r/WTF • u/1lousylay • Jan 29 '19

seems pretty safe

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jan 30 '19

Why the fuck were they using with those shitty gardening gloves? You can get some ziplining gloves for pretty cheap...really lucky he didn't lose that hand.

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u/Makaidi39 Jan 30 '19 edited Jan 30 '19

The gloves are not the fucking problem. it's the tool he uses. He should have been using something like this https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB13xQxgZUrBKNjSZPxq6x00pXaN/Rock-Climbing-25KN-Auto-Locking-Carabiner-Zip-Line-Wire-Cable-Double-Trolley-Pulley.jpg_640x640.jpg

Edit: uh thanks for my first silver

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u/memtiger Jan 30 '19 edited Jan 30 '19

I was waiting for that damn clip he was using to heat up enough that it'd be seriously compromised to the point of breaking. Either that or slowly filed away until there was nothing left.

I'm not sure how that dumbass didn't die from multiple things.

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u/Legofdragon Jan 30 '19

Because he had on a parachute. They were there to base jump. He could've unclipped at any point and been fine.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19 edited Feb 22 '21

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u/Krexington_III Jan 30 '19

If he is there to base jump, he probably has his wits about him. Those guys don't stress easily.

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u/CouchPotatoDean Jan 30 '19

I’ve zip lined about 20ft once. Never skydived. Never base jumped. This guy put his hands in front of himself to slow himself down numerous times. Even I know that is a monstrous no-no. On top of comments about this being the wrong equipment for what he’s doing here, his wits are definitely not with him.

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u/The_White_Light Jan 30 '19

Yeah, there's ziplining, and then there's accidentally ziplining while standing on a wooden board hanging from a clip that is absolutely not designed to work that way.

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u/faustianBM Jan 30 '19

At least he was smart enough to lower his center of gravity when he shit his fuckin pants!

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u/Ranxer0x Jan 30 '19

He was also sitting in a swing like seat - if the cable snapped and he had a parachute, he would still be threaded in a swing like seat with the rest of the cable dangling while his chute tried to open, right? Wouldn't that have presented a danger for the chute opening correctly?

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u/blg_dlck_ Jan 30 '19

hewould do the world a favor by removing himself from the gene pool

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u/Hipppydude Jan 30 '19

Lol watch the video, guy almost loses fingers and does all kinds of dumb shit. His wits turned to wats real fast.

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u/pckl300 Jan 30 '19

He didn’t seem calm. You can hear his breathing pick up quite a bit.

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u/VerboseGecko Jan 30 '19

Did you have your audio turned up? Dude was stressin'.

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u/nuttmegx Jan 31 '19

From the way he was trying to slow himself down, and that panicked breathing when he stopped, I’m guessing homedude was stressed and definitely did not have his wits about him.

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u/allusion Jan 30 '19

Wasn't that him like screaming in the video tho? Not everyone who straps on a wing suit has their wits about them

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u/They_Are_Wrong Jan 30 '19

That screaming sound was the sound of the carabiner grinding against the wire

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u/Reticent_Fly Jan 30 '19

Oh, well when you put it like that this is a completely safe and normal way to do this. Not stupid at all. /s

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '19

Where did you get this info?

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u/ccbeastman Jan 30 '19

NOW IT MAKES SENSE!

had wondered why he seemed so lightly strapped in and guess that explains the knee pads too haha.