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Ramsey Barner

(349 posts)
Fri Oct 11, 2019, 03:34 PM Oct 2019

Mountain climbers scale replica of Trump's border wall in under one minute: report

Several mountain climbers have reportedly scaled a wooden replica of President Trump's steel border wall that was built to disprove Trump's claims that a portion of the wall is "impossible to climb."

Rick Weber — a 75-year-old retired engineer, and active rock climber — built a replica of an 18-foot tall section of border wall in Kentucky earlier this month, inviting mountain climbers to compete to see who could climb it the fastest.

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As of Friday, Oct. 11, The Courier-Journal reports that numerous people have already scaled the replica wall, including an 8-year-old girl, even though Weber's competition isn't until this weekend.

According to the Courier-Journal, 30-year-old Peter Favaloro of Boston reached the top of the wall in about a minute. The novice climber told the publication he traveled to climb the wall after seeing news coverage about it.

Another climber, 29-year-old Erik Kloeker, made it over the wall in approximately 30 seconds during a demonstration for reporters. He later climbed the wall a second time while also juggling.


Video of the juggling climber and more here:
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Mountain climbers scale replica of Trump's border wall in under one minute: report (Original Post) Ramsey Barner Oct 2019 OP
Lol TheRealNorth Oct 2019 #1
migrants are making a sport of it also... Chakaconcarne Oct 2019 #2
An important purpose of the wall is to take money from legit projects MarcA Oct 2019 #3
I have only the basic Mendocino Oct 2019 #4
But could they......... imanamerican63 Oct 2019 #5

MarcA

(2,195 posts)
3. An important purpose of the wall is to take money from legit projects
Fri Oct 11, 2019, 04:18 PM
Oct 2019

and give it to his crony supporters.

Mendocino

(7,431 posts)
4. I have only the basic
Fri Oct 11, 2019, 05:27 PM
Oct 2019

mountain and rock skills, but a chimney climb up a straight and unencumbered surface is relatively easy.

Don't know about moats, gators and snakes, and barb wire though...

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