Climbing the tallest chimney in Europe
Why do people voluntarily expose themselfs to the potential of being clumsy and fall to your death? I don't even trust myself enough to not stumble or drop something pretty much 2-5 times a week.
I'm light headed just watching this.
The girl is cute though... so worth it
She is, but he's pretty douchey. What's with the finger thing? No matter how hot she is, I would pass on this. I had to turn it off when he was walking on the little ledge at the last part. It would have been perversely funny though, if they actually fell down INTO the chimney.
To me, Angel's Landing would be much easier mentally than this chimney climb... I think it's perspective. On most natural formations, the climber deals with a "wall" (for lack of a better term) that has lines of weakness until you get to the summit and you have the views around you. With these man-made structures (chimney, antenna, crane, etc) your perspective while climbing is very different because you have "thin" contact points with the surface you're climbing and the view is constantly in your peripheral.
The finger thing may be a relaxing and focusing technique... I'm guessing of course. The apple or peach that he chucks at the end... there's some perspective for you; 14-15 seconds of free fall. The climb down (in the dark) would be mentally exhausting for me personally.
As the first comment for the "Stairway to Heaven" video says, the guy must have massive upper body strength to be able to drag those massive balls up that structure.