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#1225 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 02, 2009, 12:19:45 pm
Photoshop?

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#1226 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 02, 2009, 12:31:12 pm
Photoshop?

He could never fit Jessops round his waist  :P

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#1227 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 02, 2009, 01:06:51 pm
I don't think there's any reason to doubt Potter is there? Enough footage of him doing this kind of thing before.

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#1228 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 02, 2009, 01:16:27 pm
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#1229 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 02, 2009, 01:24:37 pm
"Most of the time I do literally live in a cave or under trees and forget that the public sees or cares about what I do."

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#1230 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 02, 2009, 02:25:54 pm
I don't think there's any reason to doubt Potter is there? Enough footage of him doing this kind of thing before.

Indeed. Proverbial straw clutching.

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#1231 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 02, 2009, 04:08:07 pm

That's fucking insane - the guy is a superwad

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#1232 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 01:49:49 am
I think people may have misunderstood. I was not accusing, merely asking. Good effort although seems a little pointless to me. Slacklining has always been an amusement rather than an activity.

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#1233 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 08:02:41 am
Slacklining has always been an amusement rather than an activity.
to you.

I'm sure many people view bouldering the same way.

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#1234 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 09:17:59 am
I think people may have misunderstood. I was not accusing, merely asking. Good effort although seems a little pointless to me. Slacklining has always been an amusement rather than an activity.

If by "amusement" you mean "bag of wank" then I agree. That Potter photo's pretty awesome though I must admit.

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#1235 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 09:30:39 am
Every time he gets called Potter, all I can see in my head is Hermione yelling 'wingardium leviosa' and waving her wand every time he falls.

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#1236 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 09:43:48 am
I dunno, slack---lining is quite good fun. and its an excellent way of improving your balance and core strength, still an amusement rather than a serious pass time though.

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#1237 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 09:51:54 am
I agree, but it has bugger all to do with climbing and it does annoy me a little the way it gets presented in a climbing context, Alpinist devoting 12 pages to it was their low point. For all we know in the tight-rope community he might be seen as a right willy-waver. ;)

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#1238 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 09:58:18 am
you've just got to look at scouse - finds slacklining so easy its tedious, yet on the rock its like watching a retard humping a doorknob.

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#1239 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 09:58:38 am

Strong bouldering doctor residing in Manc


Britians favourite comedian soon to dissapear into a ukgold blackhole due to the amount of repeats of the same fucking breakfast sketch

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#1240 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 11:57:18 am
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After reading that my first thought was 'It'd be f*cking funny if he did fall off' - a bad thought I know but jeez you can't Hong Kong Fuey out of a 3000ft freefall.

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#1241 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 12:09:07 pm
It seems people are going out of their way to take my comments as derogatory. My apologies, I should have ended the sentence with "to me". I was merely expressing a personal opinion.

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#1242 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 12:18:11 pm
On the internet?! What were you thinking man?!

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#1243 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 04:34:40 pm


Sartorially challenged bloke off the gurn again thread.



Complete tit Dappy out of Ndubz (R&B chav act popular with 13 year olds and Adam Lincoln  ;) )

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#1244 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 03, 2009, 11:09:32 pm
with 13 year olds and Adam Lincoln  ;) )

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#1245 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 04, 2009, 08:35:27 am
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After reading that my first thought was 'It'd be f*cking funny if he did fall off' - a bad thought I know but jeez you can't Hong Kong Fuey out of a 3000ft freefall.

Sorry to stray further off topic, but I feel that it is time to look at the SCIENCE of Potter's risk management. Having read what he has to say about his preparations and his life in general, I have noticed that there is one glaringly obvious way in which he can avoid serious injury. Unless my maths/physics is wrong (not likely) then the time taken for Potter to fall any distance greater than 120 feet will allow him enough time to generate enough bullshit to provide a perfectly safe, squidgy (if a little dirty) landing for himself. Initially I tried to calculate whether his hot air output could help him, but soon saw that it is the energy absorbing properties of bullshit that is his real friend.

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#1246 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 04, 2009, 09:47:56 am
Sorry to stray further off topic, but I feel that it is time to look at the SCIENCE of Potter's risk management. Having read what he has to say about his preparations and his life in general, I have noticed that there is one glaringly obvious way in which he can avoid serious injury. Unless my maths/physics is wrong (not likely) then the time taken for Potter to fall any distance greater than 120 feet will allow him enough time to generate enough bullshit to provide a perfectly safe, squidgy (if a little dirty) landing for himself. Initially I tried to calculate whether his hot air output could help him, but soon saw that it is the energy absorbing properties of bullshit that is his real friend.

So you're a fan of Potter's 'work' then Lagers?

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#1247 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 04, 2009, 09:53:19 am
It's the "humble man living in a cave or under trees, unaware of his exploits being broadcast to the outside world" image I like most.


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#1248 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 04, 2009, 10:22:20 am
So you're a fan of Potter's 'work' then Lagers?

Oh aye. He's up there with "Big" Al Robert and Bare Gristle.

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#1249 Re: shit, isn't that.....?
June 04, 2009, 10:23:53 am
It's the "humble man living in a cave or under trees, unaware of his exploits being broadcast to the outside world" image I like most.


Unaware my arse. Soloing Delicate Arch and expecting no-one will notice.

 

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