Name a more dangerous sport/profession/hobby

>>1031172
slacklining without the safety line

>>1031176
i'm assuming you mean over dangerous routes? that may be close, but when you fall you can at least try and catch the slack line, climbing is you fall you die

>>1031172
>Free solo climbing is by far the most dangerous thing you can do in this life. It's stupidly dangerous.

Maybe if you are just random normie, alex honnold is one of, if not the best, climbers in the world.

>>1031219
Do you think top performers in super niche hobbies get puss? That norwegian chess autist is dating a supermodel, but chess is a relatively large domain

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>>1031172
Naked polar bear wrestling in an arena full of land-mines.

Brazilian train surfing
Shark rodeo

>>1031222
Having been at the same wall as Honnold a couple of times, there were several people there trying to chat him up once he wrapped up for the day, including hot /out/ types chicks. Any time anyone sees him on a climb word gets out and people show up to watch.

No doubt he could pick one on any given day give her a cocktour of his bus-home.

>>1031172
>Name a more dangerous profession

Delivery truck driver.

>>1031236
he also wears what looks like costco brand plaid polo t-shirts so i get the impression that he does it because he likes it

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>>1031239
Que? Pls explain.

>>1031236
Nice

>>1031172
I thought base jumping was more dangerous
Show me the numbers, or this is an anecdotal waste of a thread and OP is a giant bundle of sticks

>>1031239
how about motherhood. Moms: The real soldiers

>>1031269
That's true! 100 percent of mothers die after giving birth!

>>1031266
http://base-jumping.eu/base-jumping-fatality-list/
https://www.quora.com/How-many-people-die-rock-climbing-each-year-Are-there-any-particular-causes-for-this

>>1031222
What do you think? Of course he fucks sweet pussy.

>>1031274
Thanks dude
So 25 basejumpers died in 2016 worldwide and 26 climbers died in the US and Canada in 2013
Looking for a more detailed, per capita, year for year analysis comparing the two though

>>1031294
per capita would be pretty hard to say, i'd say more amateurs 'free solo' because it doesn't take any gear and are more inclined to fail at it. If you're base jumping, you've already got the gear and probably some experience.

>>1031291
he has a gf. he used to just hook up with random girls he met through climbing. and there are a ton of hot girls who climb, with amazing bodies

>>1031305
You're right
We are talking about such a small sample, it's hard to get data on this and make generalizations

Mesoamerican ballgame

>>1031172
Wingsuit cliff diving
Someone else post the videos im too busy

Scuba diving, particularly in caves or other closed spaces.

Not sure if it is more dangerous by the numbers, but definitely a worse way to die.

Alex is a fucking god.
I was living in Yosemite for the last year and got to hear crazy stories all the time about him doing shit around the park.

>>1031172
this comes to mind

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298970/Kyle-Lee-Stocking-Utah-man-22-accidentally-jumps-death-rope-swing-stunt-famous-YouTube.html

>>1031294
How many, if any, of those climbers died free soloing? I bet most was repelling accidents or other basic mistakes.

>>1031172
How do these "outdoor bums" find the time to shave their chests and stomachs so smoothly?

>>1031219
yeah true, and listen to the podcast he did with joe rogan, he said that he only take calculated risk

I'd feel comfortable saying that more people have died cleaning windows than free soloing in the last 50 years. So window cleaning.

>>1031172
You've already summoned the retards saying less people have died doing (x) without considering the population of each activity respectively so might as well consider the thread over. It will only devolve from here.

>>1031172
Assistant Crack Whore.

>>1031294
A ton more people climb than base jump, 7.2 million climbers in the us (source: a guy who works at the access fund who I met in Bishop recently), so that fact combined with your numbers means base jumping is WAY MORE DANGEROUS. Another statistic I've heard for base jumping is one death per 600 jumps, which to me is a crazy high risk. I'm a climber, that's my perspective. Never done any really intense soloing, little highball bouldering.

>>1031172
>>>1031172
>How do these "outdoor bums" find the time to shave their chests and stomachs so smoothly?
We tend to be the hairless type.

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>>1031172
I used to freesolo a lot as a teenager.
I climbed flatirons 1,2, and 5 in boulder CO without a rope. Pretty easy stuff.
I also did a 5.11 in Coal creek canyon that i had never done before. I wasent in a very good headspace before the attempt. It was basically suicidal. IF I fell I wouldn't really care too much.

Did my last free solo at age 16. Now I just boulder because I have nobody to climb with.

>>1031242
>>1031269
https://www.trucks.com/2016/12/19/truck-driver-deadliest-job/

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=87825

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/pf/jobs/1108/gallery.dangerous_jobs/9.html

https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/delivering-pizza-is-one-of-the-most-dangerous-jobs-in-america

https://www.pizzamarketplace.com/news/pizza-delivery-driver-fifth-of-10-most-dangerous-jobs/

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5933246/why-truck-driving-is-one-of-the-most-unhealthy-jobs-in-america

>>1031242
>Que? Pls explain.

Niggers

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>>1031351
This sort of thing? Probably, yeah.

I dunno if you're right OP; I bet you there are more deaths per capita base jumping than there are free soloing. Freeclimbers don't fuck around.

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Riding a bicycle.

>>1031172
How about being a news reporter in Mexico

>>1031383
i doubt more people died in repelling accidents than they did falling off the wall while climbing

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>>1031771
Hairless?

>>1031834
cyclists deserve to be hit

>>1031881
why not say police officer?

>>1031884
Repelling is how the vast majority of climbers get hurt or killed.

>>1031172
look at those sausage fingers.

>>1031834
>no helmet
You deserved it

>>1031834
>>1031887
Most of the places people ride bicycles are actually illegal for bicycles. Like the highway here has signs up at every intersection, "no pedestrians; no cyclists". Yet, there's always a pack of cycle tards taking up half the lane and the cops simply do not give a shit about them.

>>1031886
Maybe facial hair but body hair tends to be minimal. Also I live in a van and manage to shave everything on the regular. Not a fan of hair anywhere.

>trespassing to do "parkour" on top of high rise buildings, cranes, etc.
>there's statistically more injuries and fatalities climbing glaciers and frozen waterfalls with gear than free climbing rocks/mountains
>wing walking on stunt airplanes
>rough rapids/waterfall kayaking

>>1031172
being a cis white male in one of the richest nations on earth.

>>1032088
>trespassing to do "parkour" on top of high rise buildings, cranes, etc.

barely anyone actually does this outside of youtube, 98% of people training stay at street level.

The rest is 1% urbex and 1% russians.

Solo parachuteless skydiving is moderately dangerous

>>1032226
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qF_fzEI4wU


...It's been done, apparently.

>>1031172
i wonder what his shoes smell like

>>1032013
No not really. Usually Interstates are illegal for cyclists, but only if there's no suitable alternative. I'm guessing you're talking about inner city highways, not too sure who would want to ride a bicycle on those. Feel free to run them over because they give cycling a bad name.
>>1031976
A helmet wont do much good protecting you against a 4000 lb suv??

>>1032088
>trespassing to do "parkour" on top of high rise buildings, cranes, etc.
These people don't actually die that often though

>>1031310
>he used to just hook up with random girls he met through climbing. and there are a ton of hot girls who climb, with amazing bodies
sweatingguy.jpg

>>1031884
Thanks for pointing out your ignorance of climbing.

>>1031935
why is that?

>>1031172
I guarantee Bear Wrestling has a much higher mortality rate.

>>1032731
Probably because more people repel than free climb. Also, there is more perceived risk with free climbing so that people that do it will either be amazing climbers or more cautious than the average person repelling.

>>1032742
Look at this pussy who can't wrestle burrs

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>>1031172
Probably motorcycling in the US in any urban setting. At least with free climbing, it's as safe as you are skilled. But with motorcycling, your life is in the hands of the mentally ill pill poppers that scourge the country.
Maybe they'll plow you from behind at a stoplight while looking at their phone, but more than likely they'll murder you with their car on account of their narcissism and uncontrollable tantrums.

>>1031172

Underwater caving probably doesn't cause that many fatalities, but it has all the dangers of caving and scuba diving combined. Sounds like some scary shit.

>>1032731
It's most dangerous for a number of reasons. You're belaying yourself, not someone else so if you hit your head you're fucked. People forget to knot the rope ends and rap off them. People screw up and don't put themselves on rap before the belayer takes them off belaying and they fall. There's a bunch of things that can go wrong between the time you get to anchor and when you get to the ground. When you're climbing there's two people looking out for you, yourself and your belayer. When you're rappelling, it's just you.

>>1031222
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1jwwagtaQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzdCmUDnTpc

>>1031439
It's apparently important to them to deny their manliness

>>1032058
fag

>>1032226
>>1032246
0% mortality rate

Hey /out/, so I've been bouldering for about 2 years at my local rock gym. They also have some nice top rope walls. I have no problem with heights, but I am worried about the condition of the ropes there. A gym in my state just shut down because a kid got paralyzed when a rope snapped. I checked what I could at my gym condition wise and the ropes look ok. The top rope is just on a chain on a carabiner attached to the ceiling. It looks pretty shady.

There are no pads underneath the high walls, it's concrete (for whatever fucking reason.) I just don't feel confident in their equipment. Whenever I climb I use my own shit that I know is in perfect condition. I have no idea if they have been using the same ropes for years. I have no idea if there is any damage to their ropes. Anyone else deal with something like this? Is it worth risking being paralyzed by using their shady equipment?

>>1035787
can't you just lead climb

>>1031172
polar bear tipping. an incredibly stupid idea but god damn is it ever fun.

>>1035787
can't you talk to the dudes who run the place ?

>>1032246
>helmet
I don't think that's gonna save you m8

>>1031172
Combat Soldier

Is there a way to get good at climbing if you're not built for it? Everyone I've seen who's skilled at climbing is lanky and I think I'm just too stocky. I'm not fat or anything but I could definitely put on more muscle than I have.

driving

How has no one mentioned freediving/skindiving? It's just purposefully playing chicken with death. The only way you could possibly make it more dangerous would be to free dive a cave or something.

>>1031450
But how about ladder climbing in general.

>>1039462
> Illiterate goat farmer aiming from 50+ yards away

> the immutable law of gravity from 50+ feet up

The latter is probably more consistently going to kill you

>>1039762
https://www.youtube.com/results?q=alex+megos
he's a manlet compared to the other greats, not sure about stocky climbers though, there are some bulkier guys out there

Lava juggling can be pretty risky...

>>1031226
You don't need a polar bear, don't need to wrestle anything nor to be naked.

You only need to go /out/ in Bosnia where during 2014 the major floods and landslides unearthed and scattered the landmines from known minefields in new and interesting places.

http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/222099905/landmines-unearthed-by-shifting-mud-in-flooded-balkans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_mine_contamination_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina

>>1031172
Abandoned mine exploration

>>1039400
B-but they might tell me their ropes are 100% good to go and that doesnt fit with my paranoia so i cant talk to them about it

>>1035787
>gym in my state just shut down because a kid got paralyzed when a rope snapped
liar