It takes at least TWO PEOPLE to set up a Zip Line, and hundreds of feet of Rope so it's tied down in a Safe place....
Nobody wants to come down a Zip Line at like 75 MPH and just Crash and Burn, but that's what happens if the Angle is too sharp, and I doubt there's an open spot far enough to tie to that is outside the purview of other people.....
So, I just cannot believe this to be anywhere near Truth, and in fact, an absolute LIE....
Especially without a picture of a Zip Line from the Water Tower....
It's possible that that shooter had help, part of a team. And you wouldn't need 1/4 steel cable.high strength climbing type rope would work fine. I've done it when I was younger.and you can adjust your desent/slowing down by the equipment attached to the Zipline. That's what you hold on to to slide down.
Ok, so it's a 3 Man Team, now you need one Rope that's at the very least twice the height of the Tower....
One man alone can rappel down pretty fast, but the opposite end of the rope has to be firmly tied at the bottom, then run the lose end back through the Floor of the Water Tower, maybe.....
But on a Zip Line, it would still need to be fully secured on such a way that he could zip down one side, then untie the rope, and spend a long time collecting it, probably need some crazy long rope....
In the Army we used to rappel down some crazy Cliffs, and on the very last drop, I wasn't about to climb back up there to get the rope, and for all I know, it's probably still tied around the boulder at the top....
All I'm trying to say fren is it's not hard to do. And I haven't even mentioned kevlar rope. Very thin. Just pointing out that I can setup a line like that by myself.and I hear ya on not retrieving the rope kek.i used to rock climb. . I've done the same thing
Who is this guy and why should we trust him? Sounds like narrative seeding!
Does he think We're Stupid???
Zip Line???
Really???
It takes at least TWO PEOPLE to set up a Zip Line, and hundreds of feet of Rope so it's tied down in a Safe place....
Nobody wants to come down a Zip Line at like 75 MPH and just Crash and Burn, but that's what happens if the Angle is too sharp, and I doubt there's an open spot far enough to tie to that is outside the purview of other people.....
So, I just cannot believe this to be anywhere near Truth, and in fact, an absolute LIE....
Especially without a picture of a Zip Line from the Water Tower....
It's possible that that shooter had help, part of a team. And you wouldn't need 1/4 steel cable.high strength climbing type rope would work fine. I've done it when I was younger.and you can adjust your desent/slowing down by the equipment attached to the Zipline. That's what you hold on to to slide down.
Ok, so it's a 3 Man Team, now you need one Rope that's at the very least twice the height of the Tower....
One man alone can rappel down pretty fast, but the opposite end of the rope has to be firmly tied at the bottom, then run the lose end back through the Floor of the Water Tower, maybe.....
But on a Zip Line, it would still need to be fully secured on such a way that he could zip down one side, then untie the rope, and spend a long time collecting it, probably need some crazy long rope....
In the Army we used to rappel down some crazy Cliffs, and on the very last drop, I wasn't about to climb back up there to get the rope, and for all I know, it's probably still tied around the boulder at the top....
All I'm trying to say fren is it's not hard to do. And I haven't even mentioned kevlar rope. Very thin. Just pointing out that I can setup a line like that by myself.and I hear ya on not retrieving the rope kek.i used to rock climb. . I've done the same thing