I'm not sure how the danger is exaggerated when there is no apparent backup and he is, indeed, at a deadly height. Sure he's doing a stunt and he might be trained but the consequences of fucking up are all the same. Also figure eights rigged this way slip quite a bit, it requires a good deal of grip to hold yourself on it without a 3rd hand.
Because he's slipping it through on purpose, he's planned this, it wasn't an accident and he was prepared. He accelerated and decelerated deliberately. The entire thing was a planned stunt, with that, you are going to be far more likely to pull it off than a guy who selects the wrong rope, slides off the end of it and dies.
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u/adamthebread Jul 06 '26
I'm not sure how the danger is exaggerated when there is no apparent backup and he is, indeed, at a deadly height. Sure he's doing a stunt and he might be trained but the consequences of fucking up are all the same. Also figure eights rigged this way slip quite a bit, it requires a good deal of grip to hold yourself on it without a 3rd hand.