Climber rope solos El Cap in 24 hrs
A simply ridiculous challenge, basically covering the height of one of the world's largest and most iconic granite walls thrice, in a day, alone.
(, Thu 19 Apr 2018, 10:54, Share, Reply)
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I was about to say that I admire but don't understand people who do this kind of thing. But, on reflection, I'm not sure you can admire someone whose actions are utterly opaque.
And to admire someone implies a kind of wishing that you could do the same. I don't. I've no desire at all to do anything like that.
So... yeah. Turns out I don't admire him after all.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 19 Apr 2018, 14:37,
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yep it's a total mystery tbh
I admire the effort and perseverance though
(, Thu 19 Apr 2018, 17:13, Share, Reply)
I don't think that that's enough.
To borrow a hackneyed example from the literature: imagine that someone spent hours and hours, and a great deal of effort, trying to teach asparagus to speak. I don't think we'd admire his perseverance, because the whole enterprise is worthless.
Of course, the analogy isn't perfect, because we know something about the chances of success in that case and this. But it does show, I think, that perseverance itself is not enough; likewise, effort. The aim in mind has to make a kind of sense as well - and that's where I lose grip. I simply don't get it. In fact, it's more than that. I'm kind of hostile to the whole thing...
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 20 Apr 2018, 9:44,
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one of the most iconic granite walls
yes, because we all know the others. Everybody has their own top 10 list of iconic granite walls
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 19 Apr 2018, 23:12,
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