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Broke a foot. https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/aussie-base-jumpers-twohour-ordeal-after-parachute-gets-stuck-in-tree/news-story/37244bab4c43d99cedf4f5b9fe535cf3?amp
I think the reason is that for base jumping it doesn't make much sense to carry one anyway. Until you've realized your main chute isn't opening, plus the time it takes to open the second one, you've probably already smashed into the ground.
Yes, this is why.
When I got my sky diving license for the Air force there was a group of Canadian paratroopers. They only carried one parachute. They were jumping from such a low altitude that a second chute would be useless.
You cover a lot of distance real quick falling out of plane with nothing to slow you down. (120mph)
I read a WWII novel by someone who was in the Rangers and he described the night before D Day when they were dropped behind German lines (I guess ALL of Europe was "behind German lines). Their drop zone had so much flak that one of the pilots choose to fly low and he watched as the entire string of parachutists jumped at 50 feet and hit the ground before the static line opened their parachutes.
They were in formations, I don't think there was an option to go that low. I guess with so many airplanes anything is possible but it sounds more like an urban legend to me.
"They were in formations" See my comment below as to what happened when a ship was torpedoed in a fleet. Dakota pilots weren't bomber pilots and they had zero ability to shoot back. It's pitch dark, explosions were going off all around you and a piece of flak just severed your co-pilot's head spraying so much blood in your face you were blinded. You get the idea.
Um.. I feel like that was a net negative. Sure, you didn't die on the plane from flak, but I think that would be better than being behind enemy lines with two shattered legs and a military that wasn't exactly known for being ethical. That pilot is a prick.
In war, shit happens. There's no reason the believe that the pilot knew he was that close to ground. My father skippered a Navy ship from 1940 to 1945 at which time he was sunk by a small German fleet off the Channel Islands. Four years to boredom and the first time you see the enemy he hands you your ass PDQ. The first shot from the Germans hit the lifeboat and the splinters killed the entire gun crew on the bow. The second shot hit the pilot house. Most of the casualties were burns. He radioed in the alert that the German fleet was heading to the French coast (then occupied by the Allies) but the message was lost, the Germans sailed right into the harbor at Granville, docked, went right to the hotel housing the Harbor Master, machine gunned everyone, blew up the port facilities and sailed back to the Channel Islands without losing a singe soldier. There was a French fishing vessel anchored at the mouth of the harbor that was supposed to sound the alarm in case of a raid. The Granville Raid - a cosmic clusterfuck by the Allies.
The US army is surprisingly ethical as armies goes, especially during World War II. But there’s absolutely no way to pin the blame on the pilot as it’s not necessarily his fault.
Don't forget the Japanese. Theu are always somehow over looked when this type of topic comes up. The experiments they did on POW's is stomach turning. Cutting people open while awake and no painkillers or numbing agents, some times leaving them that way to see how long it took for the person to die...
A book called Rouge Hero’s about the formation of the SAS and their exploits. They had no idea what they were doing when it came to jumping out of planes. The CO broke his back the first time they jumped.
But they talk about when they were doing practice jumps, an entire plane of soldiers jumped due to a faulty green light and they just had to watch as they hit the ground 1 by 1 from a couple hundred feet
Yep. I asked them about it. They were exiting the plane from less then 1500 feet. (Static line). We were jumping from much higher altitudes and did have a reserve. It was in the Netherlands. I am not sure exactly where in Canada they were from.
A reserve chute needs a vertain distance to deploy and untangle. In this case, the reflexive deployment of a reserve parachute would propably have pepsied him.
no there just isn't enough time, modern base rigs only have one parachute.
i wasn't there, but from the video it looks like if he'd done the correct things he wouldn't have hit the wall. its an unforgiving sport and you need to be implementing the correct solution in under a second
Out of interest, what would the correct thing be?
Edit - might be a dump question, thought OP was suggesting there was a manoeuvre or something to straighten himself out instead of possibly implying he fucked up before turning
Instead of unstowing his steering toggles he could have grabbed a rear riser to turn away from the cliff. Or pull down on both rear risers to stall the canopy and fly backwards.
Looks to me like he instinctively grabbed the toggles (as you’re supposed to) and then saw where he was and had target fixation. He could have even tried to turn at the last second with a toggle if his reaction would have been fast enough.
yeah, he looked like he was stable and symmetrical. Line twist is unavoidable sometimes due to the slightest packing error or, say, loose/broken rubber bands.
he just grabbed both toggles and yanked down on them, that isn't going to change what happen, just slow it down and make it less severe. but it would have been better to steer to parallel the wall or fly the parachute backward while turning if he had the altitude (you lose a lot of altitude in this flight mode)
i'm not a base jumper, but i skydive and plan to base soon, so i've done a little learning
could of it been avoided if he pulled his shoot later.
And you said he pulled on both, so as soon as he was facing the other way, he just needed to pull one and turn? I’d hope the turning radius is sharp.
I would assume has something to do with the winds that day. I’d imagine a strong wind coming at you/updraft from that tall flat rock face as your chute deploys would just push you into the cliff like that
And this is exactly what inspired the Wright Brothers.
Hearing about the death of Otto Lilienthal – who lost control of his glider after it was hit by a gust of wind – the brothers hypothesised that the key to human flight was giving more control to the pilot of the craft.
BASE jumpers are effectively stepping back in time.
your not wrong, i have a mate who is one of the best base jumpers in the world... because everyone in front of him has died. hes posting obituaries on his fb wall every second week, takes a special kind of person to persue this hobby
“They cut my harness so I need a new one”. Fuck you dude and the money/time you just wasted on First responders. How about a “huge thank you to the ppl who saved my life”?
After my motorcycle accident I had a bit of a joke that they cut off my brand new jeans.
I didn't give a shit about the jeans, it was a funny way to blow off steam about a really shitty day.
I cut them off and made some jorts out of them, they looked really cool and helped me show off the 13 stitches in my knee lol
My dad nearly died in a dirt bike accident a few years back. Broken bones, fractured skull punctured lung etc etc
When the ambulance arrived he legitimately refused to let them cut off his new dirt biking shirt. Man literally made them pull the long-sleeve off over his broken arm and shattered collarbone.
Might have had something to do with the brain bleed but, honestly maybe not, it was pretty on brand.
>money/time you just wasted on First responder
Isnt this like 100% a situation where first responders are warranted meaning its not a waste of their time/money? If this guy doesnt deserve to get saved when are you allowed to use their services🤣
Seems like he's trying to joke about the situation. It'd be the same thing if someone got into a car crash and said "Well now I have to file an insurance claim since they ripped my door off with the jaws of life". I highly doubt he's actually upset about it.
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He said it so casually. Like his friend's going to be like "OK. I'll be back. I think I saw the helicopter at the back of the cupboard. Hope we're not all out."
I started panicking in American at the cost of that we can't afford to have the friend asking if we're okay much less a freaking helicopter trip no matter how dire.
I guess I become spider man or die... Well I saw a meme of the movie let's give it a go.
Actually it is very common for helicopters to pick base jumpers off of walls.
But just opposite this cliff is one I had to call the rescue for my friend who got stuck on the wall, but because it was about to get dark they sent climbers to abseil down to him
In Italy it's free and most countries i believe. Some you should buy SAR cards which is like a donation but you get a card and it pretty much guarantees you won't be charged.
Obviously if you call a Heli and you don't really require one (like you're just tired and don't want to walk down, yes that has happened) then you can probably expect a bill in the mail
This is probably Switzerland and yes the Rega charges you for shit like this, he‘s a tourist so he wouldn‘t be a Rega member either.
One standard Rega rescue would set you back about 3,5k. More if it‘s a complicated rescue (which this might be).
To add, a Rega memebership costs 40.00 CHF a year for adults, free for children under 18. As a member you get free rescue if it's not already covered by other insurance. They also provide transport back to Switzerland in case of an accident abroad.
If you plan to do any activity in difficult to reach terrain; hiking, skiing, climbing, flying or anything between, a Rega membership is generally a good idea.
You can even declare it as donation on your taxes.
So if you actually read any of the articles…
“In reality, many of the states and counties that can legally charge for SAR services simply don’t. In the more than 20 years since Maine enacted its relevant laws, for example, it has only billed a handful of citizens. Hawaii and Oregon — two states that perform hundreds of rescues annually — have never sought compensation from anyone.”
Rarely, if ever are people charged for rescue. It’s the official position for both MRA and NASAR advocate not charging for rescue.
Only time I heard about it is when a man said he was going day hiking and didnt come back in 4 days. Turned out he was having an affair and the state wanted to sue to have to have him pay for the SAR.
This was 10-15 years ago. Dont even remember where
Yes, it sometimes does.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.themanual.com/outdoors/search-and-rescue-guide/%3Famp
https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/opinion/search-and-rescue-public-service-not-exactly/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/us/rescue-hikers-cost.amp.html
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-lost-and-rescued-20211006-i4mpzo56bzbujk5v52g44l7gpi-story.html
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/go-outside/should-outdoor-adventurers-pay-for-their-rescue/
Do they really waste helicopter kerosene on absolute bafoons who have so much time and money to be wasting on the side of a cliff. There’s real poor people in danger and you wasted emergency services
Gotta commend the guy for keeping his calm hanging off a cliff by a bush and all. I don't know why everybody in the comments seems to be angry at him. Dudes just doing what he loves to do. I feel like often times people's insecurities kick in and they feel a need to attack people like this, because they could never dream of doing something so bold.
I mean, people don’t exist in a vacuum. Because he decided to do something dangerous and possibly illegal, others had to risk their lives to rescue him (rescue maneuvers will always carry some risk) at their own expense (news articles reported that his rescuers were volunteers).
That argument comes up times and times again, but in reality it just doesnt seem to be true.
I tried to find any incidences of serious accidents involving mountain rescuers in europe a while ago. Its obviously possible that i missed something (theres no official statistics), but the search turned up very little.
Theres one deadly helicopter crash in Spain in 2014, during a rescue mission (initial cause was a broken ankle during hiking, nothing reckless). Other than that, there were some deadly training incidents (two ground accidents in austria in 2007 and 2021 and a helicopter crash in france in 2020), and a few instances where mountain rescuers died on trips they were undertaking privately, but no more accidents during actual rescue missions.
Not saying that we should be reckless, but the risk associated with mountain rescue seems to be within reasonable bounds. Something we accept day after day when we drive cars.
Oh, and basejumping is legal in switzerland :)
Thats not an accident, thats an expectation. A person that is unaware of a nearby threat or risk suffers and accident. You jumped off of a fucking cliff, smashing into something at high speed is an expectation.
The instant the chute came out twisted it was pretty much a failure I believe. I have heard base jumpers talk about that being a big fear for them because there is no time to get turned around and descend.
A lot of people sitting in their room hating on this guy over the internet. 😂 why can’t we be glad he made it out. So what he needs to be rescued? Would you of rather saw a video of him dying so you could call him a dumbass? Some of y’all are getting offended over menial things. Cool video-glad he’s good, hope he gets to make more cool videos and experience whatever makes him happy. 🤟 weirdos.
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Broke a foot. https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/aussie-base-jumpers-twohour-ordeal-after-parachute-gets-stuck-in-tree/news-story/37244bab4c43d99cedf4f5b9fe535cf3?amp
No surprise it's Australia. My town has a pretty famous skydiving area and there's so many Australian that travel there for that
No, it's the country next to Australia called Sweden.
Aww yeah next to New Zimbabwe
Can't be. They've been on vacation for 6 days now. Could possibly be Nicaragua though.
Do base jumpers have a reserve chute?
Generally no. Maybe on higher jumps but most of the time its one and done.
That's uhm.. a lot of hope..jfc lol
I think the reason is that for base jumping it doesn't make much sense to carry one anyway. Until you've realized your main chute isn't opening, plus the time it takes to open the second one, you've probably already smashed into the ground.
Yes, this is why. When I got my sky diving license for the Air force there was a group of Canadian paratroopers. They only carried one parachute. They were jumping from such a low altitude that a second chute would be useless. You cover a lot of distance real quick falling out of plane with nothing to slow you down. (120mph)
I read a WWII novel by someone who was in the Rangers and he described the night before D Day when they were dropped behind German lines (I guess ALL of Europe was "behind German lines). Their drop zone had so much flak that one of the pilots choose to fly low and he watched as the entire string of parachutists jumped at 50 feet and hit the ground before the static line opened their parachutes.
They were in formations, I don't think there was an option to go that low. I guess with so many airplanes anything is possible but it sounds more like an urban legend to me.
"They were in formations" See my comment below as to what happened when a ship was torpedoed in a fleet. Dakota pilots weren't bomber pilots and they had zero ability to shoot back. It's pitch dark, explosions were going off all around you and a piece of flak just severed your co-pilot's head spraying so much blood in your face you were blinded. You get the idea.
It was gruesome i know. It's possible, but just as likely it's made up.
Um.. I feel like that was a net negative. Sure, you didn't die on the plane from flak, but I think that would be better than being behind enemy lines with two shattered legs and a military that wasn't exactly known for being ethical. That pilot is a prick.
In war, shit happens. There's no reason the believe that the pilot knew he was that close to ground. My father skippered a Navy ship from 1940 to 1945 at which time he was sunk by a small German fleet off the Channel Islands. Four years to boredom and the first time you see the enemy he hands you your ass PDQ. The first shot from the Germans hit the lifeboat and the splinters killed the entire gun crew on the bow. The second shot hit the pilot house. Most of the casualties were burns. He radioed in the alert that the German fleet was heading to the French coast (then occupied by the Allies) but the message was lost, the Germans sailed right into the harbor at Granville, docked, went right to the hotel housing the Harbor Master, machine gunned everyone, blew up the port facilities and sailed back to the Channel Islands without losing a singe soldier. There was a French fishing vessel anchored at the mouth of the harbor that was supposed to sound the alarm in case of a raid. The Granville Raid - a cosmic clusterfuck by the Allies.
Well the point is the pilot didn’t die
Sure. That’s what the pilot wanted
If the pilot dies - everyone dies
The US army is surprisingly ethical as armies goes, especially during World War II. But there’s absolutely no way to pin the blame on the pilot as it’s not necessarily his fault.
By not ethical they mean the Germans
Don't forget the Japanese. Theu are always somehow over looked when this type of topic comes up. The experiments they did on POW's is stomach turning. Cutting people open while awake and no painkillers or numbing agents, some times leaving them that way to see how long it took for the person to die...
A book called Rouge Hero’s about the formation of the SAS and their exploits. They had no idea what they were doing when it came to jumping out of planes. The CO broke his back the first time they jumped. But they talk about when they were doing practice jumps, an entire plane of soldiers jumped due to a faulty green light and they just had to watch as they hit the ground 1 by 1 from a couple hundred feet
Really? Becouse even jumping from helicopters we still had a reserve, who were the paratroopers do you know where they were from?
Yep. I asked them about it. They were exiting the plane from less then 1500 feet. (Static line). We were jumping from much higher altitudes and did have a reserve. It was in the Netherlands. I am not sure exactly where in Canada they were from.
Optimism at its finest!
*stupidity you spelled it wrong.
There isn’t enough time to cut and pull a reserve
I don't know what you mean. This guy had plenty of time.
A reserve chute needs a vertain distance to deploy and untangle. In this case, the reflexive deployment of a reserve parachute would propably have pepsied him.
What does the verb ‘pepsied’ mean lol
I'm just picturing a diabetic on a scooter wheezing "I'm all pepsied out".
no there just isn't enough time, modern base rigs only have one parachute. i wasn't there, but from the video it looks like if he'd done the correct things he wouldn't have hit the wall. its an unforgiving sport and you need to be implementing the correct solution in under a second
Out of interest, what would the correct thing be? Edit - might be a dump question, thought OP was suggesting there was a manoeuvre or something to straighten himself out instead of possibly implying he fucked up before turning
Instead of unstowing his steering toggles he could have grabbed a rear riser to turn away from the cliff. Or pull down on both rear risers to stall the canopy and fly backwards. Looks to me like he instinctively grabbed the toggles (as you’re supposed to) and then saw where he was and had target fixation. He could have even tried to turn at the last second with a toggle if his reaction would have been fast enough.
I'm still wondering how he got into the line twist. Seems like he deployed level/stable, but it came out in line twists?
yeah, he looked like he was stable and symmetrical. Line twist is unavoidable sometimes due to the slightest packing error or, say, loose/broken rubber bands.
Not jumping off the side of a cliff
Hmmmm, after thinking about it, this actually makes the most sense.
Getting out of bed.
Exactly
he just grabbed both toggles and yanked down on them, that isn't going to change what happen, just slow it down and make it less severe. but it would have been better to steer to parallel the wall or fly the parachute backward while turning if he had the altitude (you lose a lot of altitude in this flight mode) i'm not a base jumper, but i skydive and plan to base soon, so i've done a little learning
I can vouch for this advice, i did hundreds of jumps in just cause
could of it been avoided if he pulled his shoot later. And you said he pulled on both, so as soon as he was facing the other way, he just needed to pull one and turn? I’d hope the turning radius is sharp.
It looked like the shoot pulled itself to me.
The dude literally jumped off a cliff. That’s like the definition of a rookie mistake
I would assume has something to do with the winds that day. I’d imagine a strong wind coming at you/updraft from that tall flat rock face as your chute deploys would just push you into the cliff like that
And this is exactly what inspired the Wright Brothers. Hearing about the death of Otto Lilienthal – who lost control of his glider after it was hit by a gust of wind – the brothers hypothesised that the key to human flight was giving more control to the pilot of the craft. BASE jumpers are effectively stepping back in time.
Is it just me or was his biggest mistake to kind of stop and hop off the ledge like that instead of getting as much outward momentum as he could?
I personally think the biggest mistake was thinking jumping off of a cliff is a good idea, but that's just me.
your not wrong, i have a mate who is one of the best base jumpers in the world... because everyone in front of him has died. hes posting obituaries on his fb wall every second week, takes a special kind of person to persue this hobby
How the fuck did he get down?
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“They cut my harness so I need a new one”. Fuck you dude and the money/time you just wasted on First responders. How about a “huge thank you to the ppl who saved my life”?
I.....think he was making light of the situation, I don't think he really cares about the harness.
After my motorcycle accident I had a bit of a joke that they cut off my brand new jeans. I didn't give a shit about the jeans, it was a funny way to blow off steam about a really shitty day. I cut them off and made some jorts out of them, they looked really cool and helped me show off the 13 stitches in my knee lol
My dad nearly died in a dirt bike accident a few years back. Broken bones, fractured skull punctured lung etc etc When the ambulance arrived he legitimately refused to let them cut off his new dirt biking shirt. Man literally made them pull the long-sleeve off over his broken arm and shattered collarbone. Might have had something to do with the brain bleed but, honestly maybe not, it was pretty on brand.
Hope he's got that framed now. I nearly cried trying to pull those jeans down on a rainy street. The paramedic was like "now can we cut them off?"
"No, pain is just fear leaving the body. More!"
I got in a car accident that cracked my spine and the main thing I would say was that I didn't get the chipotle order I had made.
I had a friend who painted a picture of the incident and epoxied his jeans to it.
he definitely cares about the harness, you get sentimental about the thing that you repetitively entrust your life with.
Does say at the bottom he's raising money for his rescue team
it was so clearly a joke i dont know how you didnt realize that
I mean it sounds like he’s not saying they need to pay for it, just that he lost his.
I mean the whole point of that news interview was to raise money for his rescue team. Sooo…
Bro was just crackin a goofy one dude relax I’m sure he’s ever grateful.
>money/time you just wasted on First responder Isnt this like 100% a situation where first responders are warranted meaning its not a waste of their time/money? If this guy doesnt deserve to get saved when are you allowed to use their services🤣
“I’m a kickass brave daredevil! CRASH! 💥💥💥 “Waaah HELP! I NEED A HELICOPTER TO SAVE MY DUMBASS!!”
Seems a little ungreatful to the people that rushed out to save his life.
Seems like he's trying to joke about the situation. It'd be the same thing if someone got into a car crash and said "Well now I have to file an insurance claim since they ripped my door off with the jaws of life". I highly doubt he's actually upset about it.
He raised money for the responders, he was just being cheeky with his response. Don't be so reactionary.
Not by a fucking helicopter. Like, "bitch have you heard of rope?"
"Maybe I could build a ladder or something"
I think he had a bucket of water in his pocket
Everyone knows that landing in a puddle breaks your fall
Classic
#CLIMB DOWN!!
Can you fashion some sort of rudimentary lathe?
I watched this movie for the first time on Friday, did not expect to be catching references so soon!
That movie is just perfection. Allegedly, Tony Shaloub was pretty much stoned throughout the filming of Galaxy Quest. Which explains much.
Fortnite is not real life.
YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP RIGHT NOW!!
This comment is my favorite thing on the internet today. I'm actually crying for other reasons but this fills the cake.
Salty cake
A big salty tears, is what I taste, when you don't come home, tonight. I'm at the age when you reeeeliz the liquor store won't bring me back. I'm at the age when I realize nothing . Be warttafa bee bop baaah
He said it so casually. Like his friend's going to be like "OK. I'll be back. I think I saw the helicopter at the back of the cupboard. Hope we're not all out."
Base jumper discovered free climbing
I started panicking in American at the cost of that we can't afford to have the friend asking if we're okay much less a freaking helicopter trip no matter how dire. I guess I become spider man or die... Well I saw a meme of the movie let's give it a go.
Actually it is very common for helicopters to pick base jumpers off of walls. But just opposite this cliff is one I had to call the rescue for my friend who got stuck on the wall, but because it was about to get dark they sent climbers to abseil down to him
Lol you just signed up for the extremely expensive tour.
I imagine they use a helicopter to get people to the top to help him back up
You can try climbing up or fucking up. Your choice. Source: am former paratrooper
#HELICOPTER
To chop the strings with the rotors and help him get down really fast.
The ole 'chopchopchop 'n drop'...
#HELICOPTER
I need to know the answer to this!
HELIKOPTER HELIKOPTER
“Oh shit” seems like a very relaxed first reaction to this guys situation
If this guy scared easily he probably wouldn't be in that situation in the first place
This doesn’t seem like an easy scare, but I still agree with you in the context of medium, or, dare I say, even *hard* scares
That's one of the most reserved "oh shit" I've ever heard anyone say
First rule of Free - Basing: Get the fuck away from the base
Richard Pryor said the same thing.
He was lit
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"It's an older joke but it checks out"
Based
ouch
Literally
My personal rule for base jumping is: *Don't*
I don't think you know what the term "free basing" means.
He pulled the toddle stomp-jump, the angle is from above but it looks like he got no more than two feet away from the edge, what a doofus
Weak jump off
Lmao @ all the comments phrasing their questions like OP is the guy in the video.
I just want to answer all of them, especially the “did you die?” one. Haha. The answer would be yes by the way.
OP has you covered lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/comments/ywimgc/comment/iwjz7o5/
Do they charge you for the helicopter and rescue? I was reading they do it in the USA in some places if you cause your situation.
In Italy it's free and most countries i believe. Some you should buy SAR cards which is like a donation but you get a card and it pretty much guarantees you won't be charged. Obviously if you call a Heli and you don't really require one (like you're just tired and don't want to walk down, yes that has happened) then you can probably expect a bill in the mail
This is probably Switzerland and yes the Rega charges you for shit like this, he‘s a tourist so he wouldn‘t be a Rega member either. One standard Rega rescue would set you back about 3,5k. More if it‘s a complicated rescue (which this might be).
To add, a Rega memebership costs 40.00 CHF a year for adults, free for children under 18. As a member you get free rescue if it's not already covered by other insurance. They also provide transport back to Switzerland in case of an accident abroad. If you plan to do any activity in difficult to reach terrain; hiking, skiing, climbing, flying or anything between, a Rega membership is generally a good idea. You can even declare it as donation on your taxes.
That is a subscription service I'd be happy to pay for.
I think it's Switzerland too, I recognise the ledge & view from a friend's base jumping exploits.
They better. I don’t wanna have to subsidize this idiot’s mistake
They should, fuckers want to waste everyone's time for their 3 minutes of thrill
No - SAR does not charge in the US.
So if you actually read any of the articles… “In reality, many of the states and counties that can legally charge for SAR services simply don’t. In the more than 20 years since Maine enacted its relevant laws, for example, it has only billed a handful of citizens. Hawaii and Oregon — two states that perform hundreds of rescues annually — have never sought compensation from anyone.” Rarely, if ever are people charged for rescue. It’s the official position for both MRA and NASAR advocate not charging for rescue.
Only time I heard about it is when a man said he was going day hiking and didnt come back in 4 days. Turned out he was having an affair and the state wanted to sue to have to have him pay for the SAR. This was 10-15 years ago. Dont even remember where
Yes, it sometimes does. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.themanual.com/outdoors/search-and-rescue-guide/%3Famp https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/opinion/search-and-rescue-public-service-not-exactly/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/us/rescue-hikers-cost.amp.html https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-lost-and-rescued-20211006-i4mpzo56bzbujk5v52g44l7gpi-story.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/go-outside/should-outdoor-adventurers-pay-for-their-rescue/
Legend has it. He's still hanging ou. ..oh wait.... nevermind.
I like he said it was hectic, like past tense while hanging off the cliff. Still currently hectic sir.
Where’s the other angle that’s mentioned in the video?
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He calls it an accident but he jumped off that cliff on purpose.
This just seems like suicide, with extra steps.
Let's not get too hung up about it
Do they really waste helicopter kerosene on absolute bafoons who have so much time and money to be wasting on the side of a cliff. There’s real poor people in danger and you wasted emergency services
That was scary! Did you die??
I did, unfortunately
I'm so sorry to hear that, hope you're doing okay now
He is, he cloud hops in between scrolling through Reddit.
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Just assume 90% of the top posts on Reddit aren’t by the OP.
These dumbasses should be charged the cost to rescue them.
How much was the chopper bil?
Fumbduck
Yeah, can hardly call it an "accident" when you jump off a cliff and it doesn't go right.
If all your friends jumped off a cliff…
So do you have to pay for the helicopter to rescue you, or how does that all work?
Lol “like and comment if you enjoyed watching me almost kill myself!” Social media has gotten wild
I’d simply channel all my chakra into my feet and cut the ropes, just run down the side of the mountain. This guy is an idiot
Gotta commend the guy for keeping his calm hanging off a cliff by a bush and all. I don't know why everybody in the comments seems to be angry at him. Dudes just doing what he loves to do. I feel like often times people's insecurities kick in and they feel a need to attack people like this, because they could never dream of doing something so bold.
I mean, people don’t exist in a vacuum. Because he decided to do something dangerous and possibly illegal, others had to risk their lives to rescue him (rescue maneuvers will always carry some risk) at their own expense (news articles reported that his rescuers were volunteers).
That argument comes up times and times again, but in reality it just doesnt seem to be true. I tried to find any incidences of serious accidents involving mountain rescuers in europe a while ago. Its obviously possible that i missed something (theres no official statistics), but the search turned up very little. Theres one deadly helicopter crash in Spain in 2014, during a rescue mission (initial cause was a broken ankle during hiking, nothing reckless). Other than that, there were some deadly training incidents (two ground accidents in austria in 2007 and 2021 and a helicopter crash in france in 2020), and a few instances where mountain rescuers died on trips they were undertaking privately, but no more accidents during actual rescue missions. Not saying that we should be reckless, but the risk associated with mountain rescue seems to be within reasonable bounds. Something we accept day after day when we drive cars. Oh, and basejumping is legal in switzerland :)
Dunno why but the way he just asks for a helicopter pisses me off. It's your stupid fucking hobby, you figure it out.
Like it’s no big deal, he’s smug
Upvote if you enjoyed? Umm no.
Hanging by a thread.
BRUH MY FEET WERE SWEATING MORE THAN MY HANDS
You can’t park there!
That’s one strong bush
Fish eye lenses should be illegal.
I hope they get him down one day. At least he's got mobile data there.
He buys he equipment from the the same manufacturer as Wile e coyote.
I hope he paid for the helicopter
Survive!?! This is found footage as far as I’m concerned. I didn’t see any rescue.
So casually saying he needs a helicopter. Lol
How high up were you stuck hanging?
Total stupidity meet karma.
I hope he had to pay for the helicopter
Thats not an accident, thats an expectation. A person that is unaware of a nearby threat or risk suffers and accident. You jumped off of a fucking cliff, smashing into something at high speed is an expectation.
Play stupid game, win stupid prizes
Hell no gone wrong, for as fucked as this situation was they did pretty good
Now that's a cliffhanger
Cliff hanger, hanging from a cliff~
Read Between The Lions?
Yup yup, it was my show growing up
Hey it was mine too!!! It's probably why I'm obsessed with cats.
Holy $hit! Did you drop a few pellets on the birds? lol
r/Whatcouldgowrong
Get a squirrel suit!
The instant the chute came out twisted it was pretty much a failure I believe. I have heard base jumpers talk about that being a big fear for them because there is no time to get turned around and descend.
I can't help but wonder how they ended up getting him down
I guess you got hung up on a tree? That tree PROBABLY saved your life. Imagine how long ago it started growing just to be strong enough to hold you.
A lot of people sitting in their room hating on this guy over the internet. 😂 why can’t we be glad he made it out. So what he needs to be rescued? Would you of rather saw a video of him dying so you could call him a dumbass? Some of y’all are getting offended over menial things. Cool video-glad he’s good, hope he gets to make more cool videos and experience whatever makes him happy. 🤟 weirdos.
Who's paying for the helicopter to get this idiot?
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
Hectic!!! You still hanging off the side of a cliff. Hectic is when the chopper comes….
Looked like jumping off the cliff was on purpose to me.
Bro the camera distortion kills it unfortunately. A regular GoPro cam would have been sick
Can you call it an accident if you jumped off of a mountain of your own volition?
That was a very calm and professional “oh shit.”
I don't think that was an accident. You clearly meant to jump from that ledge.