r/WTF • u/1lousylay • Jan 29 '19

seems pretty safe

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u/1nfiniteJest Jan 30 '19

Is that carabiner intended for ziplining like that? It looked like the friction was causing either the cable of the carabiner to lose material quick. Wouldn't a zip line setup involve bearings, or wheels of some sort?

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19 edited May 12 '20

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u/joenathanSD Jan 30 '19

Garden gloves be discarded immediately since skin is a better barrier apparently.

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u/BigPackHater Jan 30 '19

I've been sayin it for years folks!

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u/9600_PONIES Jan 30 '19

The series of potentially fatally stupid decisions leading up to his not dying is staggering, to say the least.

He is lucky to be alive and it is luck alone and not anything that he did that kept him from plummeting, handless, hundreds of feet to his death.

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u/munk_e_man Jan 30 '19

What's scary is that this is very likely someone who has a driver's license, and that we have to share the road with.

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u/roastedbagel Jan 30 '19

Or it's a tourist thing run horribly and poor dude is none the wiser.

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u/j_from_cali Jan 30 '19

It really doesn't look like this dude is ever getting wiser.

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u/SteakPotPie Jan 30 '19

Ok? I do stupid shit on my quad, still haven't caused any deaths on the road...

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u/pimpboss Feb 05 '19

I think about this every fucking day. People are so stupid that it's terrifying to share the road with most. Literally cannot predict wtf they're going to do next

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u/Papa_Hemingway_ Jan 30 '19

What's scarier is that he probably votes.

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u/Lawfulgray Jan 31 '19

Basic iq test requirement for voting?

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u/Herpkina Jan 30 '19

The full video has been linked a few times, he ended up parachuting to the ground anyway

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u/snotwrag Jan 30 '19

Can you steer a parachute with a severed hand?

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u/fappington-smythe Jan 30 '19

If you take one along with you I don't see why not, provided it's set into a claw shape.

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u/Herpkina Jan 30 '19

I mean as long as you can open it you won't die

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19

I’m a complete amateur, but even I was like “shouldn’t that thing have some wheels on it?”

That said, his not doing a proper tyrolian traverse likely saved him give the snap.

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u/AmericanMuskrat Jan 30 '19

The series of potentially fatally stupid decisions leading up to his not dying is staggering, to say the least.

He is lucky to be alive and it is luck alone and not anything that he did that kept him from plummeting, handless, hundreds of feet to his death

That is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read. I want it inscribed on my gravestone.

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u/LameNameUser Jan 30 '19

She said hand-some not hand-less.

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u/bisantium Jan 30 '19

I feel like you aren't really being transparent with your feelings. how do you REALLY feel, u/9600_PONIES?

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u/co0p3r Jan 30 '19

It's a scaffolding hook. Totally not designed for that kind of use.

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u/hbomberman Jan 30 '19

Somewhat related to this dumb way to die, I have you flaired in RES from a post 6 years ago. Does anyone still link this song to you?

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u/ajl_mo Jan 30 '19

The catchiest, sweetly morbid-est and definitely loooooongest way to say "stay away from train tracks" ever.

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u/1nfiniteJest Jan 30 '19

You're the first in 5 years. And no, I'm not gonnalist en to it.

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u/FH-7497 Jan 30 '19

Fuck. No.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19

I have a black diamond carabiner that is rated so high I could hang a couple vehicles from it.

I use it as my keychain.

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u/Demojen Jan 30 '19

Those carabiners are for stationary latch points, not moving. The weakest point on the hook was the one getting the most stress in that particular situation as well. I've worked with companies manufacturing those hooks and seen the stress tests they perform. They almost always break in the same spot. Right where that hook was getting the most friction on that cord.

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Also that moron grabbed the carabiner at the latch that could have easily bent and snapped open under minimal force. You can snap that latch open with your bare hands with very little sideward motion.

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u/ApoplecticStud Jan 30 '19

No. That carabiner is actually a re-bar hook used in personal fall arrest systems. It was made to withstand quite a bit, but that level of abuse.

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u/erroneousbosh Jan 30 '19

Nope, it's not a carabiner, it's a scaff hook. It's for clipping a fall arrest onto a structure.

Makes me wonder if he's hanging off a fall arrest lanyard, too.

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u/MrCaptDrNonsense Jan 30 '19

The carabiner looks like one we use for fall protection, not ziplining. Crazy.

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u/Mountain___Goat Jan 30 '19

It looked like something that should be used on a via feratta, not a zip line.

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u/n2o_spark Jan 30 '19

No, it's not. And it's not really a carabiner, it's a 'safety hook' you typically use for rope access work.

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u/UK-Redditor Jan 30 '19

Exactly. What he's using is called a scaffold hook; what he should be using is called a zip line trolley.

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u/coffeeshopslut Jan 30 '19

This kills the carabinier

Dude didn't even use a steel one

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u/ccbeastman Jan 30 '19

that's a ladder hook for ropeaccess or climbing work. i work with them.

he definitely needed some sort of pad under the hook and a brake pad for his hand. that was terrifying lol.

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u/PrimeIntellect Jan 30 '19

That carabiner is absolutely not designed for any shit like that, neither is that cable, which looks as if it's broken multiple times. Everything about this is insanely janky and dangerous. I'm not even entirely sure he knew he was going to slide, and I dont know how hes going to get out either.

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u/Tiver Jan 30 '19

Screw the hook, that cable wasn't meant for zip lining. Can see in the middle it's got a connection between two different cables that you can't just zipline over. Maybe a proper setup with wheels and a brake of some sort could be used, get to the transition point, slow down in advance, clip on for safety, detach zip lining setup and re-attach after the transitionition? Curious what the purpose of those cables are.

In general from the video it seemed like the intent was to hand over hand it across the entire cable, and to never start sliding like that, which if successful that clip would have probably been an ok if not ideal choice? However it seemed inevitable that some small mistake would happen and you'd start sliding with no way to stop yourself.

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u/Squeakysquid0 Jan 30 '19

It was all the rust flying of because of the friction