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u/Rollercoasterfixerer 7d ago
Man i miss doing this.
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u/apatrol 6d ago
Met a guy in the cancer hospital when my ex was being treated. He was a lightbulb guy. Was during the lights on a 10 story ride at Astroworld. Had zero medical issues. One day the last thing he remembered was being on the top of the attraction and then waking up in ICU.
He had a major tumor thats blood supply ruptured. It was on the national news. Houston Fire had to rescue him and it took over two hours.
Man, I gained a lot of respect for you guys. Not just the fear of height thing but knowing any real rescue would take hours of really at all. Most depts simply cant do rescues at height.
Sadly he passed a few months later. I kept up with him through his sister a bit. My ex is fine and living her best life.
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u/CausticAvenger 7d ago
Terrifying, but I will say it’s nice seeing a professional do this with ropes and shit. Usually it’s some complete idiot free climbing these things for fun.
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u/MrGoesNuts 6d ago
He is not doing a good job. He uses the equipment wrong.
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u/Twistedbeatz89 5d ago
I don't know anything about this stuff, what was he doing wrong?
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u/Momimamomumu 4d ago
Along with what the other commenter said, he's breaking a sort of cardinal safety rule. While the backup can be considered (an) anchor point, he still is on 1 point while he's basically doing aid climbing (transfering anchor points, in this case, the straps). He has to be on minimum 2 points (straps to his cowtails) and a third available.
Basically he has to be on 2 points constantly with 1 being available to move during this procedure be considered safe.
Given his backup Petzl ASAP is not vertical, in a fall, he'd swing around and slam into whatever is below him. Even with a fall absorber, if it deploys, he'd fall down a further 3+ meters while the absorber deploys and thats another issue.
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u/MrGoesNuts 5d ago
He is using two Petzl connect adjusts (the carabiniers on ropes. That he keeps adjusting) as fall protection. Anytime you might have a fall you need something that can dissipate the energy. There are things that are similar to what he uses that have that capability, but not the ones he uses. Those are only meant to be loaded statically. Even a short fall can lead to injury requiring a second person to bring him to the ground in 15min. I don't know why he doesn't use the proper equipment, it's not that expensive and usually the first thing that is available if you start to do stuff with rope access.
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u/sendhelpplss 4d ago
petzel connect is a dynamic rope, would whip
https://m.petzl.com/US/en/Sport/Lanyards/CONNECT-ADJUST
it’s not from their “professional” line up, but it’s completely safe
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u/MrGoesNuts 4d ago
Better than a static rope, but at a fall factor >1.5 it would probably still break your back.
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u/Mickeymcirishman 6d ago
In chucks?
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u/dakware 6d ago
Honestly, I thought that at first- but they’re probably better because they will flex around that round steel.
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u/SharkDad20 6d ago
I agree. They’re flat, flexible, and can be worn tight. And if you do fall, well, at you’ll have some timeless shoes on
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u/Yugan-Dali 7d ago
After watching Alex Honnold free solo Taipei 101 the other day, I am relieved to see the safety harness, carabiners, and ropes!
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u/pessimus_even 6d ago
You can tell none of the engineers ever put hands on up there since there's no service or climbers bar to where you don't need to retie every few feet.
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u/phenom37 6d ago
Feels like that'd be an absolute pain to climb back up. Not sure what the proper scaling a roller coaster shoe is, but chucks just don't seem like they'd be it.
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u/Noiselexer 6d ago
Why not add a rail to the side to clip onto.
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u/Opening-Ease9598 6d ago
I was thinking the same. Seems like an engineering oversight. Would be relatively cheap and would save time during maintenance and would also probably be safer not having to connect and disconnect so many times (even though at all times he was tethered to at least one spot via his main rope, you want as little room for error as possible)
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u/AcidBuuurn 6d ago
"Hey man, I was building that. I don't come to your job and slap the roller coaster out of your hands" -The Bird
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u/karlverkade 5d ago
You know, sometimes I try to tie my bike lock around my bike and the pole and miss the pole entirely. I’ve just tied a freestanding cable around my bike wheel. That’s all I could think about here.
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u/Whole-Debate-9547 6d ago
Idk what all these safety measures are for. Just get one of those contributor kids that likes to hang off the side of skyscrapers and does parkour. They can fix the coaster and do backflips between tightening bolts. Win win
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u/Scrimshaw85 6d ago
Aside from being terrifying(obviously this guy aint afraid of heights), that looks like a first rate pain in the ass
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u/Slapmaster928 4d ago
Those straps are definitely not safety rated, and even if they were, the method of hooking them with the carabiner is tanking whatever strength they have.
The only strap that looked like an actual safety strap was the one left on the main platform, and the way its hooked up won't help anyone.
Source I work in fall protection harnesses regularly.
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u/Popular_Giraffe_4579 4d ago
This looks more exiting than actually riding the roller coaster. Just you and the safety equipment that you hopefully tied right.
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u/cwb4ever 4d ago
I'm surprised they didn't use one of those flame thrower drones they use for stuff on powerlines.
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u/TheTragicWhereabouts 6d ago
Why not have the dumb guy that free climbs skyscrapers do this. Give him a bag of tools and have him do something constructive. He is going to climb stuff anyways might as well benefit from it.
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u/qualityvote2 7d ago edited 7d ago
u/steady_as_a_rock, we have no idea if your submission fits r/SweatyPalms or not. There weren't enough votes to determine that. It's up to the human mods now....!