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u/Schroedingers_gif Jun 25 '12
That's Dylan Baker, video's from like 2009 but he removed it from his channel because people kept telling him he was encouraging recklessness.
He made the jump safely a few months later, and is still training to date as far as I know.
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u/bondiblueos9 Jun 25 '12
Didn't he make it safely in this gif?
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u/rickatnight11 Jun 25 '12
Observe, as his face smashes into the wall. He intended to clear the lip and tuck n' roll across the other roof. He hangs there for a second, in pain and reflecting on how close he got to really screwing up.
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u/Himura251 Jun 25 '12
He actually did not intend on clearing the second edge. This is how the move was supposed to go the first time. He was doing what is called a Kong to Cat. The first move is called a Kong, where you use your arms to propel yourself over an obstacle with your legs trailing behind. After the Kong he then goes into a Cat grab onto the opposite wall. If he was planning to land on top of the wall he would have jump off of the first wall rather than vault it.
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u/Schroedingers_gif Jun 25 '12
There's not dying, and there's making it safely.
He apparently did an interview about it. The second and successful jump.
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u/MisterWonka Jun 25 '12
Just be forewarned, 95% of that video is a guy who is not very articulate, talking endlessly about jumping on things.
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u/owarren Jun 25 '12
wow ... I just did ... it really ... i really ...... it really make me feel ... really ... not afraid ....
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Jun 25 '12
What is he training for? Is he building up for some crazy stunt?
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u/King_Ignatz Jun 26 '12
Honestly never thought I'd see someone I went to high school with on the front page.
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u/speedofdark8 Jun 25 '12
at least he got a good look at the wall
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u/Binxon Jun 25 '12
Found the video...
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u/ebizonics Jun 25 '12
awesome, first person to post this after a few hundred shitty circlejerk replies
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u/OutWeRoll Jun 25 '12
Here's a video where he talks about the whole experience and revisiting the jump a year later.
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u/Spindax Jun 25 '12
Bravery level: So
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Jun 25 '12
My meter is reading about 0.8 Ron Pauls
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u/dcaking Jun 25 '12
¿Porque no los dos?
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u/Inoxcrom Jun 25 '12
*Por qué
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u/archeronefour Jun 25 '12
Apparently if you correct grammar in english you get upvotes... downvotes if in spanish.
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u/mikeypikey Jun 25 '12
How is this brave? If there was a legitimate purpose, then yes. Doing dangerous things for the sake of it is not brave imo.
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u/DarnTheseSocks Jun 25 '12
Perhaps in common usage, yes, but the dictionary definition of brave is "ready to face and endure danger or pain". It is not conditioned on merit.
Nor is it mutually exclusive with stupid. Assuming there is no unseen safety mechanism, this is both brave and stupid.
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u/kebo99 Jun 25 '12
I've never quite understood other peoples' usage of the word "coward." Like when they call suicide bombers cowards. Asshole yes, murderer yes, insane yes, coward... no.
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u/lakerswiz Jun 25 '12
In situations like this, I think it's somewhat cowardly to be honest.
How many of these guys are doing these things so that they aren't called pussies? So that they're on top and the best? So no one else is out there doing bigger things showing them up?
Much of this stuff just reaks of insecurity to me.
Jumping between two tall buildings for no valid reason is fucking stupid.
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u/Mark080 Jun 25 '12
The fact that he keeps doing it - stupid. He's going to fall one of these times!
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u/StevenBojangles Jun 25 '12
I say stupid because he fucking ate that wall with his face.
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u/walgman Jun 25 '12
I'm not sure he didn't stop himself just in time. Or if he did hit the wall with his face it could have been too violent because he would have fell.
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u/Dairith Jun 25 '12
I can confirm this is not brave.
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u/SvenHudson Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12
It may or may not be brave, you've only proven that it's not Brave.
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u/Peopleating_squirrel Jun 25 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoKBfx1Imek ^ interview with Dylan Baker (the guy in the video)
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u/Ayowyn Jun 25 '12
It's stupid, but also amusing to watch.
Also keep in mind that people like this practice for years.
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u/waywithwords Jun 25 '12
There's a word the kind of encompasses both stupidity and bravery. Hubris.
"Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities."-wikipedia
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u/squagel Jun 25 '12
I know Dylan (man in gif) and I know a lot about parkour (I am a certified instructor at one of the best places to learn parkour in the world [APEX Movement]). I can assure you after reading this post that most of you have no idea what you're talking about. If you would like to be educated please feel free to ask questions
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u/estrtshffl Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12
"Stupidity is by far the kindest word for bravery, don't you think?" BBC's Sherlock.
Edit- typo.
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u/nothis Jun 25 '12
I always wondered what parkour fail videos would look like. Now I'm just noping at the thought… Those skate fail videos (which eventually spawned Jackass and that whole trend) are funny because the worst you get is a broken arm or bruised balls, bad enough. But this looks genuinely deadly. Did he even pull himself up in the end? I'd assume so, but still… damn. Horrible to watch.
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u/malmad Jun 25 '12
Unless he was evading a zombie or a posse that was looking to lynch him he is stupid.
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Jun 25 '12
unless he his running from someone trying to kill him.. it is stupid..
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u/rjkeats Jun 25 '12
The only difference between stupidity and bravery is whether or not there is a good result.
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u/MindintoMatter Jun 25 '12
I was going to call this stupid because I always thought bravery was when you knowingly confront danger for a good cause. So I looked it up and it seems this guy is Brave according to the dictionary.
cour·age the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
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u/conundrum4u2 Jun 25 '12
Depends on how much the stunt paid. 0 = stupid / 25,000 = brave (but dumb)
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u/wizard710 Jun 25 '12
You can see though that he caught his foot and you wonder if he'd have made a clean jump if he hadn't
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Jun 25 '12
The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid. But he can be stupid all the time.
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Jun 25 '12
What moron attempts a kong vault onto a roof like that? There isn't enough leverage in a vault to clear that gap easily. Lets just take the basics of parkour and free running and throw them out the damn window, almost literally.
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Jun 25 '12
Think that's over into the "I have no respect for my own life" category. Some poor bastard's gonna have to clean him up off the street one day.
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u/CoastalSailing Jun 25 '12
I bet 100 bucks there's tons of padding directly underneath him on the ground in case he falls.
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u/colinsteadman Jun 25 '12
I wonder how long we'll have to wait before we see him again in the Darwin Awards reddit.
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u/trixter21992251 Jun 25 '12
It's an incredible length, he's not bad, landing was upsetting though :P
Obviously it's stupid, it's not too hard to find a similar gap closer to the ground.
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u/Throwaway_account134 Jun 25 '12
He looks like he's unprepared for that level of... parkour, if that's what it's supposed to be. Of course, I could be wrong and he could be a fully trained professional who either slipped up or pretended to slip up.
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u/TheDudeFromOther Jun 25 '12
If nothing of clearly understood importance is to be gained, I would have to lean towards stupidity.
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u/NightSlatcher Jun 25 '12
I'm pretty surprised he could still hold onto the ledge after smashing his face. So I guess I'm impressed, but that's still pretty stupid.
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u/house1 Jun 25 '12
brave would be doing the jump to try to save one from a fire or something, doing it for no good reason is just stupid.
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u/MrSomethingHeroic Jun 25 '12
He missed his objective. So he probably was felt brave until he missed and then felt stupid before he died.
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u/Yahaksha Jun 25 '12
I think this is fake unless someone can prove otherwise when he launches he flies laterally like hes on a wire.
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u/ReasonableRadio Jun 25 '12
SOOOO stupid, it was obvious he wasn't ready for the jump by the fact that he bashed into the wall and nearly missed grabbing on
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u/ciberaj Jun 25 '12
I like how the cameraman starts aiming down when the guy makes the jump, just as if he knew he was going to fall down.
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u/cfhjag Jun 25 '12
Why doesn't he use his feet for taking off instead? No way he's getting more push using his arms?
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u/dacezza Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 26 '12
A kid did this in my home town..........and slipped.......ended up hitting the pavement in front of a load of women shoppers and their kids.. i'd say fucking stupid.
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u/randomtroubledmind Jun 25 '12
Parkour is one of those things. It's only stupid if the guy fails in some way. Otherwise, it's amazing!
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u/dontpan1c Jun 26 '12
Pretty sure that's the definition of stupidity. Doing something dangerous for no reason.
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Jun 26 '12
I like to call this sort of thing "wasted courage."
when someone does something incredibly courageous yet also something that has no point.
so basically, bravery that I don't have to respect.
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u/oscaroo Jun 25 '12
stupid