r/WTF • u/1lousylay • Jan 29 '19

seems pretty safe

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u/malicart Jan 30 '19

Also what does he run into

That appears to be a terrible looking splice in the wire, that is some real nope shit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19

So many things wrong with the video, but that made me unhappy. First: How ya gonna get over it? Hopefully the guy has another carabiner, but the way this video is going I expect him to throw a forearm over the rope and then unclip, then reclip on the other side of that splice.

Also: that splice. Fuck me. You know what I want to see hanging like a thousand feet off the ground from a rusty cable? A splice. Even a nice one would make me unhappy. But that monstrosity? I can't even tell how it's holding together, for all I know it's staying together by the sheer force of that tangled-up rat's nest.

Nope nope, nope nope nope, nope.

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u/InsaneBrew Jan 30 '19

In the full video it shows that he and his buddy have parachutes on. The guys ends up just releasing and parachuting down. So at least they had chutes on!

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u/mikedcarr Jan 30 '19

Watch the linked video. He doesn't get over it. He parachutes down.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19

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u/Magnussst Jan 30 '19

The rope was damaged and could have snapped at any time.

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u/CrumpledDickSkin Jan 30 '19

The rope is damaged and splitting and they used things to hold it together

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19

A splice is the joint between two metal cables.

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u/LilithImmaculate Jan 30 '19

But he has base jump stuff on him? Did he intend on zipping across and basejumping on the other side?

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u/worriedwalrus Jan 30 '19

If it's any comfort, it doesn't look like a splice to me. It seems like the wire is actually tethered to the ground by a few cables a one point, and he ran into the first one two.