Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
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baldrick
hmmmmm
the only person who's gonna get hurt is himself. he trains for it, he knows what he's doing.Qualify it then please
loads of people who do dangerous sports have families, doesn't mean he or they are irresponsible for doing it.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Or the person he falls on.
Or his family who I'm pretty sure can't get life insurance for him
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
What's that got to do with him being a tool? He's still a reckless irresponsible fool
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Very interesting debate on his private life - like it's anything to do with anyone here 
Visually very Iggy Pop, got that partic counter-culture marketing vibe set to 10.
Fwiw, I think the interesting thing is he's a genuine adrenilin junkie not, for example, one of these wannabees wearing some new kind of snow shoe.
Also interesting how conventional society responds to these outsiders, especially when it comes to their families it seems.
Visually very Iggy Pop, got that partic counter-culture marketing vibe set to 10.
Fwiw, I think the interesting thing is he's a genuine adrenilin junkie not, for example, one of these wannabees wearing some new kind of snow shoe.
Also interesting how conventional society responds to these outsiders, especially when it comes to their families it seems.
Augie March
blahem
I think an example here is that he climbed that building without taking his medication that treats his epilipsy.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
I'm sure you'll make a very fine parent one day, Mr March.
baldrick
hmmmmm
that's up to him isn't it?
epilepsy medication can really affect you. if the dose isn't right, and sometimes even if it is, he might not be able to climb.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
that was put on for the cameras IMO.
if he's into controlling the risk as much as he says he is and as much as his longevity implies he is, he'd have taken more than enough medication with him to china.
why rely on being able to get hold of more in a country were you dont speak the language and know nothing about the healthcare system?
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
i think she probably expected him to gve it up before he was 50
am i wrong to find him just a little but sexy?
must be the french thing, i do like foreigners he is utterly mad also
i felt quite sorry or his son when he was being questioned quite tactlessly about his fathers mortality. As a mother I doubt I would have allowed that to take place. You could see how uncomfortable he was with that line of questioning and hear the emotion in his voice so why he was pressed to answer was beyond me.
Juice Terry
rama lama fa fa fa
Looking at the way he climbed the buildings and how easy he made it look and considering how fit, strong and skillful he is, its probably about as risky as one of us running up and down the stairs.
I don't think its nearly as dangerous as it appears, just the fact that its so far off the scale of acceptably safe behaviour makes it seem more risky to us mere mortals.
He is of course still fucking amazing for having the balls and skill to be able to do it.
I don't think its nearly as dangerous as it appears, just the fact that its so far off the scale of acceptably safe behaviour makes it seem more risky to us mere mortals.
He is of course still fucking amazing for having the balls and skill to be able to do it.
secretsquirrel
Respectable married lady
As are those who take drugs at the weekend without knowing what's in 'em? Those who drive too fast - not to metion F1 drivers? Those who eat that Japanese fish that could kill you if prepared wrong? Those who commute across London on a bicycle listening to i-pods....?! The list could go on and on and on.
He lives his life with passion and, as others have said, he's been with his wife for 25 years so clearly something is working in their relationship. To have a passion - and to be able to make a living from it - fair play to him.
Not entirely sure about the leather suit/thinning hair combo though
Augie March
blahem
Why thankyou sir.
All I'm saying here is that if he said he was taking controlled risks, as he did say on film, then I can't see anything controlled about climbing up a skyscraper when you're not on the medication you're supposed to be on that helps control any possible fits. Of course if the documentary makers were lying about it, then I'd be wrong, but that's how it was presented on screen.
Also, to say that just because he makes it look easy, that it's perfectly safe is silly. As one of the climbers said in the film, it doesn't matter how experienced you are, it only takes one little slip and you'll fall.
Augie March
blahem
Just to add, not taking anything away from what he does, because it is a superhuman feat.
But I just don't think that he's somebody to look up to...
But I just don't think that he's somebody to look up to...
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
How in any way is it not irresponsible?
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Climbing a tall building without ropes is irresponsible.
Doing it whilst in constant risk of having an epileptic fit is more irresponsible.
Doing it in countries which might lock you up is even more responible.
Then there's the fact that he has a young family to support.
What a wanker.
Doing it whilst in constant risk of having an epileptic fit is more irresponsible.
Doing it in countries which might lock you up is even more responible.
Then there's the fact that he has a young family to support.
What a wanker.
g force
Affects Shatner's Basoon
Dobule bloody post
g force
Affects Shatner's Basoon
Its his life to do with as he pleases
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
No, people shouldn't be massive twerps. That's all.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
For sure
Augie March
blahem
Out of interest, would people respect him that much if he fell to his death whilst trying to attach that silly advertising banner on one of the buildings that he was climbing? 
All quite right but wouldn't the world be dull if there weren't people like him about?
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