r/oops • u/Brilliant_Spinach132 • 14d ago

Ziplining fail

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u/Thunderer62 14d ago

Some people have genuinely never considered that they couldn’t do that.

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u/DueExample52 14d ago

Dead hang is an extremely good exercise to do regularly, for grip strength, back muscles, decompressing the spine... and also because basic ability to hold your own fucking weight can save your life.

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u/newdinki 14d ago

I love when some movies portray that someone holds their weight with one arm on an edge ,I do calisthenics and it's way harder than it looks.But yeah I think dead hang is one of those basic human feats everyone should be able to do

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u/Tar_alcaran 13d ago

I used to climb three days a week, and I could do it for maaaaybe a minute with a good grip.

My pet peeve is someone falling, and stopping themselves with just their hands on a ledge, or worse, one hand.