Behind the Stunt: 100-Foot Ropeswing on Lake Tahoe
It’s been called the biggest ropeswing into water ever seen. Launching yourself off a tree platform only to fly over rocks and trees while holding onto a rope before launching yourself over a hundred feet into the air and eventually into Lake Tahoe – that might be the definition of insanity.
Last year, we posted an article highlighting the death-defying ropeswing built by Nick Coulter and his crew (Also see: An Inside Look into the Lives of Northern California’s Professional Cliffjumpers). Now, we are able to see the time and energy they put into building one of the craziest stunts we’ve ever seen.
Chase Reinford, also known by his more than half a million YouTube subscribers as Adrenaline Addiction, posted a video highlighting all the behind the scenes footage from the largest ropeswing ever. Check out the long and arduous process:
The stunt took a year of planning and days of setup as the crew set a cable across two rocks and hooked a ropeswing in the middle. They also installed a tree platform to be able to launch off. All of the preparation took experienced climbers and equipment.
The most telling part of the whole video is the sheer fear you see out of the three who tried the stunt. They seemed tense the entire video, making the setup process extremely detailed in order to avoid injury or even death. They even sent a backpack full of rocks off the tree stand to test the trajectory of the swing.
At the end of the day, pure elation sets in for all involved with the stunt, as they were able to pull off the incredible jumps while avoiding any serious injury. Proving the magnitude of the stunt, Reinford, Coulter and Brandon Beck were the only people to do the jump (although many others have done it since).
Here is the video from the finished product:
A little back story – In 2010, local legend named Mike Wilson built the biggest ropeswing into water known to man. This Tahoe ropeswing became the stuff of legend! Let’s take a look at what he did:
Some people get upset with us for promoting these dangerous stunts, but we believe in living life to the fullest. This video shows you that these men are professionals and use extreme caution and training to be able to pull off these stunts. Kudos to theses madmen. Keep doing your thing and we’ll keep watching!
Keep this going please, great job!
Howdy! Would you mind if I share your blog with my
zynga group? There’s a lot of people that I think would really enjoy your content.
Please let me know. Many thanks
I was able to find good info from your blog articles.
My partner and I stumbled over here different website and thought I might
as well check things out. I like what I see so now i’m following you.
Look forward to finding out about your web page repeatedly.
Howdy very cool website!! Guy .. Excellent .. Wonderful ..
I’ll bookmark your blog and take the feeds additionally?
I am happy to find so many helpful info right here in the publish,
we need work out more strategies on this regard, thanks for sharing.
. . . . .
I like the helpful information you provide in your articles.
I will bookmark your weblog and check again here frequently.
I am quite certain I will learn plenty of new
stuff right here! Best of luck for the next!
Hey! I know this is kind of off topic but I was wondering which blog platform are you using for this
site? I’m getting fed up of WordPress because I’ve had problems with hackers and
I’m looking at alternatives for another platform.
I would be great if you could point me in the direction of a good
platform.
Greetings! I know this is kinda off topic however , I’d figured I’d ask.
Would you be interested in exchanging links or maybe guest authoring a blog
article or vice-versa? My website covers a lot of the same topics as yours and I feel we
could greatly benefit from each other. If you happen to be
interested feel free to shoot me an e-mail.
I look forward to hearing from you! Wonderful blog by the way!
fantastic issues altogether, you just gained a new reader.
What could you recommend in regards to your post that you simply made a
few days in the past? Any sure?
Wow, awesome weblog structure! How long have you been running a blog for?
you make blogging look easy. The overall look of your web site is
magnificent, let alone the content material!
You can see similar: sklep internetowy and here najlepszy
sklep