The bolt was backed up by webbing to two bolts above it, but not the achors, I believe.
Andrew was actually 35 feet from the ground in the bowl, then the arc brought him to about 12-15 feet from the ground. The fall had been slowed down by then and he would not have died on the arc.....just scratched up a bit.
The fall was tested a few times and the distance was measured out to be within the safety zone.
Andrew admits that it was very dangerous and probably not the brightest thing he has ever done..........., but "everyone should do something like that once within a life time"......I think he said something to that effect.
None of us involved even considered the closing of the lode before the event, and we probably would have refrained or maybe made it a little shorter.........like 90 feet. I've seen many victory jumps at the lode and 80 feet is pretty common.
Ooh.......he held the rope out to the side so he would not get caught up in it.
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This is for real, I was buying some beer tonight and they had a new brand of beer called Hoegaarden beer 
"Be responsible for your actions and sensitive to the concerns of other visitors and land managers. ... Your reward is the opportunity to climb in one of the most beautiful areas in this part of the country." John H. Bronaugh
The previous brewer of this beer, Brouwerij De Kluis, takes its name from the Dutch word for 'hermitage' - this was originally a monastic brew. It also claims to be the 'original white beer' - this probably refers to the fact that the original Hoegaarden was revived in the 1960s, sparking off a general revival of the style. Now taken over by Interbrew (and distributed by Whitbread in the UK), this is a slightly stronger beer than it used to be (previously 4.8%) and comes with pouring instructions and temperature recommendation. The nose is tart - rich with apples, cinnamon and coriander. It has a thick, frothy head and a light, refreshing Milky-Way palate with very little bitterness or hop content. Aftertaste is of cream, with a hint of bitterness (possibly from the curacao orange zest used in the brewing process). Although maybe no longer the best Belgian white beer available, this is a great session beer, a classic example of the genre, complex, drinkable, refreshing and well worth a try.
The theory of evolution is just as stupid as the theories of gravity and electromagnetism.
I'm amazed that no one brought up "Hard Grit" - it's chock full of full-on death routes and footage of people taking really, really scary long whippers onto dubious gear (including a long whip onto a mess of tiny wires stuffed behind a flake that was previously believed to not be able to withstand any sort of lead fall) It didn't just depict dangerous climbing, it clearly glamorized it! (If I hadn't seen it, I would never have even considered trad leading Lovely Arette at Jackson Falls. Not that I've done it, but its tempting...) In the years since it came out, I'm sure that plenty of 'underqualified' people have jumped on some of those climbs and gotten hurt, but, as far as I know, there was no backlash or outcry because of what was shown in that film.
And, yeah, taking 'victory whips' with tons of slack out is pretty risky. If you get tangled in the loops on the way down, it could result in anything from rope burns to 'degloving' to pretty much ripping an appendage off. In theory, you need to keep the loops of slack off to the side as you fall, but in practice that would be hard to do reliably.
And, yeah, taking 'victory whips' with tons of slack out is pretty risky. If you get tangled in the loops on the way down, it could result in anything from rope burns to 'degloving' to pretty much ripping an appendage off. In theory, you need to keep the loops of slack off to the side as you fall, but in practice that would be hard to do reliably.
Bacon is meat candy.