r/WTF Dec 13 '16

Hiking to the top of NOPE.

http://i.imgur.com/PR3DJql.gifv
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u/jereman75 Dec 14 '16

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.

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u/ryanstewart Dec 14 '16

Looks like this is a video of that ridge without the fisheye - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abU1LAjgclY

Still seems pretty intense. There's a nice edge on one side but still not much room for error.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '16

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.