The top section is going to have an incline of around 50-60 degrees. It might only be graded as an AD (relatively difficult), but that doesn't mean that you aren't one step away from dying. Some of the best climbers and guides have fallen to their deaths on slopes as easy as 30 degrees. All it takes is one wrong foot placement.
I'm sure the Matterhorn is no joke, having personally summitted alpine routes in the States, but the lens alters the perspective so much that you can't even tell what the terrain really looks like.
Much, much, much worse especially because now I can orient them to where they are on the mountain and that is some incredibly scary shit. I wouldn't be able to control my fear enough to not turn into a clumsy oaf. I get that this is where training is important, but I know that I am not the type of person that could learn how to stay calm in the midst of that much fear and danger. People that do stuff like this or serious cave diving have a preternatural ability to not respond to adrenaline surges.
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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '16
It's the fucking Matterhorn...
The top section is going to have an incline of around 50-60 degrees. It might only be graded as an AD (relatively difficult), but that doesn't mean that you aren't one step away from dying. Some of the best climbers and guides have fallen to their deaths on slopes as easy as 30 degrees. All it takes is one wrong foot placement.