Go big or go home

[Steve Bullman]

Maybe via A&E

 

 

[htb]

Law of unintended consequences

[Darrin Turnbull]

If he’s Lucky

[nath]

Why do the cameramen always miss the money shot.  Wonder what the outcome was

[Pete Mctree]

Why would you put a single pulley that far above a defective union & try and rig a big top off it without letting it run? Stupid can have unfortunately serious consequences 

[Steve Bullman]

  On 14/05/2018 at 21:50, Pete Mctree said:

Why would you put a single pulley that far above a defective union & try and rig a big top off it without letting it run? Stupid can have unfortunately serious consequences 

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No room to let that one run, it barely missed the house as it was.  Simply should have rigged smaller pieces

[Mick Dempsey]

I hope he survived, absolute nightmare. 

[Mesterh]

Oh dear! That couldn't have ended well! Hope he was ok.

 

 

[Graham]

I know in that situation I would have removed my attachment from the rigging branch and stropped in just below my cutting point.  Had similar happen many years ago.  Luckily everything got hung up so no damage done.  Hope he lived and learned.

[TIMON]

Nasty. It’s easy to analyse after the event from a safe distance.
Looks like he placed the pulley high up to try and get the piece to swing away from the house.
I think of all the times when I know I should have climbed higher and taken smaller pieces but opted to cut bigger due to time, tiredness, fear, poor work positioning etc.. and cut and rigged bigger than I should have.
This is exactly the scenario when a good groundie should step in and warn the climber off.
Hope he was ok.