Urban rappelling! Some of my buddies in a Military Science course at my school had their final today, which was to rappel down the tallest building on campus with ghetto-rigged harnesses consisting of a piece of rope and... a piece of rope. I couldn't resist grabbing the camera and taking a few shots.
You don't see this every day
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Only a rope that would be difficult how would he get it to hold him in? did he have a harness?
thats awesome! where do u go to school? and what building is that?
They were given a separate piece of rope and taught how to tie it around themselves in a harness-like manner, aka a ghetto-rigged harness.WhItTy said:
University of California, Santa Barbara. That's the bell tower on campus, called Storke Tower. I think it's somewhere around 150 feet high (not 100% sure though).Big_Papa1080 said:
meh, I do that all the time...nice new icon, dex. good ol drinking games.
Rapelling is great fun...I learned how at an Army base. I really want to rapel some of the office buildings in salt lake 
Did they use webbing to tye swiss seats? That's how wel always made our own harnesses. Did they get ATC's, Grigri's, figure 8's, or just a carabeener to put friction on the rope? If they're Military Science majors, I'm gonna guess they had just a 'beener. That looks like a lot of fun. A bunch of my friends repelled off the Rec Center here at CalPoly. Fun stuff
Looks super fun though 
If they did get gear like that, it was cheating.....bikenweed said:
They should've been made to do the dulfersitz.
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Whoo boy. No freakin way could I do that...
Although with a proper harness I'd give it a shot
Although with a proper harness I'd give it a shot
All you really need is one rope and go slow enough so as you don't burn your ass.SkaredShtles said:If they did get gear like that, it was cheating.....
They should've been made to do the dulfersitz.
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Bingo.....johnbryanpeters said:
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No webbing, just a piece of rope. But yes, they tied their own harnesses.bikenweed said:
They had ATCs.bikenweed said:
No way man, there's definitely not a Military Science major at UCSB. If you want that, you go to West Point. This was just a class that some of my friends took for sh!ts and giggles.bikenweed said:
Swiss seats are easy. They are actually safer than a regular harness cause they fit perfect and don't wiggle loose. They cramp the boys a bit, but once you get used to them, they are very confidence inspiring.
When I was a kid we used to ascend trees and rappell down. Not little trees either. Ones tall enough that you had to do 2 or 3 ascents. We didn't have anything other than beaners and rope. (you can make your own ascenders out of rope too)
When I was a kid we used to ascend trees and rappell down. Not little trees either. Ones tall enough that you had to do 2 or 3 ascents. We didn't have anything other than beaners and rope. (you can make your own ascenders out of rope too)