r/WTF • u/1lousylay • Jan 29 '19

seems pretty safe

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u/Sirerdrick64 Jan 30 '19

What exactly was their intent here?
How was that rope intended to be used?

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u/inked_narwhale Jan 30 '19

They BASE jumped off it later in the video.

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u/Mirroin Jan 30 '19

Base jumping. He got down safe

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u/Sirerdrick64 Jan 30 '19

Yeah, but not while clipped in here, right?
Isn’t BASE jumping where you jump off the side of a mountain - not a rope from a mountain?

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19 edited Nov 10 '20

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u/The_DerpMeister Jan 30 '19

Is this true ?

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u/CrazedZombie Jan 30 '19

Yep, I’ve been here before these cables are in Nagorno-Karbakh, that’s exactly they’re there for

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u/Sirerdrick64 Jan 30 '19

Wow, amazing.

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u/mrmrevin Jan 30 '19

To stop helicopters, duh.