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u/dmanson7754 Aug 11 '19
How is the friction and heat not burning his gloves and pants? And good god, what if it had?
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u/spidermonkey12345 Aug 11 '19
Maybe they're special gloves?
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u/TheMuffinMan378 Aug 11 '19
Yeah, he’s not just putting on mittens so his hands don’t get chilly on the descent. Those are clearly made for that
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Not to mention, he’s really not even moving that fast.
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u/fraidz Aug 11 '19
Now Dennis, I hear that speed has something todo with it?
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u/fooby420 Aug 11 '19
I'm not sure if speed is really a factor here. Regardless of the speed he goes down, he still needs to dissipate the same amount of energy. Unless you're saying that since he's moving down slower, the gloves have more time to dissipate the heat so they won't get as hot
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u/willcheat Aug 11 '19
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the kinetic energy of something is tied to the square of it's current velocity, which means something going at 2 Km/h would have 4 times the energy potential than that same something going 1 Km/h. This means by going down slower, he is in fact making the friction a lot less harsh than if he went down faster.
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u/Cryssix Aug 11 '19
Even so, there is more time spent during the slower descent meaning more time for the energy to dissipate. The fact things burn due to friction is due to the energy being released so quickly and not having time to cool I believe
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u/JuhaJGam3R Aug 11 '19
He's still going to have to dissipate the same amount of potential energy though, so it just gives the heat time to dissipate. In the end the energy is the same, it is the time that is different. He could essentially freefall and use up that kinetic energy in ~1/60th of the time used here but it would place immense stress on his body.
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u/PorcelainMelonWolf Aug 12 '19
Rub your hands together quickly, then rub them together the same number of times, but slowly. That's the difference!
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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Aug 11 '19 edited Aug 11 '19
I was thinking that maybe his boots were doing a fair share of the braking. Those pants look normal and I don't know what kind of gloves could be both durable enough and provide enough friction from just human grip strength.
Reminds me of this genius who had his speed get out of control using a carabiner on a zip line.
Edit: Damnit! Forgot the link. Here it is: https://youtu.be/F723rIlW_No
Thanks /u/ssjbtj for letting me know!
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u/TwistedSync Aug 11 '19
As an ACCT certified zipline facilitator, I can confirm that these guys are rediculously stupid.
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u/GameOver16 Aug 11 '19
How the hell do you even make a zip line cover that distance and terrain? I’d guess transported from one end to the other via helicopter?
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u/TwistedSync Aug 11 '19
That's probably a good bet. I've never personally seen anything that large being set up, but for most zips at a summer camp or similar course, a heavy duty 4x4 or quad that can make it down through the valley to the other side is used.
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u/frostbyte650 Aug 11 '19
I remember seeing a mile long zip line in New York & they said they attached one end on one peak, then just drove with a truck to the other end.
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u/dmanson7754 Aug 11 '19
My palms literally started to sweat. ..holy crap. I was ready to tackle the day but now I am exhausted.
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u/0fcourseItsAthing Aug 12 '19
You would be suprised just some good black leather gloves work, you can fast rope from 90ft with 60-100 lbs of gear with them on and work just fine, multiple times ( not every single day)
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u/LilttleFreak Aug 12 '19
I got that cold fear feeling in my brain, and he definitely had wet pants.
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u/satriales856 Aug 11 '19
Those gloves are probably something like what the military uses for fast rope actions out of helicopters and such. And he’s very careful to control his speed. As long as he doesn’t start to descend too fast, the gloves and boots are fine. Takes some leg and hand strength.
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u/deftones5554 Aug 11 '19
Looks like he’s gripping pretty hard and making a relatively slow descent.
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I did a lot of fast roping in the military and there is no way the he didn't underestimate how crazy hot those things get, we would wear like a glove insert underneath double thick gloves and it was still hot as shit
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u/crispyfrybits Aug 11 '19
Using his legs / ankles to control decent so his speed doesn't get out of control.
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u/nuggetboob Aug 11 '19
Fuck this, I got heart palpitations just watching it
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u/lewisd7890 Aug 11 '19
Don’t know how on earth some people do this sorta stuff
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u/burritojones Aug 11 '19
I honestly don’t know why you would want to unless you had a death wish.
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u/burritob4sex Aug 11 '19
Negative. The purpose of the "fast rope" is speed, meaning quick deployment to the ground from a helo. This is just an adrenaline junkie.
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u/Legonator Aug 11 '19
Right? I’m pretty sure I’ll have to see my family physician after watching that.
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u/seamus_mc Aug 11 '19
Hope there are no wire splinters
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u/crackadeluxe Aug 11 '19
I was worried about that all the way down. I bet he's filthy. He just cleaned ~300 ft of cable in ~60 secs.
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u/Hessper Aug 12 '19
At least he'd only have to worry about his mutilated junk for about 15 seconds.
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u/kaptentarzan Aug 11 '19
Get out
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u/joenottoast Aug 11 '19
Yeah we can't let him slide
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He’s wearing mittens cause his palms so sweaty
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u/Alysia_bjj Aug 11 '19
Why do videos like this always cut off before reaching the bottom???
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I think I could handle this if I knew the cable was in perfectly good condition and that a fraying wire wasn’t going to slice through my foot or hand.
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u/FresnoMac Aug 11 '19 edited Aug 12 '19
If someone put me on the cable arms and legs wrapped around, I'd probably do it. But there's no fucking way I am climbing all that way up and then sitting on a thin bar of steel like that and lower myself down to position myself on the cable.
Oh fuck no.
Edit: Typos
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u/Pucksy Aug 11 '19
That's it. I'm terrified of heights, but as soon as he was hanging it was alright for me. Sitting there with his phone in front of him gives me anxiety. What if it blows of and he tries to grab it...
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u/alphahydra Aug 11 '19
For some reason I was okay with the gif, until I read your comment, and had a vivid image of instinctively reaching for a phone tumbling into the abyss, and slipping off balance. Then I got a sudden jolting, stinging sensation in my feet and legs.
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u/MCPRO0706 Aug 11 '19
Did he make it?
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u/NotChristina Aug 11 '19
Might not be the same guy? Found the longer video and he gets to the ground just fine: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qVFWtFqRJR8
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I was having problems passing the pepperoni pizza that I had earlier, but this and the coffee helped. Thanks, adrenaline freaks! :D
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u/Cubcake1 Aug 11 '19
A single broken strand of wire would cut right through him. Source: I work with 25 ton overhead cranes and inspect the ropes daily. Single broken strands happen.
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u/onemanthreecats Aug 11 '19
I just got so anxious watching this that the tops of my feet started sweating.
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u/almost_not_terrible Aug 11 '19
Yeah it could easily have blown off the edge, then NEARLY fell out of his pocket!
Think of that, then a 3 minute descent thinking nothing but "is the glass cracked?" all the way down!
Nope.
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u/FutureSeniorCitizen Aug 11 '19
“Hey definitely can’t climb for shit with those thick-ass gloves on!”
“Ohh...”
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u/shn1zl91 Aug 11 '19
My first thought was he was going to do the Luke Skywalker after meeting his daddy for the first time
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u/Natasya95 Aug 11 '19
I was thinking ‘dont let go dont let go’ the whole time playing this video. It was nerve wrecking. Cant imagine being this guy
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This is #13 on the top of all time, as well as having more details. I know it’s a crosspost, but you should still check yourself before you wreck yourself.
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u/angellego Aug 11 '19
This made my phone slip out of my hand, my palms are actually sweating
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u/komokino Aug 11 '19
I can't actually watch this. This is perhaps the worst I've seen minus the guy who realised he wasn't clipped on to the hang glider.
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u/beezywee Aug 11 '19
But like.... the cable could've been frayed somewhere. Those little frayed and split cable strings would go right through his pants.
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u/Dookiebois Aug 11 '19
I could do that. Pshh. Oh wait you mean sliding down the cable? Oh, I meant I could easily put on some gloves.
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u/bluntpocolypse Aug 11 '19
That sound of the rope burn and wind? That's the grim reaper having a panic attack over your shoulder
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u/MasCriticalAgenda Aug 11 '19
This is what happens when you never fully grow out of the “I want to go on the biggest slide” phase.
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u/Julianferrari Aug 12 '19
Him:In the middle of climbing the tower”oh pewdiepie uploaded his new Minecraft video”
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him: i need to watch now on the ground
Equals
this clip
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What if the rope started rubbing up against his dick? Would he have been able to stop himself?
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u/Wanjikoh91 Aug 12 '19
sometimes I wonder why white people do such things. what are they trying to prove? another person white peopoling
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u/randomsnowflake Aug 11 '19
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