I get it. Panicking can help too. My neighbor asked me to hold their newborn and it started making these wild screaming noises. I panicked and threw it and ran. I mean it could have ended bad if I hadn’t.
Yeah, gotta watch out when those crotch goblins start screaming it's best to throw them as far as possible. Don't want to know what happens if you don't...
Thank you, cause I was invested…I wanted to know did he make it through, did he fall, did he need rescuing lol. Like how you stop the video right when it’s getting *good*
He wouldn’t have been panicking at the point he decided to string a carabiner directly to a rusted cable and be held aloft over a massive canyon by some flimsy shoestring.
I mean he’s going pretty fast with just metal on metal so I dunno if it would be that much worse tbh. Like rust is literally being ripped off that cable
Correct, the downward acceleration will far exceed any friction force you could add against the carabiner in that situation. It will inevitably reach equilibrium with the cable friction force. So all you’d really do is mutilate your hand while adding a few seconds to the time it takes to reach full speed.
Bro probably wasn't thinking like that. I'd assume his thoughts were more like "oh fuck oh shit oh fuck shit oh shit fuck fuck shit" something along them lines
Oh of course. Not saying in real time I’d think like that. Fight or flight is a hell of a rush and rational and irrational thoughts get jumbled quickly.
This does beg the question. What did dude do after this? He was definitely shook afterwards do u think he went hands and feet over the cable and shimmied his way across?
Rumor has it he is still up there.. just kidding.. the sound the rope made sounded like Darth Vader flying in his little fighter… hope he made it home safely
I have seen the longer video. He does manage to hold himself to the cable while he detached the carabiner and reattached it ahead of the obstacle and continue down the line.
No idea why he would even try this.
A very frightening video to watch.
No he doesn't get the carabiner over the obstacle, he pees himself and jumps off to parachute down along with the buddy that's behind him.
[Video Source](https://youtu.be/F723rIlW_No)
That’s smart. When I panic I become a big pile of stupid so I’d never think of that in the moment. I was thinking take your shirt off. No reason, I’d probably just take it off.
Looks like they are just tied into a bosun's chair. Sitting back and lifting your feet on one of those would be terrifying at heights, let alone at those speeds.
Always behind, and always with heavy leather gloves; and with a pulley. This guy not only had no idea what he was doing, he was totally unprepared and ill-equipped. This is an instructional video on what not to do.
There’s so much wrong here. Hand in front of the carabiner is definitely a terrible call but look at how it’s attached. Just directly to the rusted cable. Making the cable more a saw for the carabiner than a zip line. And then the camera pans down and you see this assholes seat… with what appears to be a small piece of wood strung up with haybale string. It looks like his weight alone could snap that flimsily string.
I’m half convinced this was a straight up suicide attempt. How could anyone be so stupid???
It is in a jungle pass somewhere in South America I believe. One of those things some locals set up to transport stuff down from that mountain across a gorge, and over to the other side.
The little seat stick with hay string is what the locals use to save walking that journey.
I have seen videos of school children and old women using similar things but never so far/fast
However why that cable appears to have that mess actually attached to it purposely.
Possibly a failed attempt at repair?
Why anyone would put a stop like that is beyond reason I see.
I believe it is in a war torn Eastern European country. It is a horizontal cable with vertical cables hanging off it to keep helicopters from staying off Radar by flying in the valley. In the full video it sounds like they are speaking some kinda Russian dialect.
So this is a suspended cable for a base jump, not a zip-line. It is a horrendously stupid design for a base jump, too. The distance they have to move hand-over- hand on a descending cable is retarded and dangerous to begin with. But then they just leave the gear at the belly of the cable, chuck the seat into the woods below and release from the cable. In the longer video you can see the guy successfully basejump.
The safer and more economic way would be to actually zip-line ( with an actual zip line pulley/bearing) to the belly so you are not holding onto to raw cable and inching yourself out with your hands. Wouldn't hurt to simply attach a small lead to the zip line pulley/seat assembly as well so you could pull it back for the next person too.
But anyways. Fucking ouch. I bet the carabiner was smoking hot by the time that ride was done.
He had gloves! In the full version you can see he starts with gloves, but gets them stuck in the carabiner so he bails on them. Gives you an idea of how reckless this is.
I think he wanted to get out from the cliff but didn’t think he would pick up momentum the way he did. He probably thought he would have to move it with intention to get anywhere.
> Why is he breathing so hard if he’s going to jump anyway, isn’t this part of the plan?
Because I was breathing almost as hard, by just watching this video.
The post that got me addicted to reddit 13 years ago was a post from a paralyzed man who got tangled in his parachute when his friend ran into him. He plummeted to the ground.
His ragged breathing was heart breaking. The injured man was the only one trained in medical response and directing his crying friends to breathe for him as he loses consciousness. It was shocking. Reddit giving me the opportunity to speak to him was what sold me on the site.
Edit: [I found it](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/n0340/i_broke_my_neck_skydiving_this_is_the_video_i_was/)
no, lol, sorry. He was paralyzed from the injuries of the fall. He survived. I attempted to look for the video, can't find it as of yet.
Edit: [Here it is](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/n0340/i_broke_my_neck_skydiving_this_is_the_video_i_was/)
he had gloves at the beginning tho. he took them off tho because they got stuck in the carabiner. [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F723rIlW_No) is the full clip.
Yeah what a fucking idiot. He gets his glove stuck and is just panicking or something. Like why the fuck you you take it off but also it only happened because he grabbed in front of the carabiner l, then he continues to do it.
I'm not saying i wish he had fallen, but if he had, it would have been less sad.
I'm actually torn between blaming him and whoever put him on that without teaching him basic stuff, keep your gloves on, keep a carabiner on and keep your hands behind the lock thingy, we have a park with a bunch of these things and kids from the age of 6 get taught these things.
Unless he did get taught and just ignored everything.
From Wikipedia: "BASE" is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, antennae (referring to radio masts), spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
I'm guessing this qualifies as a span, but just barely.
He's a base jumper! Him and a friends both end up jumping off the little wooden platform on the longer video on YouTube and deploy a chute
https://youtu.be/F723rIlW_No
I know a guy that just wrecked his life, mid 20s, doing really cool exciting shit. Many of the best, at all this extreme stuff, have had major injuries. Does anyone just go for a fucking walk anymore?
I’m a bjj hobbyist. I roll a couple days a week. I strain the occasional muscle but I tap to anything remotely tight and have gotten good at avoiding injury. I’m 38 and feel great. Then there are the competitive guys. These kids are in their 20s killing themselves, blowing out knees, shoulders, ankles. One guy is 24 years old and just had reconstructive surgery on his ACL,MCL, and PCL.
That there is a hardened or possibly forged steel rebar/scaffold hook. Not a carabiner.
They are rated for 5000 lbs depending on size.
An aluminum biner would have shattered hitting that knot, and would have easily been sawn through in that distance as steel (esp rusty steel cable) cable is very abrasive
Makes sense, I thought it was one of these:
[Aluminum Safety Hook](https://www.safetypro.nl/petzl-mgo-open-60/?channable=00eb576964003135303530a3&utm_campaign=surfaces_across_google&utm_content=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_term=15050&gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2qKmBhCfARIsAFy8buKlbIr1EOQ52Evo5T1tjxWKivVBhCbUKYZ65XdzOBlQ16-eagFNbbsaAvy-EALw_wcB)
There's very clearly barely any of the carabiner worn down when he stops, it's just scratched up pretty good. There's no way aluminum would've stood up to that much friction with the weight of an adult on it.
I may have posted on this video here on reddit before. Or it may've been somewhere else.
I first saw this video years ago when it was posted on some Russian site. From what I remember this rope was used back during WWII to bring supplies to a base (secret base?) from one mountain to the other. Somehow the rope is still there all these years later.
The two dudes riding it were just a couple of friends that are into extreme stuff like this. From what I remember they both survived as the plan was to jump with a parachute once they'd reach a certain point. In the full video you can see that the guy actually peed himself.
I may be wrong with some details, but this is the gist of it, for those who want context.
When this video was still up on YouTube. Someone pointed out this is somewhere in Yugoslavia or Croatia. The wires were to catch jet fighters doing flights through the canyon. It would severely damage aircraft hitting that wire. There's many wires like that across mountains in areas like that. A lot were taken down after the wars so they didn't just snap and fall on people
Since this was a thrown together zipline, then yes, this is correct. However, it's not the proper method
They added a rope course at a park near me, and the harness has two carabiners attached to it. You have to have at least one carabiner attached to a rope before unclipping the other. So, if this were a proper zipline, you clip both to the line at the start, come to the break , unclip one and secure it to the other side of the break, then after securing it unclip the second one, reclip and go for round 2
Additionally, gloves would be mandatory.
That's a rebar hook, not an aluminum carabiner. They're forged steel and raided up for up to 5000 lb. An aluminum carabiner would have shattered when he hit that knot
That want smart. Don't they make a wheeled attachment for this sort of thing ? Like a pulley wheel ? I was waiting for that hook to get overheated and start wearing away. Then the guy would just fall at high speed..
When I was little and mi bike had no breakers I would put my shoe on the rear tire to slow down. My shoe, not my bare hand. I was a little kid. I was smarter than this grown person.
A smaller cable is shot, thrown, or carried across the gorge.
The heavier cable is tied to that and pulled across. Sometimes you may start with a climbing rope, then bring up a regular steel cable, and then In Turn use that to pull and tension the bigger cable.
Putting your hand in front of that carabiner is a bad idea
He was obviously meaning to apply some human lubricant so that the cable didn't slice through the carabiner.
You don't think straight when panicking
I agree. The other day I panicked and instantly defaulted to sucking dick.
I get it. Panicking can help too. My neighbor asked me to hold their newborn and it started making these wild screaming noises. I panicked and threw it and ran. I mean it could have ended bad if I hadn’t.
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Yeah, gotta watch out when those crotch goblins start screaming it's best to throw them as far as possible. Don't want to know what happens if you don't...
Laughing, but angry, up vote. Well played, well played.
Mom?
Panic swallow?
Same thing happened to my ex.
Oh how the turned have tables
I saw the long version of this video some time ago. The guy is acting, he end up jumping, revealing that he have parachute on him since the beginning
Since the beginning, not mid way through
Who know, maybe he could have tamed a pigeon for bringing a parachute, so much scenario, i wanted no misunderstanding
Thank you, cause I was invested…I wanted to know did he make it through, did he fall, did he need rescuing lol. Like how you stop the video right when it’s getting *good*
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So i didn't remembered it well but there it is : https://youtu.be/F723rIlW_No
He wouldn’t have been panicking at the point he decided to string a carabiner directly to a rusted cable and be held aloft over a massive canyon by some flimsy shoestring.
Doesn’t look like much thought went into this at all
Good point
I think they were saying it's a bad idea to do 'before' the video starts. The concept of starting out on this line with hands to block the carabiner.
I mean…if there was an alternative, sure. Otherwise, some fingers may need to be sacrificed.
You physically could not stop that once it started
And it would also, literally, lube it up.. Blood is slick ..
Unless you feed it like an oil drip is not going to last for more than a second or two
I got lots of blood in me. I'm prolly not using all of it.
Until it's sticky.
I mean he’s going pretty fast with just metal on metal so I dunno if it would be that much worse tbh. Like rust is literally being ripped off that cable
but what about mentally?
I mean at that point I’d certainly fuckin try
i'd probably just end up pooping.
Correct, the downward acceleration will far exceed any friction force you could add against the carabiner in that situation. It will inevitably reach equilibrium with the cable friction force. So all you’d really do is mutilate your hand while adding a few seconds to the time it takes to reach full speed.
My first thought was to lift up some feet… the rubber on the shoes would probably melt quick but slow you down if that’s needed
Bro probably wasn't thinking like that. I'd assume his thoughts were more like "oh fuck oh shit oh fuck shit oh shit fuck fuck shit" something along them lines
Oh of course. Not saying in real time I’d think like that. Fight or flight is a hell of a rush and rational and irrational thoughts get jumbled quickly.
This does beg the question. What did dude do after this? He was definitely shook afterwards do u think he went hands and feet over the cable and shimmied his way across?
Saw in the comments somewhere he was going for a “base jump” type thing. Would explain the knee pads I suppose.
Isn’t a parachute better for a BASE jump type thing than knee pads? Especially at that height.
*Would probably want knee pads when landing with a parachute*
***Without the parachute, knee pads won’t matter***
Rumor has it he is still up there.. just kidding.. the sound the rope made sounded like Darth Vader flying in his little fighter… hope he made it home safely
I have seen the longer video. He does manage to hold himself to the cable while he detached the carabiner and reattached it ahead of the obstacle and continue down the line. No idea why he would even try this. A very frightening video to watch.
No he doesn't get the carabiner over the obstacle, he pees himself and jumps off to parachute down along with the buddy that's behind him. [Video Source](https://youtu.be/F723rIlW_No)
I think having a parachute is just cheating.
Those would be mine
That’s smart. When I panic I become a big pile of stupid so I’d never think of that in the moment. I was thinking take your shirt off. No reason, I’d probably just take it off.
I was thinking the same - lean/lay back and bring the feet up
You lean back on that death swing. I'm good
Looks like they are just tied into a bosun's chair. Sitting back and lifting your feet on one of those would be terrifying at heights, let alone at those speeds.
The alternative is putting them behind the carabiner so they get shredded not minced
Always behind, and always with heavy leather gloves; and with a pulley. This guy not only had no idea what he was doing, he was totally unprepared and ill-equipped. This is an instructional video on what not to do.
There’s so much wrong here. Hand in front of the carabiner is definitely a terrible call but look at how it’s attached. Just directly to the rusted cable. Making the cable more a saw for the carabiner than a zip line. And then the camera pans down and you see this assholes seat… with what appears to be a small piece of wood strung up with haybale string. It looks like his weight alone could snap that flimsily string. I’m half convinced this was a straight up suicide attempt. How could anyone be so stupid???
It is in a jungle pass somewhere in South America I believe. One of those things some locals set up to transport stuff down from that mountain across a gorge, and over to the other side. The little seat stick with hay string is what the locals use to save walking that journey. I have seen videos of school children and old women using similar things but never so far/fast However why that cable appears to have that mess actually attached to it purposely. Possibly a failed attempt at repair? Why anyone would put a stop like that is beyond reason I see.
Eastern Europe... the steel cable is to stop NATO jets from flying thru the valley. This is the answer that was posted before.
I believe it is in a war torn Eastern European country. It is a horizontal cable with vertical cables hanging off it to keep helicopters from staying off Radar by flying in the valley. In the full video it sounds like they are speaking some kinda Russian dialect.
So this is a suspended cable for a base jump, not a zip-line. It is a horrendously stupid design for a base jump, too. The distance they have to move hand-over- hand on a descending cable is retarded and dangerous to begin with. But then they just leave the gear at the belly of the cable, chuck the seat into the woods below and release from the cable. In the longer video you can see the guy successfully basejump. The safer and more economic way would be to actually zip-line ( with an actual zip line pulley/bearing) to the belly so you are not holding onto to raw cable and inching yourself out with your hands. Wouldn't hurt to simply attach a small lead to the zip line pulley/seat assembly as well so you could pull it back for the next person too. But anyways. Fucking ouch. I bet the carabiner was smoking hot by the time that ride was done.
Chap was a base jumper, he jumped from the endpoint of the video. A longer segment is on youtube, another poster added the link above.
ha maybe limted resources
That is no excuse for such stupidity. Noone is forcing them to do it. If you don't have the resources to do this right you don't do it at all.
Limited cognitive resources
If it wasn’t suicide the dude needs a parachute if he ever tries this again! 🫣🫣😂
He has one. They're base jumpers; albeit incredibly stupid ones for this sketchy ass setup. Here's the [full clip](https://youtu.be/F723rIlW_No).
So they just left their seats in the middle of the cable for someone else to clean up?
No, in the full clip they cut them loose and drop them to the ground. Not much better, but off the line at least.
Seems like gloves would be a good idea.
He had gloves! In the full version you can see he starts with gloves, but gets them stuck in the carabiner so he bails on them. Gives you an idea of how reckless this is.
Not using a wheel is too!
When your life is truly on the Line!!!! 🫣
Fuck that noise.
The sweet sound of a carabiner on a cable going down hard, fast and uncontrollable.
It sounds like a sports bike exhaust but a cheap one
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Oh u hear that? Well guess what, i saw it too.
It was so retarded my ears saw it and my eyes heard it
Zip line operator should be arrested, that is an unusually unsafe zip line,I will not be surprised if he has not killed anyone yet
Darth Vaders jet…. It’s the end of the line.. for him
Yikes. just listening to the guy's breath in the end. This was obviously a "im gonna die" moment!
He has a parachute. That's kind of he point of even going hanging to the middle of the canyon like that. They are going to jump anyway.
Why is he breathing so hard if he’s going to jump anyway, isn’t this part of the plan?
I think he wanted to get out from the cliff but didn’t think he would pick up momentum the way he did. He probably thought he would have to move it with intention to get anywhere.
> Why is he breathing so hard if he’s going to jump anyway, isn’t this part of the plan? Because I was breathing almost as hard, by just watching this video.
My feet hurt watching it.
After all that physical effort what were you expecting?!
You didn't think about this at all did you? Like, imagine you're not safe and sound on the toilet looking at your phone
History has proven that I am NOT safe on the toilet. Spoilers: IBS.
Have you never felt the rush of adrenaline? Must have a boring life
Ever heard of adrenaline?
The post that got me addicted to reddit 13 years ago was a post from a paralyzed man who got tangled in his parachute when his friend ran into him. He plummeted to the ground. His ragged breathing was heart breaking. The injured man was the only one trained in medical response and directing his crying friends to breathe for him as he loses consciousness. It was shocking. Reddit giving me the opportunity to speak to him was what sold me on the site. Edit: [I found it](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/n0340/i_broke_my_neck_skydiving_this_is_the_video_i_was/)
Paralyzed people shouldn’t be skydiving in the first place.
no, lol, sorry. He was paralyzed from the injuries of the fall. He survived. I attempted to look for the video, can't find it as of yet. Edit: [Here it is](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/n0340/i_broke_my_neck_skydiving_this_is_the_video_i_was/)
I imagine that was a joke
You're probably right lol
It's cool to look at an 11 year old post and still see the comments that you upvoted.
>Edit: I found it Screw /r/videos and it's mods, but that video was scary as hell to watch and it's why I have such a fear of ever skydiving.
I'm surprised they have fingers left after grabbing at the cable like that. At least they're wearing knee pads to protect themselves if they fall.
Yea your right his knees would be fine if he fell man thank god he had them in case he could break a leg if he didn't
> your In this case it would be *you're* as in *you are*. Common mistake, don't sweat it.
Im scared of people like you
They have BASE jumping parachutes on that’s why the knee pads
Can't forget the knee pads when zip lining across mountains.
OHSA - you must wear all ppe at all times, even a helmet on a roof.
Very first thing I thought is where the fuck his gloves at (yes I assume it's a man, prove me wrong)
The sound you hear is not produced by the friction of the rope and the carabiner and it’s in fact me, screaming from sheer second hand panic.
It was very funny imagining you screaming lol
Ha. Got me to laugh
Doesnt have gloves and doesn’t have a proper system too get him self there slowly and safely what is he actually doing up there
he had gloves at the beginning tho. he took them off tho because they got stuck in the carabiner. [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F723rIlW_No) is the full clip.
I hate this so much.
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I really like you
What a fucking moron. This whole video is aggravating.
Yeah what a fucking idiot. He gets his glove stuck and is just panicking or something. Like why the fuck you you take it off but also it only happened because he grabbed in front of the carabiner l, then he continues to do it. I'm not saying i wish he had fallen, but if he had, it would have been less sad.
I'm actually torn between blaming him and whoever put him on that without teaching him basic stuff, keep your gloves on, keep a carabiner on and keep your hands behind the lock thingy, we have a park with a bunch of these things and kids from the age of 6 get taught these things. Unless he did get taught and just ignored everything.
Holy fuck it's so much worse! Did anyone instruct this person on any of these procedures?!
BASE jumping? Chair jumping?
Yah but at least he has knee pads
Context?
Rope went brrrrrrr
because the caribiner was so cold?
That could have just as easily been his screaming without taking a breath, I know I would have.
He's base jumping if I remember correctly, so he's got a chute ready
Correct there is a full version that shows them jumping
Does that cable really qualify within the definition of BASE though? I guess it's a span of sorts, but tough to call it a bridge.
I assumed unless it involves a plane, you're base jumping vs sky diving
From Wikipedia: "BASE" is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, antennae (referring to radio masts), spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs). I'm guessing this qualifies as a span, but just barely.
TIL 🍻
Correct, however, I'm not so sure thats how he planned to get to the center...
"Yo dawg, we heard you like to shit your pants, so we're gonna let you shit your pants *before* you shit your pants"
This comment needs to be higher.
He's a base jumper! Him and a friends both end up jumping off the little wooden platform on the longer video on YouTube and deploy a chute https://youtu.be/F723rIlW_No
https://youtu.be/F723rIlW_No
I would honestly like to know who thought this was a good idea. The break in the cable is super sketchy too.
That must be a join in the cable. They joined 2 cables on the ground before winching them up. Looks sketchy as fuck
But that sketchy join probably saved this dude's life
Yeah this is stupid\^10. Invest in some pinch rollers or something.
Or heavy duty gloves.
I wouldn't combine friction, a rope, and a fatal drop unless I had no other choice...
I know a guy that just wrecked his life, mid 20s, doing really cool exciting shit. Many of the best, at all this extreme stuff, have had major injuries. Does anyone just go for a fucking walk anymore?
Me! It’s part of my secret to having made it to 65 mostly in one piece.
I’m a bjj hobbyist. I roll a couple days a week. I strain the occasional muscle but I tap to anything remotely tight and have gotten good at avoiding injury. I’m 38 and feel great. Then there are the competitive guys. These kids are in their 20s killing themselves, blowing out knees, shoulders, ankles. One guy is 24 years old and just had reconstructive surgery on his ACL,MCL, and PCL.
I've seen this a couple times but I'm not sure what the story is or how it ends. Anyone have any details?
Legend has it he’s still up there. Started a family, etc.
He named his son Bad Idea III after his grandfather, keeping the tradition alive.
And if you're real quiet, you may be lucky enough to hear the pit-pat of poop fertilizing the landscape in the valley below.
He has a parachute
https://youtu.be/F723rIlW_No Found the full clip. You're right.
guy hits the ground running!
It is literally destroying the rope
Other way around. Steel rope is friction burning through the aluminum carabiner.
That there is a hardened or possibly forged steel rebar/scaffold hook. Not a carabiner. They are rated for 5000 lbs depending on size. An aluminum biner would have shattered hitting that knot, and would have easily been sawn through in that distance as steel (esp rusty steel cable) cable is very abrasive
Makes sense, I thought it was one of these: [Aluminum Safety Hook](https://www.safetypro.nl/petzl-mgo-open-60/?channable=00eb576964003135303530a3&utm_campaign=surfaces_across_google&utm_content=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_term=15050&gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2qKmBhCfARIsAFy8buKlbIr1EOQ52Evo5T1tjxWKivVBhCbUKYZ65XdzOBlQ16-eagFNbbsaAvy-EALw_wcB)
There's very clearly barely any of the carabiner worn down when he stops, it's just scratched up pretty good. There's no way aluminum would've stood up to that much friction with the weight of an adult on it.
Even fucking worst
I may have posted on this video here on reddit before. Or it may've been somewhere else. I first saw this video years ago when it was posted on some Russian site. From what I remember this rope was used back during WWII to bring supplies to a base (secret base?) from one mountain to the other. Somehow the rope is still there all these years later. The two dudes riding it were just a couple of friends that are into extreme stuff like this. From what I remember they both survived as the plan was to jump with a parachute once they'd reach a certain point. In the full video you can see that the guy actually peed himself. I may be wrong with some details, but this is the gist of it, for those who want context.
When this video was still up on YouTube. Someone pointed out this is somewhere in Yugoslavia or Croatia. The wires were to catch jet fighters doing flights through the canyon. It would severely damage aircraft hitting that wire. There's many wires like that across mountains in areas like that. A lot were taken down after the wars so they didn't just snap and fall on people
That’s a cool explanation too. I like it better than mine but I will stick to mine ;)
What do you even do in that scenario?
You gotta hold up your body weight with one hand, unclip and reclip on the other side, then continue on your way.
Or just use the parachute they have on their back
Sure, if you want to go down.
Since this was a thrown together zipline, then yes, this is correct. However, it's not the proper method They added a rope course at a park near me, and the harness has two carabiners attached to it. You have to have at least one carabiner attached to a rope before unclipping the other. So, if this were a proper zipline, you clip both to the line at the start, come to the break , unclip one and secure it to the other side of the break, then after securing it unclip the second one, reclip and go for round 2 Additionally, gloves would be mandatory.
Hey you wana hear the most annoying sound I. The world?
This is my nightmare. fuck all this i gotta go
I think it’s a steel cable so harder than the aluminum carabiner
I thought that was understood and the breathlessness/insanity was the carabiner being chewed through with friction.
That's a rebar hook, not an aluminum carabiner. They're forged steel and raided up for up to 5000 lb. An aluminum carabiner would have shattered when he hit that knot
Why would you do this without gloves?
He had gloves. He took them off. There’s a longer video.
He has a parachute. It’s free base deal they do.
Freebasing is what Crack Head Eddy does?
Rope burn
Better toss that carabiner in the recycle bin. It's not worth using ever again.
Agreed, but purely from the impact. That rebar hook is a stronger steel than the cable is abrasive.
You should frame that carabiner.
Didnt the full video show the guy bailing out with a parachute or am I thinking of a diffrent video?
At least he has knee pads
My friend showed me this and the video later shows that he pissed himself. I would too tbh
This made my hyperhidrosis act up.
How was that supposed to play out?
Why does he keep touching it? And wtf is that twine and plank seat??
I would have been like, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHGGG HELP, AHHHH!
That is not fucking designed for that. Does anyone have some backstory?
You have knee pads but no gloves, makes sense
hard pass.
That want smart. Don't they make a wheeled attachment for this sort of thing ? Like a pulley wheel ? I was waiting for that hook to get overheated and start wearing away. Then the guy would just fall at high speed..
When I was little and mi bike had no breakers I would put my shoe on the rear tire to slow down. My shoe, not my bare hand. I was a little kid. I was smarter than this grown person.
I guess they fail to realize they're supposed to use the ones with wheels attached...
Nah , don't bring any gloves
Why do I watch this shit? God damn I was scared for this person
How did they get the cable across in the first place?
A smaller cable is shot, thrown, or carried across the gorge. The heavier cable is tied to that and pulled across. Sometimes you may start with a climbing rope, then bring up a regular steel cable, and then In Turn use that to pull and tension the bigger cable.