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2017-12-12 -Obits-

Chinese Rooftop Climber Wu Yongning Makes Final Climb

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-12-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Never neglect arm day.

Posted by Herb McCoy7309 2017-12-12 02:03|| 2017-12-12 02:03|| Front Page Top

#2 falling from a 62-storey building

Yep, that'll do it.

Posted by AlanC 2017-12-12 07:15|| 2017-12-12 07:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Gravity always wins. It may take time, but it wins.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-12-12 08:42|| 2017-12-12 08:42|| Front Page Top

#4 It's not the fall that gets you. It's the damn sudden stop.

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-12-12 10:05|| 2017-12-12 10:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Old Chinese proverb as related to ladder (and other) climbing: "Two Rungs don't make one Height."

Posted by USN, Ret. 2017-12-12 17:57|| 2017-12-12 17:57|| Front Page Top

#6 When I was rock climbing, I had to come to terms with the very unnatural feeling of hanging off a face. I came to the conclusion that after a certain height, might as well go as high as possible. If I fell, I would live longer.

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-12-12 18:29|| 2017-12-12 18:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Keeping a file on you USN.

Posted by Shipman 2017-12-12 18:32|| 2017-12-12 18:32|| Front Page Top

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