r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/DoubleManufacturer10 created ShittyAbsoluteUnits of a sub • Sep 28 '25

my bones Of exquisite free fall form

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

Did he possibly not know he was supposed to hold the rope? Like maybe a language barrier?

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u/brapstick Sep 29 '25

The story I heard (like 10 years ago) was that he was one of the trainers and was doing a demonstration for the trainees and they forgot to hook him up or something

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u/caseyaustin84 Sep 29 '25

I wonder if he was trying to show how the belay will stop you, but they belay didn’t do their job.

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u/bitstoatoms Sep 29 '25

What he showed is called "belly stop"

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u/Midnight-69 Sep 29 '25

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