Um ... ahem ... man can fly.
I was listening to a commentator on NPR this morning ...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4772844
Who was saying that he climbed mountains because at the peak, when he got there, he felt like he was defying gravity, that he was nearly flying.
I wanted to point out that man can fly these days. That even if you want to eschew the whole using-a-machine-to-help-you-fly you could still use a hang glider or ultralight and fly. Or parasail. Or base jump. Or any of a number of other means to defy gravity and fly.
I think he was just stretching to find some other reason that "because its there" to climb.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4772844
Who was saying that he climbed mountains because at the peak, when he got there, he felt like he was defying gravity, that he was nearly flying.
I wanted to point out that man can fly these days. That even if you want to eschew the whole using-a-machine-to-help-you-fly you could still use a hang glider or ultralight and fly. Or parasail. Or base jump. Or any of a number of other means to defy gravity and fly.
I think he was just stretching to find some other reason that "because its there" to climb.
posted by banzai at 08:52
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