mountainmatt

From the video (which is not all that clear) it appears that he was cuffed, but resisted when walking out. This is clearly not a case where a taser should be used. They could have had a couple people carry him out and be done. By tasing multiple times, they now have national attention and (likely) a law suit on their hands.

I thought you were Dru?

Hey Oly, can teach us neanderthals how to insert videos?

I think I see the light!

I agree with Chase as well. But the point is being missed a little here. What are the physical limitations? We can think of exceptions, but where does it end? Where will the tendons snap, finger no longer hold on? Quick, give this guy a PhD! If you don't like it, go to spray. Or maybe Cafe sensitivo is your cup of tea? Exactly, maybe that is where we started, but we have drifted to the physical limitations. Care to comment on that?

Wow, an on topic reply from eviltradclimbguy! Holy crap! This is what I am talking about. Where will physiology start to limit our ability? Decades ago, no one thought we would ever get beyond 5.10, and here we are at 5.15. Is there a limit?

More real than a 270 pound 5'2" guy that climbs 14s (or 15b/c)

Lets avoid the thread drift here and stay on topic (at least somewhat). What are peoples thoughts about the limitations of climbing levels in terms of weight? Any med people out there want to comment about the weakness of bone structure, tendons, etc?

Thanks for that, you just replaced the whale in my dreams.

Your sex life must be very interesting...

Part of this conversation is to discuss the physics of climbing. Bone, tendons, and muscle can only go so far in climbing. You are not going to send 14s (with the exception of eviltradclimbguy) if you weigh well over 200 pounds.

That would be great to see. Sharma at 270! Haa haaa haa

Way to weigh in on the subject! We can all sleep well tonight.

Then what about weight? Someone that weighs well over 200 (or possibly even 270) is going to have a hard time pulling on small edges of a 11 or 12 (not to mention a 14 or 15 b/c).

I think that there are routes that have a different rating if you are short versus tall. In general being tall helps a lot, however there are cases where being tall makes the move too hard. When Lynne Hill sent To bolt or not to be, she had to discover all kinds of intermediate "edges" to alow her to get up the route. Do you think it was really a 14a for her?

I slept in an EV3 this summer and really liked it. There was a lot more space in it than I thought there would be (three people plus our packs). There was little/no condensation when we had the vents slightly open.

But weight has more to do with it than just muscle. How many people do you know that weigh 220+ that crank hard?

Just interested to know what the relation is between someone weight and their top climbing level. I know that thin wirey people with huge ape indexes can climb hard, but what other body types?

Are you sure you are not interested in the 12th man?

Until she rips it off...

I wanna climb there, hook me up

Sad for sure

Boulder canyon can be in depending on the year. The advantage there is you can do some single pitch ice in the morning, take a lunch break, and rock climb at table mesa in the afternoon in the sun.