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World's longest cable ladder

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World's longest cable ladder

Postby Scott McCrea » Mar 14, 2006 2:12 pm

:kewl: LINK :woohoo:
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Postby Phil Winkler » Mar 14, 2006 2:54 pm

I'd say that's worth hanging on to.
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Postby NZcaver » Mar 14, 2006 5:22 pm

Nice video clip. I don't see anyone actually CLIMBING it, though... :roll:
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Postby Ralph E. Powers » Mar 15, 2006 12:37 am

I know a cave in Utah with a 315 foot straight down entrance drop... that ladder would come in handy me thinks... NAH... better to ascend on rope... less chance of anything going wrong.

You'd think they'd haul it up letting it unravel instead of dropping it like that. The stress on the rope(s) must've been considerable. I'd been hesitant to climb it (even belayed) after seeing them do that. Geez
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