Talk:Mount Thor

World Record Rappel
The source listed merely notes the death of a climber. I've removed "world record" from text.

Notion of "world-record rappel" is pretty lame, although a few misguided individuals may indeed pursue this "record."

Rappelling is a utilitarian means of descent, limited primarily by length of available rope. Climbing ropes are generally 60-70 meters and are normally doubled for a rappel, so that pulling on one end results in retrieval on reaching the bottom. Longer lengths are seen as unmanageable.

Typically, a series of rappels (sometimes many) are used to descend a given stretch of cliff. Although one must be well-versed in safety aspects of the technique, an ability to rappel is a basic, rather than advanced climbing skill. Rappelling 40 feet is not essentially different than rapelling 4,000 feet.

Getting a single 4000+' strand of rope to the top of a mountain on Baffin Island would be viewed by climbers as a less-than pointless accomplishment.

38.131.225.246 (talk) 20:54, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

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I'd like to see a specific citation for the purely vertical drop figure of 1250 meters. The CME (bivouac.com) says 1100 meters, and looking at the pics, I am dubious of any larger figure. (Also, the Canadian topo---see Topoquest---doesn't remotely support a 1250 meter vertical, but I'm willing to believe that the topo is not highly accurate.) I'll try to look in the AAJ to see what it says. -- Spireguy (talk) 03:34, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

If 1675 m is the true height of the mountain, even a quick glance at any photograph is enough to tell that the vertical section isn't anywhere near 1250 metres. The 800 metres indicated by the map seems like a more credible figure - impressive enough, but hardly the world's highest. Stastein (talk) 19:47, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

The Midgard Serpent is twenty 60m+ pitches, a couple might be 70. Even with traversing you'd still come in at over 1000m. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.117.12.247 (talk) 00:38, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

angle
the article read "an average angle of 105 degrees." i've changed this to 75 degrees. an angle of more than 90 degrees would imply that the top of the cliff actually stuck out farther than the base. -Helvetica (talk) 02:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * That's because it does. --Ollyoxenfree (talk) 04:35, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but if you are familiar with this feature, could you maybe rewrite that section? An IP just tagged it. It says "features the Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 1,250 m", which is written like the drop is at 1250 m elevation. However, the context implies the drop is 1250 m. Which is it? Also many readers could be immediately confused by the fact 90 deg would be "purely vertical", not 105. 105 deg is more severe than 90 deg and you begin to climb upside down, up an overhang. I understand that, but it's just worded bad. -- Racer X11 Talk to me Stalk me  03:30, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

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