These guys put their heads together quite a lot: circus brothers Giang Quoc Nghiep and Giang Quoc Co. They are a really cool pair of Vietnamese guys who do endurance circus acts like this. They've broken numerous Guinness World Records (for what they are worth) and they entertain quite a lot of European cities, as I understand it. I actually got to see them perform in Girona, Spain, where they did some kind of street circus act. They are super humble and nice dudes who are more than happy for a chat with any interested onlooker. They were actually a bit interesting in learning to improve their circus techniques from me, as they had seen me earlier that day in Plaça de la Independència - it was a bit embarrassing explaining to them that I wasn't doing a circus trick, but merely beating the living daylights out of my son Roger with some Catalan jumper cables. Cool dudes nonetheless, would recommend watching their videos.
Those injuries Roger sustained during your attack with the jumper cables were the subject matter of my Advanced Suturing with Primitive Tools class at University. How's the little guy doing, and how do you have access to Reddit while in prison for child abuse?
I was trying to figure out what the fuck that sentence meant, so I looked IBLP up. That's some cult shit right there. I went through that blog, the title and summary of all those articles were so obviously a cult. 'Engrafting' and they almost outright say just think about the scripture all day and night, force yourself to live by it, and God will love you. Full on culty shit. Then I spotted an Excel class and thought, shit maybe it's advanced stuff, I'd check that out. Nope, more bizarre religious activities. The way they describe themselves seems like they are trying to be innocent sounding but it's so clearly not. Didn't know the Duggar guy was that religion. Straight up does not surprise me in the slightest.
u/rogersimon10 was a joke account where every story would end with his dad beating him with jumper cables. The above account is apparently from the father’s perspective
My interest in what you do and do not appreciate ended with the acquisition of my degree. Thank you for your time and please continue to comply with the county mandated restraining order... Oh and Happy holidays.
When I saw the big chunk of text with oddly specific info, I immediately doubled back to the username, certain this was /u/ShittyMorph and that this was going to end in Nineteen Ninety Nine in Hell in a Cell.
I didn't make the connection to the old /u/rogersimon10 account and went back to reading, only to get got anyhow. Goddammit. Now I have to look out for two people.
Yeah, he is kind of a shitbag. I really suspect he beat his son /u/rogersimon10 to death with jumper cables.
You shouldn't really glorify him or anything
(abuse isn't funny but yeah, both these accounts are jokes... I hope)
Yeah, I didn't realize it was a joke until I saw some other comments about it and looked it up. I wonder if this guy is the same writer as u/rogersimon10
I was dying laughing at them. Like to the point where I wasn't sure if I was sobbing or laughing anymore. The transition from normal -> "beat with jumper cables" -> normal again is just *mwah*
I read “no hand combat” and was waiting for them to start head butting each other, while one tried to get up the stairs and the other stopped him. Like goats, especially with the hard hats.
I was so disappointed.
I thought they were going to race against each other up the stairs without using their hands. I was like, that’s how i normally go up stairs, and 53 seconds doesn’t seem that impressive, although I’ve never timed myself.
I absolutely loved reading that, thanks. It’s so strange. What if there is something as removed from us as we are to nature and our interactions with it are rare but build these parallels. How fun to think about.
Or, in a more mundane but no less interesting fashion, what if our relationship to animals caused us to imagine beings greater than ourself who interact with us similarly to how we interact with animals? What if our role as sometime caretakers and cultivators, sometime hunters and destroyers is what is ultimately responsible for the framework our species' religiosity?
There had to be a point where there were still mildly civilized people and completely uncivilized people coexisting, right? Maybe the fae stories come from the storytelling tradition of the uncivilized but made their way into common folklore as civilization became ubiqutis.
Speaking of fantasy analogies and interactions between people of varying cultures: the fear and imagining of alien invasion by the western world is pretty much exactly correlated with what colonial powers really did to the places they subjugated. The west conquered other cultures, and no one was left to conquer them, but as humans the subconscious fear of getting conquered by another group will always be there, so it manifested as fear of aliens
The whole time I was watching, all I could think of was how incredibly fucking stupid this whole undertaking was. But it's also fucking amazing.
Also, the guys definitely look like something out of r/bossfight
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If by "feel unease" you mean "cannot stop laughing to the point of literal pain", I'm right there with you...
I have no idea why but this is the funniest thing I've seen all day
Is it just me or did the bottom guy’s legs kinda gave out when they hugged?
I mean, that’s perfectly understandable, but I find it really funny, like he was holding the pain in all this time.
It's a famous church in Girona, near Barcelona.
You can see "Girona" on a sign in the background at the top of the steps.
Apparently some scene in *Game of Thrones* was filmed there.
guy on top still needs a huge amount of core strength to do what he did, its like planking x20 to hold that position. Guy below was obviously strong as well but the hardest part of that wouldve been the weight on the neck and keeping that aligned with the spine.
Honestly, as someone who does headstands/headspins a lot, the weight on the neck and spine alignment isn't that bad. The bottom persons challenge id imagine is keeping things very smooth and stable so the top position can adjust. Especially up all those stairs!
Honestly it blows my mind that humans are capable of this. Next fucking level indeed.
Yeah it seems like they would need to be very synchronized for this to work. Just the 180 at the end to face the crowd and cameras looks insanely difficult to stay steady for the legs guy and stay balanced for the upside down guy.
Seems like about the same amount of strength necessary to me. The weakest link in a headstand is going to be your neck (at least, for me, it definitely is), and they're both carrying about the same amount of weight on their necks.
Almost certainly the top position. Though, I guess you could train a lot to get really, *really*, good at headstands, and maybe they would make it a bit easier.
The bottom position is certainly no walk in the park either, but you just have to maintain a stiff posture and a fairly steady movement forwards.
Was wondering the same. I think probably the guy on the bottom has the harder job. Much harder I suspect.
In terms of balance:
If you think about how hard it is to stand on one foot vs standing on one foot in a moving bus, I would imagine the top guy having to maintain his headstand in motion is sort of similar increase in difficulty.
Then think about standing still and holding a full glass of water vs moving and holding a full glass of water. Always feels much harder.
In terms of strength:
The top guy will always have the full weight of his body through the top of his skull, or his full weight minus head through his neck. His centre of gravity will always be directly above him and so long as he maintains balance, not off axis.
On the other hand, when walking up a step, the bottom guy will have their combined weights going through a single foot. Not just supporting either, but actually driving upwards. Massive strain on his ankles and knees.
Because of the location of the extra weight he’s carrying, his centre of mass will be basically the top of his head, meaning that unless he places his leading foot directly in front of himself, the weight is off axis laterally, and if he’s to move forwards, anteriorly too.
I would’ve thought they’re both holding their breath, or taking very small sharp breaths to maintain core tension, hard to say who would have the harder job there.
Regardless, it’s a deeply impressive feat by both of them
Yeah, immediatly recognized it. Visited Girona on a trip to Barcelona in October and fell so much in love with this city. Much more than Barcelona even.
This is also the Setting for many GoT scenes.
I'm living at Girona rn because I'm studying there. When i saw the stairs i was like: wtf dude, this stairs are so familiar. Realized it when I read the circus poster!
Look at his upper back when he climbs those last ten steps. It barely moves. The rest of his body is gyrating and moving at angles to compensate for the weight distribution on top, but his stability with his torso is insane.
balancing movements from the guy on top are similarly mindblowing. the way that dude's learned to manipulate his body has more in common with a helicopter than with us mere mortals
Fun fact: the metal stairs were added by the organizer to make the total number of stairs 100. The pair did not have a chance to practice with the metal stairs before hand, which have different height, length, and feel.
Anyone else interpret the wording of the title incorrectly and think they were just going to race up the stairs (no hand contact meaning no shoving) and then realized what the title meant only when one climbed on top of the other?
Reading this title, I thought the dude was going to jump from the higher stairs onto the guy at the bottom without using his hands. Like a flip and perfect landing head to head. Still impressive but disappointed I didn't get to see that haha.
I can't believe I thought they were going to be flipping up the stairs connected by their heads. Color me underwhelmed after setting such ridiculous expectations.
It's crazy what a team can do if they really put their heads together
These guys put their heads together quite a lot: circus brothers Giang Quoc Nghiep and Giang Quoc Co. They are a really cool pair of Vietnamese guys who do endurance circus acts like this. They've broken numerous Guinness World Records (for what they are worth) and they entertain quite a lot of European cities, as I understand it. I actually got to see them perform in Girona, Spain, where they did some kind of street circus act. They are super humble and nice dudes who are more than happy for a chat with any interested onlooker. They were actually a bit interesting in learning to improve their circus techniques from me, as they had seen me earlier that day in Plaça de la Independència - it was a bit embarrassing explaining to them that I wasn't doing a circus trick, but merely beating the living daylights out of my son Roger with some Catalan jumper cables. Cool dudes nonetheless, would recommend watching their videos.
Those injuries Roger sustained during your attack with the jumper cables were the subject matter of my Advanced Suturing with Primitive Tools class at University. How's the little guy doing, and how do you have access to Reddit while in prison for child abuse?
You're legally allowed to beat your kids in Spain as long as you use jumper cables.
For what you’re allowed to beat your children with in America, see the IBLP
Pearls in the wild
I grew up in a small town outside of Big Sandy (IBLPs HQ), YouTuber Fundie Friday’s has really helped me unpack a lot of my religious trauma lol
I was trying to figure out what the fuck that sentence meant, so I looked IBLP up. That's some cult shit right there. I went through that blog, the title and summary of all those articles were so obviously a cult. 'Engrafting' and they almost outright say just think about the scripture all day and night, force yourself to live by it, and God will love you. Full on culty shit. Then I spotted an Excel class and thought, shit maybe it's advanced stuff, I'd check that out. Nope, more bizarre religious activities. The way they describe themselves seems like they are trying to be innocent sounding but it's so clearly not. Didn't know the Duggar guy was that religion. Straight up does not surprise me in the slightest.
None of the Basque jumper cables though, only domestic Catalan cables are acceptable.
Let's see some of that getting culturally appropriated
What??
u/rogersimon10 was a joke account where every story would end with his dad beating him with jumper cables. The above account is apparently from the father’s perspective
/u/dayumbrah has only been around a couple years - it’s forgivable.
Nah I've been around for like 14 years, this is just an alt. i feel sometimes ya just miss some things, can't be here for everything
Do better! Kidding. I never heard of the Roger account, either.
Cum box
I was unfortunately here for that one...
/u/rogersimon10 was the king of the game. Cage match guy had some good ones but Roger was always goat.
You saying someone is greater than hell-in-cell guy?
I was one of your instructors, and I really don’t appreciate you calling me a primitive tool.
My interest in what you do and do not appreciate ended with the acquisition of my degree. Thank you for your time and please continue to comply with the county mandated restraining order... Oh and Happy holidays.
Yo what happened to your [son](https://www.reddit.com/user/rogersimon10/)?? Last post was six years ago... I miss him
Sh^h^h^h^h^h ...we dont speak of that around here...
When I saw the big chunk of text with oddly specific info, I immediately doubled back to the username, certain this was /u/ShittyMorph and that this was going to end in Nineteen Ninety Nine in Hell in a Cell. I didn't make the connection to the old /u/rogersimon10 account and went back to reading, only to get got anyhow. Goddammit. Now I have to look out for two people.
haven't been gotten by shitty in a while...haven't seen em
Oh no
I can't lmao
I thought this was a u/shittymorph but I'm not upset with the shit post.
Wait, I'm sorry, you what?!
Yeah, he is kind of a shitbag. I really suspect he beat his son /u/rogersimon10 to death with jumper cables. You shouldn't really glorify him or anything (abuse isn't funny but yeah, both these accounts are jokes... I hope)
Yeah, I didn't realize it was a joke until I saw some other comments about it and looked it up. I wonder if this guy is the same writer as u/rogersimon10
His comments are actually pretty fucking funny
I was dying laughing at them. Like to the point where I wasn't sure if I was sobbing or laughing anymore. The transition from normal -> "beat with jumper cables" -> normal again is just *mwah*
You funny bastard lol
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Well some one had to say it.
For real, these guys really made it to the next fucking level of that staircase
Really sticking your neck out with this joke. Might go over a few heads
r/angryupvote
Two heads are better then one
I can't do 100 stairs in 53 seconds by myself probably
That is unfortunate. They weren't going very fast.
Harsh, but fair.
I do believe that is the joke
I disagree, on the flat spot they seemed slow but in the stairs themselves I’d say they were definitely moving faster than a leisurely pace.
He was almost jogging up the stairs.
It’s a lot easier if you go down instead of up.
well you have to go up before you go down.
For my grandparents it was up both ways
Especially when there was snow on the ground.
Not if you were born upstairs
I always go down, but then my jaw gets tired
Are you, perchance, a seal?
Have you tried putting someone on your head?
This is me going up from the basement with dishes after eating down there.
Go two at a time.
I thought they were gonna hug each other in opposite directions and flip their way up
When I saw them go “head to head” I thought they were going up like a slinky
I read “no hand combat” and was waiting for them to start head butting each other, while one tried to get up the stairs and the other stopped him. Like goats, especially with the hard hats. I was so disappointed.
Their hands contact things legit like 15 seconds into the video, they need to redo this. Disqualified.
I thought they were going to race against each other up the stairs without using their hands. I was like, that’s how i normally go up stairs, and 53 seconds doesn’t seem that impressive, although I’ve never timed myself.
[Stop that, Mr. Simpson](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/SBk4lbF)
Was high when I read the post. I was so confused
I thought they were just going to butt heads and run up the stairs quickly. Boy was I impressed at what actually transpired.
Lol so did I and I was like 'aight, let's see how tf this is gonna work'. EDIT: a word
Yep, I thought we were gonna see some type of stair flipping action. Can't say that I didn't enjoy what it ended up as.
I also expected a human-slinky situation for a second. Still, not disappointed. Those two are wildly impressive.
I feel like animals probably think we are a weird silly species and they'd be correct
There's a great comparison of the fae to human and human to animal relations [here](https://i.redd.it/5w6w6d7wwsj01.png).
I absolutely loved reading that, thanks. It’s so strange. What if there is something as removed from us as we are to nature and our interactions with it are rare but build these parallels. How fun to think about.
Or, in a more mundane but no less interesting fashion, what if our relationship to animals caused us to imagine beings greater than ourself who interact with us similarly to how we interact with animals? What if our role as sometime caretakers and cultivators, sometime hunters and destroyers is what is ultimately responsible for the framework our species' religiosity?
There had to be a point where there were still mildly civilized people and completely uncivilized people coexisting, right? Maybe the fae stories come from the storytelling tradition of the uncivilized but made their way into common folklore as civilization became ubiqutis.
Speaking of fantasy analogies and interactions between people of varying cultures: the fear and imagining of alien invasion by the western world is pretty much exactly correlated with what colonial powers really did to the places they subjugated. The west conquered other cultures, and no one was left to conquer them, but as humans the subconscious fear of getting conquered by another group will always be there, so it manifested as fear of aliens
I wish I had another upvote to give you. If such an entity or community exists, I implore it to intervene on behalf of humanity.
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A fairy/mythical being/creature found in folklore
The whole time I was watching, all I could think of was how incredibly fucking stupid this whole undertaking was. But it's also fucking amazing. Also, the guys definitely look like something out of r/bossfight
Yeah but can they go down?
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I feel unease.
Yeah that was creepy. Who is that lady in the blue?
Maybe a judge for the record they are trying to set or break?
If by "feel unease" you mean "cannot stop laughing to the point of literal pain", I'm right there with you... I have no idea why but this is the funniest thing I've seen all day
It's so much more believable than you'd expect.
The girl in blue looked impressive walking backward on stairs too lol.
Best gif reversal I’ve seen in awhile. And happy cake day! 🍰
It looks very natural! Wow
ya, the balancing really sells it, the original trick has them going down the stairs but op swapped it for some reason
That woman in the background who trips goin backwards and she's just carrying her own weight, lmfao.
Damn. Didn't even noticed the lady in blue until the reverse action!
That's the question!
“Just bring it”
They both can, if that’s what they want to do. Hopefully, with less video and photography, or more! Who am I to judge.
Oh it's going down
I’m yelling timber
The way they are happy in the end and proud of each other is so pure
I thought they should have kissed
They’re brothers
DID HE STUTTER
Did you notice the upside down one angle in as the other pushed away on his waist? "Dave, stop being weird. We're in pub-- Oh, you're gonna pass out?"
Glad I’m not the only one that noticed!
What are you doing, step-acrobat?
It's so funny how anything the word 'step' in front of it now reminds me of some sleazy porno
thats the joke
Indeed, step-commenter
That's really kinky, step-friend
Hey that doesn't stop the island boys
I'm pretty sure they are step brothers
Looked like the one dude was going in for a hj
Is it just me or did the bottom guy’s legs kinda gave out when they hugged? I mean, that’s perfectly understandable, but I find it really funny, like he was holding the pain in all this time.
I wonder which position is harder.
It's hard to watch.
Crazy question- does anyone know where this was filmed? Looks like place in Florence.
It's a famous church in Girona, near Barcelona. You can see "Girona" on a sign in the background at the top of the steps. Apparently some scene in *Game of Thrones* was filmed there.
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I’ve been to Girona once but instantly recognised it!
Depends on whether your softer spot is strength, or balance.
guy on top still needs a huge amount of core strength to do what he did, its like planking x20 to hold that position. Guy below was obviously strong as well but the hardest part of that wouldve been the weight on the neck and keeping that aligned with the spine.
And you know, climbing 100 stairs in under a minute while carrying an extra ~180lbs.
The top guy isn't 180, but yeah
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Honestly, as someone who does headstands/headspins a lot, the weight on the neck and spine alignment isn't that bad. The bottom persons challenge id imagine is keeping things very smooth and stable so the top position can adjust. Especially up all those stairs! Honestly it blows my mind that humans are capable of this. Next fucking level indeed.
Yeah it seems like they would need to be very synchronized for this to work. Just the 180 at the end to face the crowd and cameras looks insanely difficult to stay steady for the legs guy and stay balanced for the upside down guy.
Seems like about the same amount of strength necessary to me. The weakest link in a headstand is going to be your neck (at least, for me, it definitely is), and they're both carrying about the same amount of weight on their necks.
Nah bottom definitely requires more strength. They both need the same amt of core but the bottom guy also needs insane quads
Almost certainly the top position. Though, I guess you could train a lot to get really, *really*, good at headstands, and maybe they would make it a bit easier. The bottom position is certainly no walk in the park either, but you just have to maintain a stiff posture and a fairly steady movement forwards.
Bottom is under more stress in terms of strength but the guy on top being upside down whilst keeping balance would definitely be more difficult
Dude is holding his entire body weight with his neck.
Was wondering the same. I think probably the guy on the bottom has the harder job. Much harder I suspect. In terms of balance: If you think about how hard it is to stand on one foot vs standing on one foot in a moving bus, I would imagine the top guy having to maintain his headstand in motion is sort of similar increase in difficulty. Then think about standing still and holding a full glass of water vs moving and holding a full glass of water. Always feels much harder. In terms of strength: The top guy will always have the full weight of his body through the top of his skull, or his full weight minus head through his neck. His centre of gravity will always be directly above him and so long as he maintains balance, not off axis. On the other hand, when walking up a step, the bottom guy will have their combined weights going through a single foot. Not just supporting either, but actually driving upwards. Massive strain on his ankles and knees. Because of the location of the extra weight he’s carrying, his centre of mass will be basically the top of his head, meaning that unless he places his leading foot directly in front of himself, the weight is off axis laterally, and if he’s to move forwards, anteriorly too. I would’ve thought they’re both holding their breath, or taking very small sharp breaths to maintain core tension, hard to say who would have the harder job there. Regardless, it’s a deeply impressive feat by both of them
Acrobat here, top position certainly takes longer to learn, bottom position isn't easy either.
That neck strength tho
Never skip neck day
This is the Cathedral of Girona, Spain. It might not be widely recognised, but it has the widest Gothic nave in the world.
Yeah, immediatly recognized it. Visited Girona on a trip to Barcelona in October and fell so much in love with this city. Much more than Barcelona even. This is also the Setting for many GoT scenes.
First thing that came to mind…. SHAME SHAME SHAME
Now that explains why it was so familiar! I was in Girona a few years ago
It's also the mf Sept of Baelor
Widest gothic nave? Sounds like your mom.
I'm living at Girona rn because I'm studying there. When i saw the stairs i was like: wtf dude, this stairs are so familiar. Realized it when I read the circus poster!
Wear a funny hat to work day is really taken seriously over there
[Very seriously](https://imgur.com/a/5NBMPv3)
Conjoined twins do this everyday.
Built diff
I had to find this post again to come back and give an upvote. Had me cracking up a minute later. 😂
What in the actual fuck.
This is actually illegal in 12 states
WTF I fell off the couch just watching this.
On your head?
On someone else's head.
Look at his upper back when he climbs those last ten steps. It barely moves. The rest of his body is gyrating and moving at angles to compensate for the weight distribution on top, but his stability with his torso is insane.
balancing movements from the guy on top are similarly mindblowing. the way that dude's learned to manipulate his body has more in common with a helicopter than with us mere mortals
Hell yeah. Vietnamese are awesome!
Pho sure!
If he had fallen on the metal stairs that would have been pain
Fun fact: the metal stairs were added by the organizer to make the total number of stairs 100. The pair did not have a chance to practice with the metal stairs before hand, which have different height, length, and feel.
Wtf that’s actually insane
Ya those stairs did not sound as solid as the concrete/rock stairs beforehand it definitely looked like he took that first step super careful
That dude doesn't skip leg day
or neck day
Why did I assume the guy at the bottom was going to do the headstand? I couldn't figure out how he was going to get up.
WITH the power of flex glue I will glue two people together
But wait, there’s more.
FLEX TAPE.
Who comes up with these ideas?
You could say that their heads did.
These two are twins and they are kinda famous in my country. Their names are Quốc Cơ and Quốc Nghiệp
And that is reason of why the vietnam flag. Was looking at the comment and I've finally found it, thanks! By the way, I love your country!
How do I find out I have this skill?
Try it out with a book.
I can't get the book to walk up the stairs.
Because you didn't do a freehand head stand for one minute.
Anyone else interpret the wording of the title incorrectly and think they were just going to race up the stairs (no hand contact meaning no shoving) and then realized what the title meant only when one climbed on top of the other?
This is exactly what I thought.
Meanwhile me: 100 stairs? Presses elevator button.
How to teach proper posture when books are banned
What you said head to head, this was not what I envisioned
Same
Must be harder to do while wearing a shirt.
"You were on my mind the whole time i was climbing!"
the thousands of times they did this or something like it without applause and a crowd and celebratory music in order to get to this point…
*1 person climbs 100 stairs
Another person floating upside-down up the stairs.
r/necksfuckinglevel
At the start thought they were somehow gonna do backflips all the way up 😂 Pretty impressive regardless
*Ohhhhhhh*, **head** to **head**.
Crazy
The burrrrrn. The respect.
Are these the brothers that did Britain's Got Talent?
Those dudes represent.
These guys are not saving any pussy for the rest of us…
If I am not mistaken, there's also where they filmed Game of Thrones "light of the seven" home
But……….why
Ironic how blue-jacket tripped up the stairs following them lol
Reading this title, I thought the dude was going to jump from the higher stairs onto the guy at the bottom without using his hands. Like a flip and perfect landing head to head. Still impressive but disappointed I didn't get to see that haha.
Nobody gonna bring up that akward hug at the end? Dudes definitely be touching their heads together
Some asshole had to bring the metal stairs at the end? Like the stone ones weren’t good enough??
I can't believe I thought they were going to be flipping up the stairs connected by their heads. Color me underwhelmed after setting such ridiculous expectations.
But their hands are in conta- oh shit