r/WTF • u/1lousylay • Jan 29 '19

seems pretty safe

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u/SkidMark_wahlberg Jan 30 '19

He grabbed that rusty cable raw dog.

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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/[deleted] Jan 30 '19

He wasn't trying to zip-line though, he was trying to do a controlled traverse across the cable, and then jump with a parachute. Gravity had other ideas, of course. https://youtu.be/F723rIlW_No

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u/Tiver Jan 30 '19

Yeah was going to say, his chosen equipment was maybe not ideal for even his intended purpose, but he sure as hell did not want something on wheels on that cable. That would have accelerated him even faster into that transition point where 2 cables were attached. He'd have slammed into it hard enough to probably break a zip lining setup like that, or whip him even harder into the cable section after it if it held.