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    Now. that is brilliant - steel wire rope, solid bar contact safety device not meant for sliding, bare hand in front of sliding joint (trying to slow down?), frayed cable clamped to stop point, flimsy wooden seat - what could go wrong?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn View Post
    Now. what could go wrong?
    The parachute doesn't open...

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    honestly too much cringe in this - shark hooks are not for this, and everything else is just as cringy

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    The whole time I'm saying:
    "No! Don't put your hand in front of that! No! Don't put your hand in front of that! No! Don't put your hand in front of that! "

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    So the next move is to move to the other side of the stop knot!

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    His next move is to jump. Says he's a BASE jumper ,buildings, antennae, spans, and earth...



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