Mysterious Entity !! Caught on camera trying to kill Base Jumpers. Evil Spirit? Ghost? Nephilim? UFO

Hey. I could have called it a stay.
That would have really confused the issue but it wouldn't have been as precise, cause it's not on a sailboat.

My own two cents:

Guy line or guy wire. I've called them that since I was little because that's what they are called.

Originally posted by Pirateninjah
reply to post by AwakeinNM

 

Why do you think he was hacked?

Because he usually put in his two cents, which are usually factually correct, then leaves. Not like Phage to feed trolls in this manner.

reply to post by Phage


The point is, Phage, that unless you've worked with that equipment, or know someone who does and talks about it a lot, most people would be JUST FINE with calling it a rope, a wire, whatever.
You could have easily been like
"HEY GUISE I KNOW WHAT ITS CALLED, GIVE ME A STAR"
And you would've had the same effect. None at all. You contributed little to nothing to the actual point of the post.

reply to post by Phage


A stay would not be accurate as it clearly did not stay.

reply to post by Pirateninjah

Except for the fact that a bug flew by and the guy line broke when maximum load was placed on it.

Originally posted by Pirateninjah

And you would've had the same effect. None at all. You contributed little to nothing to the actual point of the post.

That a guy almost dies because they set up wonky equipment?
there really is nothing else here.

Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Pirateninjah

 

Except for the fact that a bug flew by and the guy line broke when maximum load was placed on it.

Guy... No one disagrees, Guy.

***No one recently anyways

reply to post by Pirateninjah


If you are looking for a motive for a poster, why not read their signature?

signature:
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
-Mark Twain


Hahaha.. He's distorting facts I tell you!!
eh sometimes.. We all do.

reply to post by Dustytoad


Good point.
I resign. I know nothing

Always read the signature.

Let's close up this thread now,
guys

reply to post by FinalCountdown


You're funny too.

Loved the sarcasm.

Seriously...

Bahahahahaha

Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by iwilliam

 

Actually, in the description for the video it's called a "safety line" which makes no sense. Since when do base jumpers use a safety line?

edit on 12/24/2012 by Phage because: It says "line"

You're right-- that doesn't seem to make sense to me either.

However, in the video itself, the word "rope" refers to the thing which appears to break, the "guy line."

Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Pirateninjah

 

And not one mention of a guy line.
Therefore, a guy line is not a rope.

However, guy line = guy rope. The link and ex-text i quote above use these terms interchangeably. This really seems like pointless semantics.

Why do you have to try so hard to appear right?

Why do you have to try so hard to appear right?

Probably because he's wrong about everything that he doesn't have direct access to google for.

Some people shine on the internet, and nowhere else.

Originally posted by Pirateninjah

Why do you have to try so hard to appear right?

Probably because he's wrong about everything that he doesn't have direct access to google for.

Some people shine on the internet, and nowhere else.

He likes to appear right.. Call it a character flaw.. If it is I share it too.
He's an alright guy, for real.

This thread was silly, so I can see many wanting to distance themselves in different ways.. He decided to go technical.. I went comical.. It's all semantics really, when everything is relative..

reply to post by FinalCountdown


Well, it is interesting....but.....

One, do we know if the guy was alright?? Posting the video, and not telling us, seems off.

Two, most likely a bug or something in front of the camera, and normal stresses breaking the rope.

Three, the guy says, in the notes, to watch for "more videos like this". If this was some freaky thing, how the heck would they know they would be posting more like it? That alone makes me think there is nothing to this save a very bad accident.

That is one crazy human.

By the way, I think it may have been the "Woohoo" that provided just enough extra force to overcome the Highbar's structural integrity.

Or a lil evil demon sprite creature did it.