but flying off a 150-foot-high cliff is not for the faint of heart. austin s brother, creighton baird, is one of the rope swing engineers. his job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. to actually jump, you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line with something like this. you only mess up once. to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. and there were five bolts placed on the arch in the 80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped onto webbing to attach to the five anchor points. a rope could break. a bolt might come loose. they re taking a slight misstep could land someone over the edge, onto the unforgiving rocks below. if i would have slid maybe another foot and a half, it s
the faint of heart. austin s brother, creighton baird, is one of the rope swing engineers. his job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. to actually jump, you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line with something like this. you only mess up once. to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. and there were five bolts placed on the arch in the 80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped onto webbing to attach to the five anchor points. they are taking every precaution. but it is still a risky endeavor. a rope could break. a bolt might come loose. they re taking a slight misstep could land someone over the edge, onto the unforgiving rocks below. if i would have slid maybe another foot and a half, it s 150 feet straight down.
rope swing engineers. his job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. to actually jump you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line. with something like this, you only mess up once. to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. and there were five bolts placed on the arch in the 80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped onto webbing to attach to the five anchor points. they re taking every precaution but it s still a risky endeavor. a rope could break. a bolt might come loose. or as kraton discovers, a misstep could land someone over
austin s brother is one of the rope swing engineers. his job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. to actually jump you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line. with something like this, you only mess up once. to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. and there were five bolts placed on the arch back in the 80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped onto webbing to attach to the five anchor points. they re taking every precaution, but it s still a risky endeavor. a rope could break, a bolt could come loose or taking a slight
heart. austin s brother is one of the rope swing engineers. his job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. to actually jump you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line. you only mess up once. to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. and there were five bolts placed on the arch in the 80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped onto webbing to attach to the five anchor points. they re taking every precaution but still it s a risky endeavor. a rope could break or has bolt could come loose. or, a slight misstep could land someone on the rocks below. if i would have slid maybe another foot and a half, it s