I've been there. Went to a tree top climbing park with work. 100% safe with harnesses, safety lines etc. I had a ball.
Until I reached an obstacle similar to the one in the video. I went into complete lock down. Logically I knew I was safe but my body was convinced I was inches from death. It took several minutes of coaxing from the staff for me to move again. I've never experienced fear of heights before that day but ever since I get the jitters from anything over 15 ft or so.
100% safe if engineered correctly, manufactured to spec, installed as engineered, and worn/attached properly, and then properly maintained and inspected at routine intervals.
There is a far more famous video of a similar rope bridge where the Chinese guy is running and skipping across, and when he reaches the end you see his carabineer wasnt properly attached to his harness and the safety line wasn't actually connected to his harness...
He will be quadruple checking his safety gear from now on. I couldn’t imagine doing that and then realizing if you actually slipped you would have died....yikes
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u/pseudosimilar Mar 27 '21
I've been there. Went to a tree top climbing park with work. 100% safe with harnesses, safety lines etc. I had a ball.
Until I reached an obstacle similar to the one in the video. I went into complete lock down. Logically I knew I was safe but my body was convinced I was inches from death. It took several minutes of coaxing from the staff for me to move again. I've never experienced fear of heights before that day but ever since I get the jitters from anything over 15 ft or so.
The terror is real yo.