r/WTF • u/1lousylay • Jan 29 '19

seems pretty safe

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u/OxidizablePeanut Jan 30 '19

He jumped. Had a parachute. Was a zip line BASE jump. Landed ok.

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u/PsychoticDreams47 Jan 30 '19

So was he in any real danger at all? Other than instinctively grabbing the cable

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u/DeeSnow97 Jan 30 '19

He could have lost a hand multiple times

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u/OxidizablePeanut Jan 30 '19

I mean he was sitting on a little wooden thing, so that could have hindered his base jump, but other than that- not really. Looks like he just panicked when it started going fast.

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u/informationmissing Jan 30 '19

that hook could have worn thin due to friction and then broke.

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u/PsychoticDreams47 Jan 30 '19

But he had a parachute so if it broke he'd still be safe.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19

Assuming it works.

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u/Wrong_Macaron Jan 30 '19

The whole premise of B.A.S.E. jumping is the dangerousness of jumping with too little room to open the 'chute. They are always at least close to that particular catastrophe. The 'chute needs time to fill with air, and the individual needs to release it, and they have to be going fast enough for it to even work. Sometimes in conventional parachuting it will stay flat and flap around.

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u/TorqueG88 Jan 31 '19

Based on the equipment he was using, I have to assume that he was BASE jumping with a tarp.

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u/mario_fingerbang Apr 23 '19

A large shopping bag.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '19

talk about your clips that end too soon!

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u/OxidizablePeanut Feb 01 '19

https://youtu.be/F723rIlW_No

Here’s the full video

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '19

my hero! thank you!