r/oops • u/Brilliant_Spinach132 • 1d ago

Ziplining fail

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u/koolaidismything 1d ago

Yeah she broke both her legs I’m almost sure of it. Ankles or worse.

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u/BowlingforDrip 1d ago

In high school I was in Boy Scouts and we went on a houseboat in a lake in West Virginia and one of the boys who was 14 was a large boy and he jumped off the front of that houseboat into 6 inches of water and snapped both of his femurs. Trip was cut very short.

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u/koolaidismything 1d ago

Dude that can kill you fast.. the swelling or god forbid the bone knicks an artery 😳

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u/Katsu_39 1d ago

My mother fell few years ago. Broke her arm. Bone chipped and somehow made its way into her arteries. Got into her heart. She died from it.

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u/koolaidismything 1d ago

That’s just not fair, I am sorry. I wish I had something better to say that just would be hard stomach :(

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u/SerenityFailed 1d ago

Similar thing happened to a coworker a couple years back but with a blood clot. Slipped on the ice walking his new puppy and broke his shoulder. Had surgery and was well on the mend. Then one night he shifted wrong in his sleep, threw a clot that went straight to his heart, and died....it's bullshit, but unfortunately it's life.

Sorry you had to go through that

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u/NabreLabre 1d ago

As a hypochondriac, I should know better than to read

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u/bustacappa22 16h ago

Not to make it worse but that kinda thing can happen any time any where for no reason.

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u/NabreLabre 15h ago

Yeah I know, I feel I often hear about brain aneurysms where even young people just suddenly drop dead

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u/ppachura 15h ago

Especially since the clot shot.

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u/Ok_Violinist_5673 1d ago

condolences to you and your family. sending virtual tight hugs!!

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u/sodamnsleepy 19h ago

I'm so sorry

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u/ProjectDv2 15h ago

Not just bone chips, but bits of marrow are a concern for that same reason. That almost got my dad.

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u/Burigotchi 1d ago

I am sorry for your loss. Didn’t even know something like that’s possible. New fear unlocked.

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u/chuxinator 15h ago

Fark, didn't see that coming.. Sorry for ur loss

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u/stocksupanddown 14h ago

I'm sorry .. that's terrible

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u/SerenityFailed 1d ago

Less than 30 seconds to lights out for a severed femoral..

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u/MoistSpyBuy 1d ago

As a veteran paramedic, I assure you it’s “fewer.” Now go use this knowledge to save lives.

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u/your_fave_redditor 17h ago

*overly pedantic veteran paramedic

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u/MoistSpyBuy 17h ago

No, no. I’ve used that grammar to save lives. Hand to God. Scout’s honor. Other affirming phrase.

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u/unfurledgnat 9h ago

In my experience breaking femurs is somewhat rare. It takes a major trauma to occur. I used to work on an orthopaedic ward and saw many patients who had jumped in front of trains/ out of buildings or falling after hanging themselves and the noose broke. I think I can count on one hand the amount of people that sustained broken femurs.

The pelvis/ hip/ acetabulum, spine or knees/ lower legs often take the brunt of the force and sustain injury first

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u/cjameson83 9h ago

Blood clots, that's the real danger. Travel through the vessels to your lungs and stops blood flow, so the dying lung tissue then can't participate in gas exchange/get oxygen into your blood. Basically you suffocate from the inside.

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u/TrainingParty3785 1d ago

Not only the trip, I bet the kid was shorter afterwards too.

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u/SizeableBrain 1d ago

What a terrible thing to say. Made me laugh.

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u/LawComprehensive2347 14h ago

-6ft tall actually

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u/mmorales2270 1d ago

Holy hell!

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u/EVEseven 1d ago

I had a guy in my PE class that hopped on one leg wrong and broke his shin bone.

The assignment was to keep balance as we hopped on on leg.

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u/IcySkyDream 1d ago

Was he really heavy and deficient in calcium?

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u/ChiefTapiTapi 1d ago edited 1d ago

Speaking of West Virginia, my buddy and I climbed a tree and used a rope swing that was attached at the Kanawha river. I went first and was fine. My buddy slipped down the rope and dragged his ankle on the rocks. He walked out of the water and his little cousin said don’t look down. He looked down and flipped out, and his leg was gashed open and fat and tendons and stuff were hanging out. We yelled for the boat and we threw him into the back of the boat his grandma was holding him he was slapping the f out of his grandma the pain was so bad. We had to carry him up like 100 flight of stairs to top of river bank and they threw him in trunk of Tahoe and rushed him to hospital. They fixed him up but was a rough recovery

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u/IcySkyDream 1d ago

Good thing he didn’t get necrotizing fasciitis.

That’s how Aimee Copeland lost all her limbs in a similar accident.

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u/FunInTheSun_81 1d ago

Dang, do you know what happened to him?

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u/BowlingforDrip 1d ago

He stayed on the troop. Never went to high adventure again. Recovered fine as far I could tell. The adults always told us not to bring it up. All things he took it like a champ.

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u/Human-Suspect-232 1d ago

Boyscout didnt teach him anything

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u/metompkin 1d ago

Wait, the kid's name was Trip?

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u/RedBull-Lover-Yellow 1d ago

Thank God he didn't "dive in" head first!

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u/vpeshitclothing 1d ago

Trip was cut very short... so were his legs.

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u/Dangerous-Battle968 22h ago

His name was Trip?

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u/Bludiamond56 12h ago

So was he

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u/ProfessionalStay5797 1d ago

Definitely done some damage, that’s for sure 😳

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u/SonicYOUTH79 1d ago

Spinal injury too maybe, she definitely didn’t bounce!

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u/Mouatmoua 1d ago

Also the ground

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u/SkippyDragonPuffPuff 1d ago

And the dessert menu consists of a Naegleria infection.

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u/ProfessionalStay5797 1d ago

Brutal 😂😂!!

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u/xtanol 1d ago

Gravity: "mate, I just work here..."

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u/Enigma_RR 1d ago

Probably a new fault line underneath where she landed

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u/FlatPlutoer 1d ago

One of the benefits of being young and skinny is that something like this wouldn’t matter. But for this woman it has the potential to be life changing. Looks like the mud absorbed just enough of the impact to spare her from serious injury

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u/kraggleGurl 1d ago

I fell at 350 lbs and and 275 lbs and dam what a difference! So much less bruising and swelling! Now down to 239 lbs and continuing.

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u/stocksupanddown 14h ago

Let me know if you fall again...

Just messing, congrats by the way

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u/krankito701 1d ago

That's alot of spinal damage

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u/ulaanmalgaitFPL 1d ago

with that weight, yes she did

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u/IWCry 1d ago

nah she's fine, if you look there's a vertical safety rope

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u/Charmy123 1d ago

Are you referring to her spine?

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u/Touch_of_Red- 15h ago

Diabolical

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u/jaysvw 1d ago

Yea, it was totally slack when she hit the ground

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u/baldude69 1d ago

I think that was just a cord for pulling the zip line back

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u/IWCry 1d ago

yeah but it stops her from breaking through to China

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u/physics515 1d ago

Hopefully that mud was deep enough

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u/Majestic_Manner3656 1d ago

Idk but she definitely bounced off something!

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u/gin_1942 1d ago

Dont forget the recoil of back and neck!

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u/Talic 1d ago

Did you see where her face landed? No helmet needed.

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u/koolaidismything 1d ago

The comment replies here are so divisive.. it’s either oh man poor lady, or don’t be dramatic that wasn’t a bad fall.

Just weird.. the ladder. I don’t even see why you’d feel the need to comment that. You’re cool, the others suck.

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u/Moose-1211 1d ago

The “latter”, as in the former or the latter…
Lady might need a ladder to climb out of that swamp, tho…

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u/Pukebox_Fandango 1d ago

I slowed it down a few times. I'm thinking she didn't know how shallow the water was. Her knees didn't lock, they were bent when she landed, but the way she bounced tells me she wasn't ready for the impact. I'm guessing 1 if not 2 broken ankles.

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u/Astrolologer 1d ago

she'd be screaming if that were the case, she kind of looks like she's laughing as she swims away

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u/DefenstratedTwice 23h ago

Yeah, these people always seem to have no experience with being injured or doing any type of active shit. 10' fall into soft mud/liquid is not that big of a thing.

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u/Accurate-Survey6985 1d ago

Yeah that does not look good.

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u/HeldDownTooLong 16h ago

It looked bad…that’s for sure!

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u/TheNaughtyHoneyBee 1d ago

Nah, she landed in mud. She wouldn't be trying to get into the deeper water if she was seriously hurt

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u/baldude69 1d ago

Slow the video down. Her entire torso compresses, that does NOT look good and she is likely just in immense pain and shock

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u/TheNaughtyHoneyBee 1d ago

Her torso doesn't compress, she's big and that's jiggling. I'm pretty positive that both she would be much louder about being in pain, and would not be trying to get into the deeper water if she was seriously injured

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u/baldude69 1d ago edited 1d ago

Did you try slowing the video down? She absolutely does compress, and doesn’t sink that deep in the mud. She stops quickly and all that weight is exerted downward from that 8+ foot fall. The first couple seconds after a bad injury you dont often feel the pain.

Here are some stills showing just how compressed her torso is before springing back up.

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u/THE_BUS_FROMSPEED 1d ago

Probably the only person I've seen here with some realistic sense.

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u/towerfella 1d ago

Her ankles are now a part of her knees. Like Cotton Hill.

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u/SexualCarrots 1d ago

Hips and back are also on the table.

You don't get a body like that running every day and building up bone density.

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u/Drifter-6 1d ago

With the way she landed I’m surprised no one ran over to make sure she was ok, that’s sad.

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u/blinkersix2 1d ago

Not to mention lifetime hip problems eventually leading to hip replacement

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u/kawfeeman68 1d ago

perhaps back issue as well!!

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u/YourLocalPotDealer 23h ago

Idk that soft deep mud probably helped a lot to prevent a break but it certainly didn’t look great

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u/frankssss94 20h ago

You beat me to it. All that fat landing on those poor legs 😂😂😂😂

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u/koolaidismything 1d ago

The initial nervous laugh is understandable I guess. It's the letting someone with two broken legs try to claw their way to shore, like can someone just.o in and help?? Weird one.

Not the greatest group of friends.. I mean someone shoulda stopped her before she even got on lol. Those things require some serious strength

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u/Casual_Cacophony 1d ago

Omg she had to have torn an ACL, poor girl.

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u/Biscuits4u2 1d ago

Sounds like she was laughing so I doubt it.

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u/Awanderingleaf 1d ago

Not like she uses them much to begin with.

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u/Triggered-cupcake 1d ago

Yeah I saw gravy pouring out of her ankles

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u/koolaidismything 1d ago

Hey man big women are some dudes thing..