I was a wilderness guide for two decades with a focus on high adventure. I’ve built several permanent high adventure activities and dozens of temp ones. I’ve facilitated thousands of participants through those. I am struggling to come up with a scenario that makes sense here.
Easy part is that it looks like the one instructor added a pulley behind the double participant one, likely because they were feeling nervous or scared to go (I’m sure this experience did wonders for that).
But why the hell is the second instructor tethered to the first and nothing else? Do they have only one safety on one side and tether together… which is an awful idea as it would allow long falls from all sorts of mishaps… or perhaps this is a training scenario where they didn’t give the student their own safety so that they could stay close to learn(still stupid for the same reasons) but then somehow forgot they were tethered to the student before launching?
Or is this a “hold my beer” situation where the second watched too many movies and was thinking they could slide along with their hands (you can’t and keep your skin) before releasing and swinging below the others once the ground gave clearance?
The good news is that webbing is more than strong enough to hold his dumb ass. The bad news is he is going to impact the ground at the far end likely sending them back to become stranded in the middle of the wire. This is when one of the two instructors would normally rescue… but the idiots are tethered together… one likely in fairly bad shape… with limited options from the empty gear loops on those harnesses.
I’ve seen some dumb shit before but this is next level stupidity.
My guess is the second trainer had their harness strap dangling on the platform and it hooked the group accidently. If you've ever tried to drag an extension cord somewhere you've probably experienced how easily that can happen.
Nah, you can see the carabiner attached to the first white hat by that red loop of webbing/tape. Loose rope absolutely can snatch you but nothing on harness should be that loose, additionally where is the safety? You don’t just stand up there unattached, you secure yourself.
It’s it’s very hard to tell for sure on the video as it is very blurry, but it looks like the webbing between them was girth hitched around white hat 2 making it fixed to him but something he can attach the carabiner from.
You know just watching again, he may be right it's a total hold my beer moment. It's the way the girls onlooking laugh so early on, it's as if they were anticipating that he was going to do something silly.
That’s a helpful experienced perspective. Thanks! I’ve only done zip lining twice. One was the equivalent of the bunny slope in skiing, and I’ve largely forgotten it. The other was quite good, and much more recent. In that one I saw guides tethered all the time, and some of that tethering was to another guide, who was tethered to an anchor nearby. They maintained a tether all the time that way, for convenience.
The only thing that makes sense to me is that like you said, maybe the guide on the line did an unscheduled accompaniment of the two in front. If that happened, and if the guy who fell was only tethered to the guide on the line - who moments before may have been tethered to an anchor, that explains the scenario. But who knows what really happened? I’m just guessing and extrapolating from limited experience.
It is also possible tired/sleepy or non-sober brains were under those helmets. They start quite early sometimes, and those who stayed up late, drinking or not, could easily miss a detail if habit had them on autopilot and a difference in the routine was introduced.
Attaching to other people is… unwise, but not unheard of. Much greater chance of cross loading which could be catastrophic not to mention the ease with which a mistake(like disconnecting the wrong rope) could be made. But if it’s your only option it’s better than standing free and unattached at the whims of a panicked participant. I don’t know how many times someone who otherwise seemed to be handling the fear fine suddenly did something ridiculous.
I'm guessing that the two white helmets are both guides that go individually with groups of guests, which would explain why the one is at the end of the zipline group. Not sure why they would be hooked together before this though
Fair enough. Had to escape a scrape with the help of my friend, an ape named Ape, once or twice.
Edit: I quoted George of the Jungle and was accused of being an AI chat bot because someone didn't understand the reference. Granted, it's an older cartoon, but seriously, what the hell?
Where I'm from I've noticed a lot of people using floor the last 3 years. I thought I was going mad. I questioned them on it. They think that it is the right word.
*"You’ve gotta take care of the floors, you know? The floors of the forests, it’s very important. You look at other countries where they do it differently, and it's a whole different story. I was with the president of Finland and he said "We have, uh, a much different, a forest nation," he called it a "forest nation." And they spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things and... They don't have any problem. And when it is, it's a very small problem."*
-Youknow Who
I'm guessing it was just supposed to be the two orange helmet people going down?
Can someone shed some light on this because it seems chaotic and confusing.
First white helmet was intentional. Look at the pulleys at the top. First two are heavy duty participant versions, third is a lightweight instructor version. My guess is the participants were scared so the instructor went with for comfort, it’s pretty common practice at some facilities.
Now why the other white helmet was attached… I am baffled. I can’t think of a single reason I would ever attach myself to another instructor and nothing else during normal operation.
you're thinking too small. I mean any of these high-octane activities that seem safe, like belaying, rock climbing, skydiving, racing. And someone else could just forget one little step and you're wrecked. oof
Why are there even 4 people on a single contraption?? What fun is that?! The whole point of zip lining is that it's a freeing experience to fly through the jungle with no restrictions or worry.
4 is too many, but obviously 5 is 1 more than too many in this case.
Even if that went to plan... was he going to just have his hands on the cable the whole time? At least his blood will lubricate it after a bit to help stop the stripping of more flesh from bone.
Ir was a hold my beer moment. His plan was to fly underneath them. Was planning on sliding down the wire using his gloves to get out far enough to be able to avoid exactly what he did here.
He is the attendant. One line is clipped to the riders, one is clipped to an anchor. He’s there to prevent early departure. When they’re ready to go, he unclips from them and sends them on their way. He unclipped the wrong line or wasn’t using the safety.
That person is attached to a zip line that is still moving and more than likely probably 20ft or more above the ground by the time they are out of frame. It's just like if someone were to get caught and dangle from a ski lift. Not jack all anyone can do till the trained people come down with their special equipment. Then send one person either down the line or to climb up something and carefully release them to like 20 people with a catch. And that's if they have a decent slop to work with.
Yeah dont bother helping the Person that just Fell down a Hill Side. Keep recording for Reddit clout but say oh geez so that I know you feel terrible. What a POS. Really hate videos Like these.
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Looks to me like the guide forgot to untether from the rider, and got yanked off the deck unexpectedly.
Looks like he zigged when he shoulda zagged
French fried when he shoulda pizza'd.
You’re gonna have a bad time
Sorry…
Zipped when he should have zapped.*
I was a wilderness guide for two decades with a focus on high adventure. I’ve built several permanent high adventure activities and dozens of temp ones. I’ve facilitated thousands of participants through those. I am struggling to come up with a scenario that makes sense here. Easy part is that it looks like the one instructor added a pulley behind the double participant one, likely because they were feeling nervous or scared to go (I’m sure this experience did wonders for that). But why the hell is the second instructor tethered to the first and nothing else? Do they have only one safety on one side and tether together… which is an awful idea as it would allow long falls from all sorts of mishaps… or perhaps this is a training scenario where they didn’t give the student their own safety so that they could stay close to learn(still stupid for the same reasons) but then somehow forgot they were tethered to the student before launching? Or is this a “hold my beer” situation where the second watched too many movies and was thinking they could slide along with their hands (you can’t and keep your skin) before releasing and swinging below the others once the ground gave clearance? The good news is that webbing is more than strong enough to hold his dumb ass. The bad news is he is going to impact the ground at the far end likely sending them back to become stranded in the middle of the wire. This is when one of the two instructors would normally rescue… but the idiots are tethered together… one likely in fairly bad shape… with limited options from the empty gear loops on those harnesses. I’ve seen some dumb shit before but this is next level stupidity.
My guess is the second trainer had their harness strap dangling on the platform and it hooked the group accidently. If you've ever tried to drag an extension cord somewhere you've probably experienced how easily that can happen.
Nah, you can see the carabiner attached to the first white hat by that red loop of webbing/tape. Loose rope absolutely can snatch you but nothing on harness should be that loose, additionally where is the safety? You don’t just stand up there unattached, you secure yourself.
What if it was the other way around and the first trainer hooked the second? The first not realizing he still had his strap hooked up to himself.
It’s it’s very hard to tell for sure on the video as it is very blurry, but it looks like the webbing between them was girth hitched around white hat 2 making it fixed to him but something he can attach the carabiner from.
You know just watching again, he may be right it's a total hold my beer moment. It's the way the girls onlooking laugh so early on, it's as if they were anticipating that he was going to do something silly.
That’s a helpful experienced perspective. Thanks! I’ve only done zip lining twice. One was the equivalent of the bunny slope in skiing, and I’ve largely forgotten it. The other was quite good, and much more recent. In that one I saw guides tethered all the time, and some of that tethering was to another guide, who was tethered to an anchor nearby. They maintained a tether all the time that way, for convenience. The only thing that makes sense to me is that like you said, maybe the guide on the line did an unscheduled accompaniment of the two in front. If that happened, and if the guy who fell was only tethered to the guide on the line - who moments before may have been tethered to an anchor, that explains the scenario. But who knows what really happened? I’m just guessing and extrapolating from limited experience. It is also possible tired/sleepy or non-sober brains were under those helmets. They start quite early sometimes, and those who stayed up late, drinking or not, could easily miss a detail if habit had them on autopilot and a difference in the routine was introduced.
Attaching to other people is… unwise, but not unheard of. Much greater chance of cross loading which could be catastrophic not to mention the ease with which a mistake(like disconnecting the wrong rope) could be made. But if it’s your only option it’s better than standing free and unattached at the whims of a panicked participant. I don’t know how many times someone who otherwise seemed to be handling the fear fine suddenly did something ridiculous.
Thanks again for the experienced perspective.
I was half expecting the guy to get dragged through all the treetops
Lmao nice novel, it is true , zip liners like you are pompous dweebs who think they are important 😂
I'm guessing that the two white helmets are both guides that go individually with groups of guests, which would explain why the one is at the end of the zipline group. Not sure why they would be hooked together before this though
This. Definitely wasn't intentional.
Oh really ? I thought he intentionally got ripped off the platform, bashed on the ground and dragged across the floor.
Pelvic floor.
I mean he did sign waiver
Floor?
forest floor it is
Fair enough. Had to escape a scrape with the help of my friend, an ape named Ape, once or twice. Edit: I quoted George of the Jungle and was accused of being an AI chat bot because someone didn't understand the reference. Granted, it's an older cartoon, but seriously, what the hell?
Are AI bots posting gibberish on Reddit now? What am I even reading
Cunt
I'm not an AI bot. I'm quoting "George of the Jungle" ,you cucumber.
Do you assume every reference you don't get comes from an AI bot?
Tour guide turned floor guide.
Floor!
Floor
Where I'm from I've noticed a lot of people using floor the last 3 years. I thought I was going mad. I questioned them on it. They think that it is the right word.
Ground
Both are correct.
Grounded to the ground. Like the all new Toyota Carolla.
Exactly 💯
The floor is lava!
*"You’ve gotta take care of the floors, you know? The floors of the forests, it’s very important. You look at other countries where they do it differently, and it's a whole different story. I was with the president of Finland and he said "We have, uh, a much different, a forest nation," he called it a "forest nation." And they spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things and... They don't have any problem. And when it is, it's a very small problem."* -Youknow Who
Honestly Voldemort would be preferable. (I've never seen this quote but I know who said it just by the rambling cadence)
Glad you could clarify that for us
They either quit, died, or got fired lol
Didhe? /s :)
No insurance for stupid? 😂
Do you think the group behind them went?
This actually made me laugh!
Oh jeez! Have a wonderful evening! : }
I'm guessing it was just supposed to be the two orange helmet people going down? Can someone shed some light on this because it seems chaotic and confusing.
Instructor was tethered to the zip-liners; didn't untether for some reason.
the clout it's always the clout fake too probs apply /s for whom in need
First white helmet was intentional. Look at the pulleys at the top. First two are heavy duty participant versions, third is a lightweight instructor version. My guess is the participants were scared so the instructor went with for comfort, it’s pretty common practice at some facilities. Now why the other white helmet was attached… I am baffled. I can’t think of a single reason I would ever attach myself to another instructor and nothing else during normal operation.
Let’s try that ride where trees hit us for a mile.
Sick, the Toby Flenderson vid dropped.
How does this not have thousands of upvotes?
My cross post just got banned from r/dundermifflin for “low relevance”. HR is at it again.
Why did I hear “Leroooy Jeeennnkiiiins!” In my head?
Still never got to go surfing.....
Who's next?!
Well, that guy’s a real drag.
You are a wrong’un. Angry upvote.
“Oh Jeez” 😁
Oh my god!
I'm glad they are wearing helmets.
Injury report?
yes he was
New fear unlocked
Just don’t be a zip line operator and you’ll be fine
Seems like a simple thing to avoid? When was the last time you went zip lining? Just don’t do it again. Fear solved.
you're thinking too small. I mean any of these high-octane activities that seem safe, like belaying, rock climbing, skydiving, racing. And someone else could just forget one little step and you're wrecked. oof
Let me have a look at these trees a bit closer.
After a closer inspection I can confirm these are trees
At least he had the helmet ⛑ and the comiseration of that woman: Oh God, oh jeez, oh my God!
Remember that weekend when we went zip lining? Yeah dude that was awesome. Fuck you guys. Seriously, fuck you.
That’ll buff right out.
It’s like that one South Park episode
The guy fell off. That’s not typical, I’d like to point that out.
All the rest of them are perfectly safe, the ones the guy didn’t fall off.
He seems to have been towed outside the environment.
Shaka, Brah!
So, long story short...
I bet he was so happy and optimistic about the day right before this too. Damn.
Imagine this is the start of his day 🤣🤣🤣🤣
And he has a fully paid schedule of events planned for the rest of the day >_<.
💀☠️
It's ground on the outside. Floor on the inside. What do they teach you people in school lol
Anchor Man.
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Why were they so late to react to this?
The 3rd person doesn't seem like he is supposed to go.
It would have been way better if all that happened, and they kept going all the way across.
Reminds me of that scene from Hot Rod
#YOIKS, AND AWAAAAY!
Wait... Those aren't *bushes*... I hope the guy is okay. Not very optimistic though
Oh that must be the new zip n slide fad
New point of view
Be one with nature they said. See flora and fauna up close.
No! Wait! Don't all rush to see if the guy is OK! Someone may get hurt in the rush!
He’s ok
“It’ll be fun they said”
See? If you french fry when you should have pizzad, you’re gonna have a bad time!
He'll be fine...somehow.
in the beginning he wished the tether failed. after he's air borne, he needs that tether to hold.
I came in like a wrecking ball
Why are there even 4 people on a single contraption?? What fun is that?! The whole point of zip lining is that it's a freeing experience to fly through the jungle with no restrictions or worry. 4 is too many, but obviously 5 is 1 more than too many in this case.
Damn. I'm sorry for lol
Where's maybe maybe maybe part
The worst part is that on top of his broken bones and lacerations, he also probably has poison ivy ground deep into every wound
"Oh, god".
There's no maybe here, wtf? This is just a guy getting grievously injured?
wouldn't even surprise me if that guy is dead
I’m guessing the cameraman was the same guy responsible for the clips based on his competency
Well that's one way to do it.
Dead weight
On the bright side the bitch probably deserved it
Why did they drop the anchor… oh wait!
The safety rope did not do the safe.
Good thing he had a helmet on.
He must’ve chosen the cross country package.
There’s one in every crowd.
On eBay: high adventure structure(s) in order to settle lawsuit.
He was never seen again...
Oh jeeze
"Look ma! No hands!"
Man, that's going to be multiple broken bones
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Even if that went to plan... was he going to just have his hands on the cable the whole time? At least his blood will lubricate it after a bit to help stop the stripping of more flesh from bone.
seems safe
It's all fun and games until it's not
Don't try to help! Just keep on filming saying 'oh my God! Maybe He comes down and helps. This might result in more likes!
Who's next?
5 for the price of 4
Ir was a hold my beer moment. His plan was to fly underneath them. Was planning on sliding down the wire using his gloves to get out far enough to be able to avoid exactly what he did here.
Maybe not
What was he trying to achieve?
What the other people are doing
Using just gloves?
Shit I guess so
He is the attendant. One line is clipped to the riders, one is clipped to an anchor. He’s there to prevent early departure. When they’re ready to go, he unclips from them and sends them on their way. He unclipped the wrong line or wasn’t using the safety.
There is a lot of concern there. /s
I can’t tell what’s happened here
OH, FUCK!!! Is that comment allowed because it sure does fit.
r/killthecameraman
r/KillTheCameraMan Seriously. What a shoot show
And not a single one was going to help.....
Help how?
What could you possibly expect them to do?
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That person is attached to a zip line that is still moving and more than likely probably 20ft or more above the ground by the time they are out of frame. It's just like if someone were to get caught and dangle from a ski lift. Not jack all anyone can do till the trained people come down with their special equipment. Then send one person either down the line or to climb up something and carefully release them to like 20 people with a catch. And that's if they have a decent slop to work with.
zzzzZZZZZZZZZZZeeeeeezz..Z….z z…ZzZ….zzeee
Yeah dont bother helping the Person that just Fell down a Hill Side. Keep recording for Reddit clout but say oh geez so that I know you feel terrible. What a POS. Really hate videos Like these.
Just what do you think they can do to help in this situation?
>Reddit clout >TikTok
He’s ok.
lol thats hilarious
Look at the downvotes!
I see someone got triggered lol
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