Worlds Largest Rope Swing......?
 

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GawdDamn this looks fun, and the video quality of those GoPro cameras is amazing............





World's Largest Rope Swing - YouTube

I am surprised the Park Service would allow that. I guess the old "do it and ask forgiveness later" philosophy was used.

Insane....but looks like fun, if you're so inclined. Nice color too.

My hands sweat just watching that. I can't imagine!

looks like lots of fun!

Very cool... We used to do that on bridges when I was in high school, but that formation looks even better!

Looks like a total blast.

i would wear a wingsuit for safety. :D

Do a search on rock climber Dan Osman. He pretty much pioneered this. Of course, it's also how he died...

link to Dan Osman?


Many people have died without a smile on thier face. I salute Dan and his sense of adventure.

I mean how many people have been killed rocking a vending machine because their bags of Doritos didn't fall.................and why are the fragile chips always on the top shelf of a vending machine?

such are lifes mysteries.

Awesome. making of the video was really interesting.

Wile E Coyote would be proud.

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Video sucks (camera work), but you get the idea.

Now that's funny.

.....and my gand kids watch Sponge Bob.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/ar15.gif

It's good to hear vanilla ice has found work!

Not sure that is smart to be taking swingers like that... Generally we try to avoid big swingers like that whilst climbing. That is HELL on gear, not to mention the high probability of bashing into the rocks with quite a bit of force.... It'd be hella fun until someone was paralyzed or dead from it....

2 ropes and 2 harnesses please. You know...one for backup.

I find parts of the video really gay, like a soft drink commercial being consumer-tastically over the top.

I got the hand sweat thing happening too :eek: . If I did I, which I wouldn't anyway, I'd be the one person who threw up.

This was obviously at Arches National Park in Moab, UT. Cool video especially due to the fact that they would have been jailed if caught.

It says it was filmed in Moab. It's quite a hike from the road to the arch. They could probably see any ranger and be long gone before the ranger could get up to them to make a arrest. :)

I also question the intelligence of posting video of yourself committing a possible federal offense on the internet....

This reminds me of the skaters who destroy public places skating on it. we use to sneak into pools and do stupid stuff too. I am not sure if the ropes do any damage to the arch? I suppose not. 8-9 years ago, I would say let do it. Now with my little kids, no thanks.

They did put anchors into the top of the arch (I'm assuming that's where the rope hung) according to the behind the scenes video: Behind The Scenes - World's Largest Rope Swing - YouTube

The problem is not this video, or doing this just once..
But if more people like the idea, and they go there to do the exact same thing
then you will get increased erosion of the rock and potentially at some point one of em will go splat through some mistake.


now, one thing i wonder though, is rock climbing allowed there?
Because if it is, i would suppose that this should be viewed by the same standards. eg rock climbing also causes some damage to the rock, and if that's allowed, then so should the rope swing..

That's Corona Arch, not in Arches NP, but just ouside Moab so no big deal :)

Didn't we already see this?

The Big Swing - YouTube

This a great demonstration of the other end of the spectrum, when you have poorly trained morons performing stunts. Would of been nice to have them catch it on a nice GOPro camera so we could witness their pain in agony in HD.

Yes. It's on BLM land. There are already established routes to the top and many ways down. You can do pretty much what ever you want on BLM land.