo, it was supposed to read CuddleSherbert for the best way to prepare sherbert. Mmmm, cuddled sherbert!

[u/meowsmusic → u/CuddlePervert]

Mmmm fresh pasta

[u/DumbleDong1 → u/CuddlePervert]

007 DK mode

[u/Mentaldavid → u/Brownie-UK7]

Harry Harryman, is that you?

[u/puppet_up → u/Mentaldavid]

The name is Cheeseman. Gary Cheeseman. Somebody get Caramel and Waffle in here to confirm!

[u/PossibleOatmeal → u/puppet_up]

Sargent by-the-way?

[u/davidlol1 → u/Comprehensive_Money1]

... all his weight appears to be belt up simply by friction.. no real holds. As far as I can see

[u/APathwithHeart → u/davidlol1]

Except at each floor where he gets a nice long easy rest. This is called stemming and it isn't actually very hard and the friction feels pretty secure

[u/masterchip27 → u/APathwithHeart]

I assume your quads tire out right and it requires a lotttt of training

[u/[deleted] → u/masterchip27]

These guys are definitely conditioned, there's no way you could do this without years of training.

[u/The_Vivid_Glove → u/[deleted]]

Hold my beer

[u/alittleround → u/The_Vivid_Glove]

Viewings will be held tomorrow at noon. Light refreshments to follow.

[u/memes_of_norway → u/masterchip27]

Depends. It's hard to describe and it's difficult to tell what it's like in this video - he could be having a fairly easy time or it could be pretty difficult. Depends on the angles and textures and stuff.

[u/HayFeverTID → u/memes_of_norway]

Also depends on the length of your legs! Stemming is easier with long legs, making for a more narrow angle between the legs.

[u/prior-celery-3390 → u/APathwithHeart]

Nice. I've been waiting for the classic reddit moment of someone saying that this is actually easy 🤣

[u/feedandslumber → u/Comprehensive_Money1]

Uh huh.

These kinds of climbs are called chimneys, and they can be terrifying if you aren't used to them. Imagine doing a body weight squat but with a very narrow range of motion, scooting yourself slowly upwards. Of course, if you stop being able to hold the necessary pressure, like say you get a cramp or you just tucker out, you're dead.

He does have narrow (a couple of toe widths) ledges as he goes, which is what he's chilling on now. Still, can be quite hard, even for an experienced climber.

[u/JUNGL15T → u/grantnel2002]

Here’s a view from the climber himself. Apparently he’s anti abortion

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/10wbbim/a_man_who_calls_himself_prolife_spiderman_is/

[u/grantnel2002 → u/JUNGL15T]

What a POS

[u/RoosterTheReal → u/grantnel2002]

Ya. Draw attention to this girls choice by putting a spotlight on yourself. He’s a piece of shit. If he falls… oh well

[u/foxyfoo → u/RoosterTheReal]

Gravity induced abortion, very late term.

[u/Puredowner → u/grantnel2002]

Makes sense that it's him, these stunts fuck up so many people's day since the first responders are stuck there waiting for him to fall to his death.

[u/dubya108 → u/Puredowner]

I hope they charge him for every minute of standby’s that fire, EMS and law enforcement had to provide.

[u/Forfucksakesreally → u/dubya108]

When you call 911 waiting for a response in the all ready over burdened system just remember this guy wanted to make a point about something he has no buisness sticking his nose in. But tie up resources. Fuck him

[u/WigglestonTheFourth → u/Forfucksakesreally]

Arizona voters just turned down a tax to fund fire/rescue on the 2022 ballot. Who needs those resources anyway?

[u/hooplahoma → u/JUNGL15T]

I knew it must be him again when I saw this. He’s awful. He did this in OKC too.

[u/French87 → u/hooplahoma]

and SF

[u/CrikeyMeAhm → u/hooplahoma]

Thankfully I dont know who this guy is, but anytime a climber free solos a building during the day, its for attention. Buildings are not complicated climbs. I had to unfollow all the climbing shit on IG because of crap like this.

[u/The_Real_Donglover → u/JUNGL15T]

Claims to be pro-life

*risks life*

[u/Sorry_Parsley_2134 → u/JUNGL15T]

Pro-life man sees no irony in choosing to risk his own life to advocate for forcing women to risk their own lives as well.

[u/JumanjiOG → u/Sorry_Parsley_2134]

Just let the irony play out.

[u/McDragonFish → u/JUNGL15T]

Oh for fuck’s sake

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_PAUNCH → u/JUNGL15T]

Oh, it’s that asshole, hope he doesn’t land on anyone.

[u/chester-hottie-9999 → u/JUNGL15T]

I went from hoping he doesn’t fall to the opposite. What a wild journey

[u/13thban → u/grantnel2002]

Have you seen that video of the guy hanging off the side of a skyscraper and hasn't got the energy to pull himself back up and ends up letting go and dying? It's easily done.

Edit: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1589014/Shocking-moment-Chinese-daredevil-fall-death.html?ito=email_share_article-video-lead

Edit #2 https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/10wbbim/a_man_who_calls_himself_prolife_spiderman_is/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

The "Pro-Life Spiderman" what a clown....

[u/grantnel2002 → u/13thban]

Makes my palms sweaty just thinking about that video, and it’s been a while since I’ve seen it.

[u/13thban → u/grantnel2002]

I've linked it, yes it's horrible isn't it?

[u/Villedo → u/13thban]

Why tf did they put themselves in that position to begin with if they weren’t 100 percent positive they could pull it off? Ego kills.

[u/aredditheadache → u/Villedo]

If they had only done one pull-up instead of two…

[u/EngineeringNeverEnds → u/aredditheadache]

I wouldn't even dream of attempting that unless I could bust out 10 clean muscle ups. WTF was this guy thinking?

[u/ShortButHigh → u/EngineeringNeverEnds]

I could fairly easily do the 10 pull-ups, even against a flat surface which is harder in my opinion than using a bar. I have done some rock climbing and ab sailing before but I still would never consider this without a harness, safety rope and team. These people are just crazy.

[u/Significant_Pea_9726 → u/Villedo]

Because they were in fact 100 percent positive they could pull it off. It just so happens that their confidence did not correlate with reality.

[u/Oldgatorwrestler → u/13thban]

That was a thrill seeker that hung off the side of a building and couldn't get back up again because he wasn't strong enough. Any climber could have gotten out of that.

[u/zanybozonelayer → u/Oldgatorwrestler]

For real, heel hook mantle.

[u/Low-Flamingo-9835 → u/13thban]

Just reading that description of the video makes me dizzy.

[u/Sullypants1 → u/grantnel2002]

Climbers that do this don’t really get pumped on something like this. At least not to a level they cannot recover from. Take a few seconds to shake the arms out every so often.

[u/craig1f → u/Sullypants1]

Yeah, this is called “stemming”, where you have two walls you can push against to rest. You kind of just wedge your legs between them to recover your arms. Your legs don’t really get worn out climbing.

My legs would totally cramp up from doing this. But moderate training would be enough.

This is still stupid as fuck though.

[u/poopmonster_coming → u/grantnel2002]

I mean they have to do some kind of dry run right ? “Padme meme” right ???

[u/grantnel2002 → u/poopmonster_coming]

As long as it doesn’t involve sand…

[u/RManDelorean → u/grantnel2002]

If they're attempting this they've probably done some serious rock climbing up cliffs taller than this, and even with a rope they have a sense of how far they can go without needing to put weight on a rope. This isn't some random dude possibly on drugs who forgot about getting tired, I think he's well aware of his personal limitations and is doing this because it's within them. lol doesn't mean he can't fuck and die, so take from that what you will.

[u/sammydow → u/grantnel2002]

On top of what others say, there’s a good chance his brain chemistry is a bit different from you and I. They looked into another (more famous) freeclimbers brain and the part that reacts to fear was extremely different/not working the way it does for you and I.

[u/chipdipmcgillicuddy → u/sammydow]

That's a trait of psychopathy too fyi lack of fear in dangerous situations.

[u/mewhenreal → u/chipdipmcgillicuddy]

Can't believe I never put two and two together but my MAGA hat cousin who has laughed in death's face almost daily his whole life is probably a sociopath. He's an iron worker who doesn't use any safety gear unless he's being watched (which is rare because he owns his own business), and he's done reckless skateboarding/driving/auto racing/big wave surfing since the '70s. Five divorces, 18 DUIs, won a knife fight against an adult when he was 15, lord knows how many illegitimate kids. Something is definitely broken in his brain. Dude is basically a menace to society.

[u/intrcpt → u/grantnel2002]

Based on the documentaries I’ve watched about free climbing, specifically The Alpinist, you’re vastly underestimating their mental and physical preparedness and their fearlessness.

[u/uniquechill → u/intrcpt]

Not every clown who climbs a building so people will notice him is in the same league as Marc Andre Leclerc or Alex Honnold.

[u/intermittent68 → u/grantnel2002]

Cliff Bars!

[u/ardenter]

Next level asshole tying up emergency services. I'm sure the spatula crew will be very busy later.

[u/AlbertBrianTross → u/ardenter]

Not interested in his stunt but I don’t think it’s his fault everyone and their mother showed up. Kind of an overreaction from the city’s emergency services imo.

[u/_Atheius_ → u/AlbertBrianTross]

Right? Two uniforms at the top to arrest him and two at the bottom to make sure no walks into the splash zone. City saved.

[u/defact0o → u/_Atheius_]

One safety net kind of thingy, if possible just to try to save the asshole

[u/woofridgerator → u/defact0o]

From that height the safety net will just make cleanup worse.

Edit: yes I guess if they manage to setup four huge boom lifts with a net suspended between them and hope he falls away from the crevice then he could survive…

[u/Hellament → u/woofridgerator]

Be like pushing jello through a tennis racket.

[u/TheCloudsBelow → u/Hellament]

Where do I pay to watch this stream?

[u/Hellament → u/TheCloudsBelow]

ESPN 8 The Ocho Oucho

[u/77GoldenTails → u/TheCloudsBelow]

It would me more a short gush, followed by large puddle.

[u/SacrilegiousOath → u/woofridgerator]

You must’ve never seen the video of that guy jumping out of a plane with no parachute into a net the size of a football field. He performed the stunt perfectly, and was unharmed.

[u/Sparky323 → u/SacrilegiousOath]

If I remember correctly, he still fell several dozen feet while inside the safety net to slow his fall. I'm not sure they could rig up a net that big that quickly, but I guess I wouldn't say impossible. Lol. They'd be better off just dropping a safety rope from the top. Haha or let darwinism run its course.

EDIT: https://youtu.be/GaANi96Z-Wg

[u/Lewca43 → u/_Atheius_]

That should be the case but if he does go splat and the city didn’t pull out all the stops his family would likely sue the city. The city employing CYA 101 here.

[u/Explore-PNW → u/_Atheius_]

You only need two up top because one would get bored and fall asleep tanning. Give the two a bucket of beer and a couple chairs, best day of work.

[u/Bluegrass6 → u/_Atheius_]

There is a street right there. You’ve got to block traffic in case he falls or drops something to prevent a potential innocent passerby from being harmed.

[u/Four_Putt_Madness → u/AlbertBrianTross]

Exactly. I don't care what message or point he is trying to get across, yawn. But it isn't his fault the city overreacted and shit itself. Fun fact, I know the express elevator code to go to the roof of Chase tower.

[u/percadae → u/Four_Putt_Madness]

That fact only seems fun for you though.

[u/Collins_Michael → u/percadae]

Idk. Now I know who to grab for my upcoming hei... I mean field trip.

[u/labadimp → u/ardenter]

If you have no ropes, and are climbing an area that nobody else can get to, all you need is one cop at the top and one at the bottom. There is no need to send the whole goddamn emergency force. If the climber falls hes dead. If he climbs up hes caught. If he climbs down hes caught. Theres no “saving” someone in the position.

[u/Bluegrass6 → u/labadimp]

You’ve got to block the area off to prevent potential harm to innocent passerby. Someone walking down the sidewalk, driving down the street, riding a bike, etc could be hit and killed by him if he fell or if he dropped something. The area on that side of the building has to be blocked off

[u/EskimoJake → u/labadimp]

Don't know why everyone keeps wanting a cop at the top, he's coming down eventually.

[u/SpaceCadetriment → u/labadimp]

Actual FD person checking in. Resources required for this incident , at minimum, would likely include: PD blocking vehicle and pedestrian traffic at the end of each block, a ladder truck for lower rescue, inflatable pad if available which would require at least one additional engine for manpower, another engine or two for rooftop personnel for vertical rescue, a Battalion chief, PD located at the top and bottom, and finally an ambulance.

He is likely too high for a ladder rescue but a vertical rescue would be possible. If he was able to climb down, a ladder rescue may be possible. There is absolutely a possibility of “saving“ someone in this scenario, otherwise stranded window washers would have a 100% fatality rate.

Major city emergency personnel have protocols for this kind of thing. This would basically be dispatched the same as a potential jumper. While it looks excessive, the reasons we prepare for every scenario is because at some point, an after action report with a similar incident where someone was severely injured or killed was because the incident lacked one or more of the above listed resources.

[u/rockandrollmark → u/ardenter]

Yep. Selfish behaviour. For anyone that thinks the emergency services don’t need to be there, imagine this headline playing out: A local resident with mental health problems fell to his death today after emergency services failed to respond to alerts from the public that he was attempting to scale an abandoned building without any safety equipment.

[u/DrStrangeLoveOHILTSW → u/ardenter]

I'm a first responder and yes, this is an unnecessary use of our time. Those crews could have been available for people that need them but instead they cannot just ignore this guy. He's a danger to himself and others and first responders have a DUTY to act; meaning they cannot just walk away regardless of whether they think this guy should be left alone.

[u/mzpljc → u/ardenter]

Glad I'm not the only one who sees it like this. Guy can go figure out other ways to be stupid that don't waste emergency responders' time.

[u/halplatmein]

Looks like he made it all the way up https://twitter.com/EricaReportsAll/status/1623015962940436480

[u/Snow-Brigade → u/halplatmein]

“Congratulations! Now put your hands behind your back”

[u/ronnietea → u/Snow-Brigade]

What will he all be charged with out of curiosity?

[u/SwallowYourDreams → u/ronnietea]

Vertical loitering.

[u/CLG91 → u/SwallowYourDreams]

That's wrong on so many levels

[u/BritishGolgo13 → u/CLG91]

He’ll have plenty of stories to tell

[u/capn_cookie → u/BritishGolgo13]

Once you hit rock bottom, there's nowhere to go but up.

[u/xEvil_Twinx → u/capn_cookie]

Cops won’t fall for that one - bet they take him down..

[u/woofridgerator → u/xEvil_Twinx]

Just when things were looking up for him too

[u/LongLiveCHIEF → u/woofridgerator]

I'm floored this hasn't stopped yet

[u/umpalumpajj → u/SwallowYourDreams]

Band name.

[u/stacyand14548 → u/ronnietea]

Trespassing, disorderly conduct, fail to obey a lawful order…. Etc etc

[u/Pringletache → u/stacyand14548]

Surely he’s not technically trespassing until he climbs over the top

[u/CotyledonTomen → u/Pringletache]

If its a priavte building, youre not on public property the moment your feet leave the ground. Abandoned doesnt mean nobody owns it. It means nobodys watching it. Some bank probably owns the rights.

[u/Redebo → u/CotyledonTomen]

It is a private building that is currently vacant for remodel and remarketong to new businesses. Chase bank used to inhabit the tower as the anchor tenant and have since moved out.

Deffo not abandoned tho

[u/enp2s0 → u/stacyand14548]

Fail to obey probably won't stick, as he likely wasn't told to leave until he was already partway up and his only way to leave was down or up, which the climber did. It's not a lawful order if the order is to plummet to your death.

Trespassing is definitely an option though.

[u/Interesting_Bet_9302 → u/[deleted]]

They showed on their own he didn’t ask for them lol

[u/Dr8keMallard → u/[deleted]]

This. Its like saying you broke the law and the cops showed up on their own so you shouldn't be charged. If he's doing ANYTHING illegal those services should absolutely be charged to him. Dude knew exactly what he was doing - seriously doubt he cleared it with the building owners and the city beforehand.

[u/LgDietCoke → u/Interesting_Bet_9302]

No shit he didn’t, he’s an asshole. There are protocols that have to be followed.

[u/Daniel_H212 → u/ronnietea]

Reckless endangerment I guess. He could have fallen and killed someone down below.

[u/Itsinthehole31 → u/ronnietea]

Climbing without a license.

[u/Hello_iam_Kian → u/Snow-Brigade]

“Sure” proceeds to fall down

[u/cjohnia319 → u/halplatmein]

“You’re an idiot, but I’m glad you didn’t fall” Lol agreed

[u/MelonElbows → u/halplatmein]

The real crime was building a gap wide enough for a person to free climb. Have these architects never done this at home when they were kids?

[u/[deleted] → u/MelonElbows]

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[u/slappyclappers → u/halplatmein]

Is the building abandoned because they forgot to put windows in it?

maybe they just have pictures of the outdoors plastered on the walls inside.

[u/ComeAndGetYourPug → u/slappyclappers]

The majority of the building is all windows - the camera is just zoomed in on that one section.

[u/MmmBearCookies]

As an architect, I’m always surprised to see peoples faith in the fasteners holding the concrete cladding in place. Watch out for the ones installed on a Friday afternoon.

[u/InvideoSilenti → u/MmmBearCookies]

Now I get to add a new fear to life. The possibility of one of these randomly falling off and Wlle E. Coyoting me as i walk by.

Just kidding. I don't go downtown anyway. :)

[u/kyallroad → u/InvideoSilenti]

You’d think that parking garage walls would be pretty well secured as well….

But a while back in my town a pregnant woman learned that an F-150 can tap one out quite easily and splat you into a pancake.

[u/pauciradiatus → u/kyallroad]

That's a lesson you'll remember for the rest of your life

[u/bilgetea → u/pauciradiatus]

All .1 seconds of it

[u/disillusioned → u/kyallroad]

Well, the obit for that woman has a still active comments field that will just break your heart. She had a young baby at home, too.

Absolutely crazy fluke and I hope the owner's had to pay out an insane judgment to the family.

[u/Grippenripp → u/MmmBearCookies]

As a construction worker I often scratch my head on the decisions you make. These are very well constructed concrete panels. Bolted on to steel framing. Might even be welded. Regardless, they aint going anywhere. You think they would want that liability if one fell and killed someone. Now go back to work on your "architecture" and stop being a drama queen.

[u/OldMango → u/Grippenripp]

Ah, the duality of man, architects and engineers looking down on the blue collar guys "they'll probably do it wrong, and then complain about it"

and the workers cursing out those "stuck up pricks who haven't seen grass since they got their degree".

But yet together manage to achieve all the amazing things we have today.

[u/t00thman → u/OldMango]

Age has gifted you much wisdom OldMango.

[u/Rock_or_Rol → u/OldMango]

While working for a forensic engineer, i can attest that stupidity has no allegiance to any one profession. However… fault typically arose from from the laziness/greediness of the contractor and subcontractors >.> I can’t tell you how many millions of dollars of damage I have seen arise from shortcuts to save five minutes here and there

With all that being said, I’d bet good tradesmen and contractors are a better deterrent of bad building. So I doubt I have the full picture

Also. Architects are the stuckups. In my experience, engineers and structural trades more often saw eye to eye in how to realistically build the damned thing. Although, there’s a few engineers lurking out there that’ll complain about the odd sheathing nail pattern being 1/8” off 😱

[u/thpthpthp → u/Grippenripp]

Also work construction, there's a good chance they are half-assed, but that doesn't mean 1 dude is gonna move them--even with his whole-ass.

[u/referralcrosskill → u/thpthpthp]

yep engineers over design and corners are cut on installation and it all works out just fine...

[u/Ahbeysaydayefg → u/MmmBearCookies]

I can tell you’re an architect and not an engineer

[u/meowsmusic → u/MmmBearCookies]

I saw a video last week of one of these crumbling and the guy fell 15 stories

[u/SuperGenius98K]

Is this that same religious kook?

[u/3SquirrelsinaCoat → u/SuperGenius98K]

Yeah, he tweeted halfway up he was doing it as an anti-abortion thing.

[u/SuperGenius98K → u/3SquirrelsinaCoat]

He's breaking the law to show how much he hates women's healthcare rights?

[u/SwallowYourDreams → u/SuperGenius98K]

He probably figured it's what Jesus would do.

[u/SuperGenius98K → u/SwallowYourDreams]

Jesus was more of a illusionist.

[u/GoodGameGrabsYT → u/SuperGenius98K]

Illusions, Michael!

[u/RicardoCabezass → u/SwallowYourDreams]

No, Jesus liked to keep it more down to earth or at least on water

[u/sparkle_lotion → u/SuperGenius98K]

Yea it is. He also rarely gets charges pressed on him because he does it to “protest” abortion. He did that in the city where I live and everyone went from wanting him hanged for doing it to commending him on his cause….

[u/Ok_Yogurtcloset8915 → u/sparkle_lotion]

seriously? that's so stupid, sooner or later he's going to slip and traumatize some emts.

[u/thunder_shart → u/Ok_Yogurtcloset8915]

I guess that just means that he'll be aborted by the building 🤷‍♂️

[u/ComfortableFig6868 → u/thunder_shart]

He’ll be proving that abortion is the right option as his parents should have had one.

[u/boozyperkins]

Is it still abandoned if someone is using it?

[u/flyart → u/boozyperkins]

r/technicallythetruth

[u/Keeblerliketheelf → u/boozyperkins]

Tallest building in Arizona, not abandoned.

[u/tyriancomyn → u/Keeblerliketheelf]

It’s not abandoned… but it’s been vacant since Sept 2021 and has no future plans for tenants at this point.

[u/mastermind1228 → u/boozyperkins]

Probably not abandoned. It could be a data center for the NSA. Major cities have concrete buildings like that all around the country.

[u/Hesticles → u/mastermind1228]

It’s not abandoned. It’s right in the middle of downtown and it’s only this part of the facade that is concrete it’s got a standard skyscraper type of glass facade on the other side.

[u/VWtdi2001]

It's not the fall. It's the splat at the bottom that is the problem.

[u/yeahjmoney → u/VWtdi2001]

In the immortal words of Jeremy Clarkson: Speed has never killed anyone, it's suddenly becoming stationary.

Edit: I suppose there's a bit of context to his quote and that is he was talking about speed limits on motorways. But I extended its application to this as well. Yes, it is true that going from 0 to very fast can also kill you so I suppose it's as someone else observed it's sudden acceleration (deceleration being acceleration in the negative) that kills you.

Edit 2: I also probably butchered the quote so get mad at me before you get mad at Jezza.

[u/chemical_refraction → u/yeahjmoney]

Hmmm looks like he needs to see the death rollercoaster designed for humane executions.

[u/annies_boobs_feet → u/chemical_refraction]

that's not speed, that's acceleration. spaceships go way faster than the deathcoaster, but they do it without as extreme of acceleration as the deathcoaster.

[u/BelgianBeerGuy → u/VWtdi2001]

This reminds me of this movie quote from La Haine.

This is the story of a man who falls from a 50-storey building. The guy, as he falls, constantly repeats himself to reassure himself: So far everything is fine. So far everything is fine. So far everything is fine. But the important thing is not the fall, it's the landing

[u/2b-Kindly_]

Most Pro life protesters will do anything for attention, BUT ADOPT a child they are trying to save. This is pro life Spider man. I have asked some of them and they say " that's not the point" and " this has nothing to do with it" ?? What does that even mean.

[u/jeenyusz → u/2b-Kindly_]

Pro-Life isn’t concerned with what happens after they are born and quite frankly it seems they fall into the category that is all about anti-welfare, anti-government “handouts” etc etc.

So save a life to turn around and tell them to pull themselves up from their boot straps. It’s a heavy conundrum.

[u/monkeywench → u/2b-Kindly_]

So it was “his body, his choice” to climb that high and waste emergency services to take away “her body, her choice” in addition to how many other lives might have been risked due to missing emergency assistance. Typical anti-choice asshat 🙄

[u/Neat-Ad-9550]

Think I know that guy. His name is Peter Parker.

[u/medicated_in_PHL → u/Neat-Ad-9550]

He literally calls himself “Pro-life Spider-Man”.

Yep. This was a stunt to raise money for the pro-life activist group he’s a part of.

[u/lgood77 → u/medicated_in_PHL]

To convince a disabled girl to not get an abortion according to his own vids...

[u/[deleted] → u/lgood77]

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[u/some_body_else → u/medicated_in_PHL]

He's so pro life that he free climbed a 40 story building with no safety equipment.

[u/medicated_in_PHL → u/some_body_else]

Fuck the laws, he can do whatever he wants with his body. You on the other hand….

They’re are least consistent.

[u/Lil_ruggie → u/medicated_in_PHL]

He seems like a tool.

[u/Nanaki567 → u/Neat-Ad-9550]

Dammit you just gave away Superman’s identity.

[u/OddballRox]

Why do we send emergency services at all? They fall, that’s on them. Just have a cop there to arrest them if they make it and a hose at the bottom in case they don’t.

[u/fartmitten → u/OddballRox]

Seriously. Waste of resources. If he falls, there's no way that fire truck and ambulance will be able to save him.

[u/cleetus_maximus → u/fartmitten]

Ambulance to transport the body and water hose to clean up the mess left behind

[u/Stefanthro → u/fartmitten]

What do you mean? I expect them to fire the hose, and for the climber to endless spin on the water stream as they lower the pressure and safely bring him down.

[u/little_lexodus → u/OddballRox]

I'm assuming they set-up some perimeter so that he doesn't kill someone on the ground if he falls down

[u/YourPlot → u/OddballRox]

We send emergency services just like we do for any asshole who puts himself and/or others in danger. Same for a drunk driver, lost hiker who thought they knew what they were doing, or a surfer who went out when the waves were too big.

[u/Bisquatchi]

This is just that anti-abortion douche, isn’t it?

[u/conbar93]

He calls himself pro-life Spiderman and he has done stuff like this before. It's a stunt to raise money for his anti-abortion cause.

[u/JeffWingrsDumbGayDad → u/conbar93]

This post is right beneath the one in /r/PublicFreakout on my feed, but that's from the climber's perspective. Had to do a double take when I saw the building here.

[u/stacyand14548]

[u/louloc]

It used to be the tallest building in Phoenix. I’m pretty sure it still is. It’s currently being renovated. I just saw on the news a few months ago that it was empty. I had no idea and I live here. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/TMonahan2424 → u/louloc]

Still is, but it used to be too.

[u/DeepThroatShrimpies → u/louloc]

If your the right distance away and When the sun hits it just right in the late afternoon/sunset you can see through all the the empty floors and see the elevator columns. at least I remember being able to at one point recently.

[u/misologous]

Nah this kind of stuff shouldn’t be encouraged. One misstep and they’ll have to scrape that person off the pavement

[u/Shady_Scientist]

https://ktar.com/story/5436050/anti-abortion-activist-arrested-after-free-climbing-phoenixs-tallest-skyscraper/

It was done by an anti-abortion activist. kinda lost all impressiveness when I found that out.

[u/thiago-mendes]

I hope this doesn't go to r/therewasanattempt

[u/shanemiller125 → u/thiago-mendes]

I fully expect to see it on r/sweatypalms though

[u/Qudit314159]

Actually, that's free soloing which is a specific type of free climbing. Free climbing in general (in contrast to aid climbing) means ascending without attaching devices to the rock that you can pull or step on to make it easier to move upwards.

Free climbing and free soloing are often confused by the public but in fact the vast majority of free climbing is done with a rope.

[u/ZoixDark → u/Qudit314159]

And it's really annoying when people mix them up.

[u/fappyday]

He's a pro-life activist who is trying to raise money to give to a disabled woman to convince her not to get an abortion. He's also tying up emergency services and blocking traffic.

[u/Martin125997]

Nah, it’s just an Eagles fan warming up.

[u/EpisodicDoleWhip → u/Martin125997]

We have to grease the buildings now too?!

[u/RosebudWhip]

I preferred the raccoon

[u/dank0000001]

Dude has a long way to go either way. Up or down

[u/allen5az]

Stop giving this douche oxygen. Just another hateful jerk dying for attention.

[u/shophopper]

Why are there so many emergency services? He can only fall to his death once.

[u/Jokulhaups72]

Not sure if anyone has said this already. But he did get arrested once he got to the top, and this is the chase building in downtown Phoenix.

[u/Drnstvns]

Stupid, selfish waste of resources that could be attending real emergencies. There’s nothing brave, cool or amazing about this.

[u/maninplainview]

FUCK YOU, I'M SUCTION CUP MAN!

Oh wow, look at me go!