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20th Dec 2012

Video: Safety rope fails to do its job

A woman over in the US was doing some indoor rock climbing when the safety rope and the guy holding it failed to do their jobs.

Oisin Collins

A woman over in the US was enjoying some indoor rock climbing when the safety rope, and the guy holding it, failed to do their jobs.

Indoor rock climbing is a lot safer than doing the real deal, but if you’re not paying attention, things can still easily go wrong. The woman climbing is being ‘securely’ held – or so she thought – by the guy holding the rope back down on the ground. However, she slips and falls.

At this point the guy holding the rope should have been able to slow her momentum, but instead of gliding safely back to terra firma the woman swings in the direction of her friend and smacks straight into a wall behind the camera.

The woman walked away relatively unscathed after the incident, so it’s okay to laugh. Think of it as ‘laughing with her’.

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