rockwizardboss Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) This looks amazing! Anyone ever done it or something like it before? *link removed* sorry folks, a little looking and i see this is just link spam. you can find the video using google if you're really curious...though i'm pretty sure that is not the "world's biggest rock swing" Edited February 17, 2012 by olyclimber Quote
olyclimber Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 wow looks like some sort of lifestyle advert! thought they were gonna being selling Dockers or something. Gotta wonder what the anchor is...don't know if I would trust that mud that much. Quote
Jim Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 yea. Let's go rapelling too! Also, nothing like sawing into sandstone with your contrivences. Quote
AlpineK Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I have a feeling Arches National Park might not be fans of that kind of lifestyle. Quote
Phil K Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I'm pretty sure Dan Osman did some even more AMAZING! shizz. Quote
denalidave Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Pretty cool. I did the one at the base of ElCap many years ago but heard it is still there when I recently asked someone about it. Seems it was every bit as big as this one but maybe my memory is off? Quote
ScaredSilly Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I have a feeling Arches National Park might not be fans of that kind of lifestyle. Corona Arch - which is on BLM managed land so climbing on it is legal: http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/moab/recreation/hiking_trails/corona_arch_trail.html You can rappel from it as well: http://climb-utah.com/Moab/corona.htm Quote
Raindawg Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I have a feeling Arches National Park might not be fans of that kind of lifestyle. Corona Arch - which is on BLM managed land so climbing on it is legal: http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/moab/recreation/hiking_trails/corona_arch_trail.html You can rappel from it as well: http://climb-utah.com/Moab/corona.htm Looks like another big way to ruin a big sandstone arch. Set up five big bolted anchors and enjoy all da scooby-doo-ing! "Yee ha! Look at me! Weeeeeee!" Thoughtless goof-balls! Quote
OlympicMtnBoy Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Hehe, Petzl put it up on their facebook page and suggested people not repeat things like this without better rigging. http://www.facebook.com/Petzl?sk=wall Good luck to the kid making films though, it already looks like an ad so someone will probably hire him for one. Quote
Coldfinger Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 This looks amazing! Anyone ever done it or something like it before? http://youped.com/danielworlock/youp/1739-worlds-largest-rope-swing/ What? Create a new user profile so I can post my YouTube video? No. Quote
ivan Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 i, for one, am horrified by the lack of helmets on these gentlemen Quote
E-rock Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Is this some kinda view-count scam to engineer viral videos? Quote
chris54 Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 All the politics aside it looks pretty fun! If it had a good anchor setup I think I would giver a go. Quote
JosephH Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I see Petzl's facebook wall has a post warning about the rigging used in the video and warning against this sort of thing. All in all, if you want to jump off shit then just learn to BASE; don't use climbing gear for things it wasn't designed for. Quote
Rafael_H Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 That actually would hurt the stone, where is the outrage that Dean Potter got?! It's not climbing so nothing to feel jealous about, i guess... Quote
chris54 Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I can't help but feel that there's a group of you that are ban wagon bitchers. I've watched this in thread after thread. One guy post something then someone finds a way that it goes against there so called climbing code. Then BOOM! Open the flood gates to the bitch fest. Your threads are like my people magazine, I just get hooked. Quote
stevetimetravlr Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Should a guy that doesn't wear a helmet at Beacon Rock lecture other people about safety? That's using your head. Great video, I think we should try to find a place at Beacon where we can set up a swing like this, way to much fun!!! Quote
RaisedByPikas Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I can't help but feel that there's a group of you that are ban wagon bitchers. I've watched this in thread after thread. One guy post something then someone finds a way that it goes against there so called climbing code. Then BOOM! Open the flood gates to the bitch fest. Your threads are like my people magazine, I just get hooked. Quote
chris54 Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 So true. How can you not follow that photo. Quote
orion_sonya Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) JosephH, you crack me up; I did not know BASE jumping was so safe relative to rope swings. What is the point of your link? You selling Petzl gear? Side question, have you ever climbed above a small microstopper? To the OP, the production of the video is certainly strange; I definitely felt like I was supposed to buy something. Like was said earlier in the thread, this must be a self-promotion/portfolio project... edit to say - i see the link is put in there CC.com - oops - disregard. Edited February 17, 2012 by orion_sonya Quote
DPS Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) wow looks like some sort of lifestyle advert! With the hipster retro 1970s ski jacket and shitty music I expected to see a can of Mountain Dew to show up. Edited February 17, 2012 by DPS Quote
Coldfinger Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I can't help but feel that there's a group of you that are ban wagon bitchers. I've watched this in thread after thread. One guy post something then someone finds a way that it goes against there so called climbing code. Then BOOM! Open the flood gates to the bitch fest. Your threads are like my people magazine, I just get hooked. I like bitching about spelling. Quote
ivan Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I think we should try to find a place at Beacon where we can set up a swing like this, way to much fun!!! wayne told a story a long time ago about doing just that, i think though it was on the now-verbotten east side - seem to recall them do progessively bigger n' bigger swings until someone ate it into the trees at the end of the arc Quote
chris54 Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I can't help but feel that there's a group of you that are ban wagon bitchers. I've watched this in thread after thread. One guy post something then someone finds a way that it goes against there so called climbing code. Then BOOM! Open the flood gates to the bitch fest. Your threads are like my people magazine, I just get hooked. I like bitching about spelling. NICE! Quote
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