World's largest rope swing...

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

Claims a victim:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/25/22 ... =obnetwork

The videos went viral on Youtube recently showing the people swinging from some of the arches in Utah. Evidently the rope was too long and the guy hit the ground.

 

[iowavf]

Didn't sound like he was very good in math!

 

[BMan]

Measure twice, cut once I always say...

 

[RUGER]

Sure hate that for the family.

Wouldn't this fall under natural selection though?

 

[Crappie Luck]

Evidently, the worlds largest rope swing is also the shortest ride.

 

[rdl65]

Funny how the gene pool sometimes cleanses itself.

 

[Crappie Luck]

If my dad caught me doing that, I'd get grounded

 

[DntBrnDPig]

Did you see the video of the 'successful' people doing it? Crazy.

 

[jb3]

Pretty cool video of the rope swings that are the right length.

 

[44fanatic]

I just watched some of the youtube video's. I am scared of heights and just watching made my stomach queasy.

 

[TAFKAP]

You have to account for rope stretch with climbing ropes. Usually, the rope will have the most elasticity on the initial falls and then stretch out a bit to very predictable lengths. If you are going to set a intentional jump like that, it is wise to start with some very conservative jumps and then adjust the rope to the desired lengths.

I'm guessing that the person who did this setup was lacking in experience with such matters and probably did not account for rope stretch, or at least the appropriate amount of stretch induced in such a fall, and the jumper died as a result of the rope elasticity.

Nylon, polypropylene, and other blended ropes exhibit EXTREME elasticity. At work, we can often get as much as 100% stretch at only about 10% of its breaking load. Trying to obtain a break value is nearly impossible on some materials (namely nylon), because our test cylinders run out of stroke before we can even get close. I work with this stuff on a daily basis, and it's still surprising how much stretch there is in it.

 

[jos3ywales]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B36Lr0Unp4

This is the place

 

[BigAl]

The guy that posted the most popular video has some really cool video of folks doing some other crazy things.