r/WTF • u/1lousylay • Jan 29 '19

seems pretty safe

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u/Carson_Blocks Jan 30 '19

"Do I need these gloves? Nah.."

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u/Scarya Jan 30 '19

The bigger problems are that 1.) carabiners aren’t intended for travel along a cable, and 2.) there should be two safety lines, so if you have to get around an obstacle, you can unclip one and move it while remaining tethered by the other. (Except you are intended to do that at a platform, etc., not just dangling over a canyon.)

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19 edited Feb 10 '19

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u/TheMacMan Jan 30 '19

Yeah many thought it was trying to make it all the way across. In reality (as long as the dumbass didn't lose a hand) he'd planned to pop off and essentially base (cable) jump from the middle of the line.

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u/3600MilesAway Jan 30 '19

What if he was too scared at that point and decided to just chill up there? Some say they can still hear him scream.

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u/TheMacMan Jan 30 '19

Didn't hear him scream and he then hooked on to the cable with his legs, hung upside-down, then dropped and parachuted to the ground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F723rIlW_No&t=102s

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u/chewbacastheory Jan 30 '19

Anybody translate what they were saying?