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Post by Brad Tipton on Oct 24, 2007 17:26:58 GMT -5
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Oct 24, 2007 18:06:25 GMT -5
Even Dr Beaner was amazed at the level of buffoonism shown by these individuals. I imagine Darwin would be aching to study them for signs of evolution or perhaps more fittingly "de-evolution". All that and they got it all on tape too! I wonder who they got to put the video online for them?  |
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Post by tncaveres on Oct 24, 2007 19:23:10 GMT -5
Guys like that is what keeps me training every week.
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Post by MessedUpMike on Oct 24, 2007 19:29:33 GMT -5
There we have it. The people who provide me with job security...........
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Oct 24, 2007 19:38:24 GMT -5
If they survive puberty they may even reproduce! The horrah!
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Post by L Roebuck on Oct 24, 2007 19:55:33 GMT -5
Shute those bats were in a cluster --- the government may be so inclined to collect the $100,000 fine for harassing bats.
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Post by Brad Tipton on Oct 24, 2007 21:49:10 GMT -5
What's even worse is the fact that the bat molesters friends left comments praising their coolness. ROFL. Also, I can't wait to wrap one of my caving buddies with rope and rappell a nice 150 footer. Good times.
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Post by L Roebuck on Oct 25, 2007 7:14:17 GMT -5
ROFL. Also, I can't wait to wrap one of my caving buddies with rope and rappell a nice 150 footer. Good times. Got someone in mind or will just any caver do?  ;D |
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Oct 26, 2007 5:59:33 GMT -5
Too bad they didn't wrap the rope around the more sensitive regions of the "videographer" while they were at it. A shrill voice narrating the rappel would have at least been humorous!
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Post by NZcaver on Oct 26, 2007 12:21:14 GMT -5
So I'm curious - NONE of you have ever used a body anchor for a short rappel before?
It's a similar principal to a top rope belay in climbing. As long as the rappeller isn't 50+ lbs heavier than the human anchor, it works fine. The rock/whatever anchor at the top usually adds a significant amount of friction, so the human anchor only takes a portion of the load anyway. Actually, I did this myself on a 20 foot pulldown rappel (through trip) just a few weeks ago. (Sorry no video footage.)
I agree these video clips are hardly poster shots for safe and responsible caving, but at least in that first one they were wearing helmets and headlamps.
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Post by Brad Tipton on Oct 26, 2007 15:10:38 GMT -5
Sure, I have used my weight and friction as an anchor. This guy wrapped the rope around himself 3 or 4 times. That couldn't have been very comfortable when his buddy loaded the rope.
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Post by NZcaver on Oct 26, 2007 18:41:29 GMT -5
I guess the guy with the camera didn't have a harness to clip the rope to. Wrapping the rope around himself 3 or 4 times probably seemed like the better option than just making a simple loop. At least it seemed to work out OK.
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Post by Sharon Faulkner on Oct 29, 2007 19:58:22 GMT -5
That second video has a little touch of "Deliverance" in it at the beginning. ;D
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Post by Brad Tipton on Oct 29, 2007 20:56:04 GMT -5
That second video has a little touch of "Deliverance" in it at the beginning. ;D Yeah that video, if you could stomach watching the whole clip, had a whole lot of stupid in it. But the girls think they're cool.  I really liked the one that started with the disclaimer, "Don't try this at home......" Yeah? But can we still pet the bats?? |
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Post by madratdan on Oct 30, 2007 8:55:40 GMT -5
You think those are stupid........check out this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD55ykM4IkcNow to find out who this artist really is. Warning......cussing and smoking contained in video!! |
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