u/t4ldro, we have no idea if your submission fits r/SweatyPalms or not. There weren't enough votes to determine that. It's up to the human mods now....!
So looking into this a little more, I've learned that prior to 1983, visitors were permitted to climb the outside of the pyramids. The Egyptian government deemed the act of climbing the pyramids to be forbidden, however there weren't strict laws against it.
It was only in 2019, that under the Antiquities Protection Law that they officially deemed it a criminal offense.
I climbed up there when I was 20, around 1988. If memory serves it was at least very heavily frowned upon. I'd been told you could bribe guards to let you go up. It wasn't an option for me as money was very right, so I snuck up to catch the sunset.
Got what I think would have been great pictures, but a few days later my bag was stolen, and my camera was in there.
I've stood on the top of a lot of Mountain peaks. I don't rock climb. Just scramble. If I struggle at all to get up the mountain I try not to go back down the same way.
So if one were to fall, would you bounce all the way down, or are the steps big enough to stop a person? Is climbing down sketchy due to sand, or is it like a big staircase that just takes a long time?
I can say with personal authority if you fall it’s almost certainly fatal and you go all the way to the bottom. I climbed it at age 7 with my father in 1965. You could hire a guide at that time to take you to the top. The stones were extremely difficult for a child to climb. When we got to the top we could see the blood stains where someone had fallen the day before. He bounced only a few times on the way down and there was a bathtub sized bloodstain at the base. Since I was small, the safest way climb down according to the guide, was to face outward, put my feet on the stone below in a standing position, then inch down into a crouch and get in a seated position with your legs dangling , then repeat. Since I was facing outwards, the whole way down I could see the blood stains.
Fair, but I really don’t want to be inundated with goddamn influencers scaling the Pyramids, so can we please all just agree not to encourage this stuff?
Aliens only built the very tops of the pyramids, and then humans came along and were deeply unsettled by the floating tops, so they built pyramids underneath them so the pyramid tops wouldn't be floating anymore.
you climb the top of the focking only pyramid of giza in ther world, you make a video, you are there on your own, probably sharing some thoughts or breathing heavily, the city is under your eyes and some idiot with no taste in music takes your video and ruins the whole experience for everyone.
Is this from the video where a guy and his girlfriend filmed
E V E R Y T H I N G, had to leave the country real fast and caused a minor diplomatic crisis? Never saw a video disappear more efficiently from the internet.
I dont know if its the same video but the case i remember is that the cameraman did get detained by Egyptian authorities but they let him go after he showed them deleting the footage from his camera
As for how the footage was intact, it was apparently bc the camera had some callback feature where even after deleting the recording, you can bring it back within a certain amount of time.
Climbed it in 1980. Bargained with the guard and he pointed up one side then brought a German tour group the other side. Other side had an easy switchback.
Every time I see the pyramids closer the more I ask myself, why does everyone seem to think it was so crazy for them to accomplish. Like sure some of it is wild, but with enough levers and wheels and manpower you can really accomplish a lot.
Getting the stones up there isn’t the accomplishment, it’s the degree of accuracy. If I’m correct, their Cardinal alignment is within 0.05°. The base is level to about 30mm across the entire structure.
One of my friends who lives in a woodsy area told me about a water level the other day. Blew my mind. Essentially you span a tube across whatever distance and fill it with water to the point you want to level on the other end. 🤯
The more I've learned about our ancestors, the more I've come to understand that actually a lot of this isn't actually that hard when you think about the 20+ years some of them took to make, it makes more sense. Also they understood astronomy which helps a lot.
It’s a figure of speech bruh. That said, I don’t know that an Iraqi prison would be much worse. Gulags don’t exist anymore. The absolute worst would likely be North Korea.
u/t4ldro, we have no idea if your submission fits r/SweatyPalms or not. There weren't enough votes to determine that. It's up to the human mods now....!
So looking into this a little more, I've learned that prior to 1983, visitors were permitted to climb the outside of the pyramids. The Egyptian government deemed the act of climbing the pyramids to be forbidden, however there weren't strict laws against it.
It was only in 2019, that under the Antiquities Protection Law that they officially deemed it a criminal offense.
I climbed up there when I was 20, around 1988. If memory serves it was at least very heavily frowned upon. I'd been told you could bribe guards to let you go up. It wasn't an option for me as money was very right, so I snuck up to catch the sunset.
Got what I think would have been great pictures, but a few days later my bag was stolen, and my camera was in there.
Damn, curse of the pharoahs bro
Haha, nice
I’ve climbed it too. What I remember is the sheer size of the stones at the base
Ya, and how much harder it was to go down than up!
I've stood on the top of a lot of Mountain peaks. I don't rock climb. Just scramble. If I struggle at all to get up the mountain I try not to go back down the same way.
Must be scary not knowing if your new route is actually going to be easier.
So if one were to fall, would you bounce all the way down, or are the steps big enough to stop a person? Is climbing down sketchy due to sand, or is it like a big staircase that just takes a long time?
I can say with personal authority if you fall it’s almost certainly fatal and you go all the way to the bottom. I climbed it at age 7 with my father in 1965. You could hire a guide at that time to take you to the top. The stones were extremely difficult for a child to climb. When we got to the top we could see the blood stains where someone had fallen the day before. He bounced only a few times on the way down and there was a bathtub sized bloodstain at the base. Since I was small, the safest way climb down according to the guide, was to face outward, put my feet on the stone below in a standing position, then inch down into a crouch and get in a seated position with your legs dangling , then repeat. Since I was facing outwards, the whole way down I could see the blood stains.
Dang, cool story, appreciate the insight!!
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I was wondering the same thing. God that would suck to fall down.
everybody loves a slinkie
In Cairo in 1998 I talked to a guy who had just done it.
He bribed the guard, but the guy on duty said he’d have to fire off a couple of shots so he wouldn’t lose his job.
I always thought that hearing a couple of rounds from an assault rifle fly past your ears would add to the experience.
Thieving bastards!
What was it like up there at the top? Did it feel special in any way?
Fair, but I really don’t want to be inundated with goddamn influencers scaling the Pyramids, so can we please all just agree not to encourage this stuff?
Came to say something similar. Definitely wasn't the first guy. With a smartphone mm maybe...
Aliens only built the very tops of the pyramids, and then humans came along and were deeply unsettled by the floating tops, so they built pyramids underneath them so the pyramid tops wouldn't be floating anymore.
The more you know.
TIL! Thanks Dad
Proud of you, sport! Keep learning!
you climb the top of the focking only pyramid of giza in ther world, you make a video, you are there on your own, probably sharing some thoughts or breathing heavily, the city is under your eyes and some idiot with no taste in music takes your video and ruins the whole experience for everyone.
had volume off got chills watching, what an amazing experience.
Is this from the video where a guy and his girlfriend filmed
E V E R Y T H I N G, had to leave the country real fast and caused a minor diplomatic crisis? Never saw a video disappear more efficiently from the internet.
Never saw it. Did they fuck up there or something?
I dont know if its the same video but the case i remember is that the cameraman did get detained by Egyptian authorities but they let him go after he showed them deleting the footage from his camera
As for how the footage was intact, it was apparently bc the camera had some callback feature where even after deleting the recording, you can bring it back within a certain amount of time.
You mean when they filmed themselves boning up there? It has been a long time since I saw that video.
Now put a slinky down....
Climbed it in 1980. Bargained with the guard and he pointed up one side then brought a German tour group the other side. Other side had an easy switchback.
Every time I see the pyramids closer the more I ask myself, why does everyone seem to think it was so crazy for them to accomplish. Like sure some of it is wild, but with enough levers and wheels and manpower you can really accomplish a lot.
Getting the stones up there isn’t the accomplishment, it’s the degree of accuracy. If I’m correct, their Cardinal alignment is within 0.05°. The base is level to about 30mm across the entire structure.
Back when trades cares about quality
I have no idea what any of that means but it gave me a science boner
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MAKES ABSOLUTE SENSE
One of my friends who lives in a woodsy area told me about a water level the other day. Blew my mind. Essentially you span a tube across whatever distance and fill it with water to the point you want to level on the other end. 🤯
The more I've learned about our ancestors, the more I've come to understand that actually a lot of this isn't actually that hard when you think about the 20+ years some of them took to make, it makes more sense. Also they understood astronomy which helps a lot.
If we didn't have Reddit or TV we'd probably all be building pyramids and shit just for something to do.
I would say that very little has changed, we still build marvels and there is a clear ruling class and worker class.
The cardinal alignment is cool, but making the base level isnt that hard, water is really good a tool for that.
That’s really not that crazy. We know that advanced models of astronomy, mathematics, and geometry go back at least 10,000 YBP.
meh, flood it and mark the water level
"They just threw human death and suffering at them until they were finished" - Louis CK
Similar to how Dubai was built so fast.
Or the world cup in Qatar
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I'm just gonna leave this picture here
My guy 20,000 people over 20-25 years is an enormous amount of human power. Think about what you could accomplish with 20,000 people.
Cause people are ignorant and don’t realize that history is already fascinating enough without making up crazy batshit stories.
Somehow those blocks seem very movable once you see their real size. Im used to seeing drawings of them suckers being the size of houses.
The last place I’d wanna end up is a prison in Egypt.
IDK, I think a prison in Iraq or the gulag in Russia would be worse
The worst I’ve seen is Madagascar. Hell on Earth.
It’s a figure of speech bruh. That said, I don’t know that an Iraqi prison would be much worse. Gulags don’t exist anymore. The absolute worst would likely be North Korea.
If that's so then I haven't heard of it, brah. 🤷🏻♂️
I mean…..its a cool perspective.
mute!!! can we have real world audio????
It’s way bigger than I even realized
Nice.
Now slide down.
I climbed up a very big pyramid in Mexico (it was allowed). It was cool, but the way down was awful, really scary, never again!
What a scumbag
For science 😬
Yeah, that's a no for me
What’s the wooden 4 legged thing at the top?