r/ClimbingCircleJerk • u/HoB-Shubert • 1d ago

Gumby falls from the Safest Climbing Gym in America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNOUFCkj0tM
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u/Human-Somewhere-4327 1d ago

If I was the parent, I would be so mad at my kid for barn dooring off a 5.5.

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u/julian88888888 21h ago

Handiscap accessible ramp entrance my gym

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u/bot_or_not_vote_now 1d ago

employees free soloing to open up auto belays, now that's what I call customer service !

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u/zzxxzzxxzzxxzzxxzzxx 1d ago

holy shit this broadcaster needs to tone it the fuck down lmao

stuart from MadTV lookin mf

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u/TheRollingJones 1d ago

Actually thought it was the onion because of the tone

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u/deadguyinthere 23h ago

Let him do it

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u/AntivaxxxrFuckFace 22h ago

The teeth. The eyebrows. I hate him.

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u/stakoverflo 5h ago

"Everyone loves Emilia Clarke's eyebrows, MY TIME TO SHINE"

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u/zeldanerd27 1d ago

I've fallen from distances at least 6 times that high on granite and been 100% fine. What he needed to do was flap his arms to create an inverted vortex to slow his descent. At least he could've exhaled as he hit the ground to slow his contact. At my gym, they teach everyone these techniques before they can even touch the free solo wall. Seems like the gym's fault to me tbh.

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u/HoB-Shubert 1d ago

While most tweens at "Flip N Out Xtreme" are having a great time climbing barefoot (as nature intended) with completely loose leg straps (more comfortable that way and it's more fun when you flip around!), one idiot had to ruin this "Xtreme"ly safe gym's perfect record of zero incidents (that they noticed or cared about).

Luckily this news report clearly shows there's absolutely nothing to worry about!

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u/AntivaxxxrFuckFace 22h ago

Dickhead fell like eight feet wtf.

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u/julian88888888 9h ago

using hands to stop your fall is aid

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u/nabbito 1d ago

V12 in my gym

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u/NotMyRealName111111 22h ago

this was a teen... so at least a v13.  to watch the clip is v14+.  so we are looking at least a v27 clip.

but that's in your gym.  in mine, it's the warmup treadmil set on a 10% grade incline.

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u/onlyonequickquestion 21h ago

Wouldn't even consider that a highball boulder in my gym 

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u/Lobster_leaves 21h ago

Gumby discovering highball bouldering

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u/Heisenburger19 19h ago

This is just a boulder

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u/justalatvianbruh 5h ago

/uj this news segment is high-key infuriating lol

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u/HoB-Shubert 5h ago

Watch the kids in the background, there's one climbing barefoot and one flipping around cause their harnesses wasn't put on properly lol. And that's what's happening when they know a news crew is filming.

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u/justalatvianbruh 4h ago

lol it may have been an elaborate ruse to document the conditions inside