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 quantumbastard
 
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Gender: Male
 |  |  | Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
< on 2/8/2010 5:26 PM >
|  | | | Here I was in the middle of a bitter Minneapolis winter with a temperature of 20 below with the windchill. The endeavor: rappelling down a Minneapolis bridge onto the [then] frozen over Mississippi River. I couldn't believe the lack of police response to something that may be misconstrued as a "suicide attempt." The equipment: self-constructed, make-shift harness, 150 feet of acrylic rope, a bridge (to be left unnamed for obvious complications that surfaced Mauser week) and a half frozen human body. The result: successful- adrenaline achieved, safety ensured, river frozen.
When I look at this world, I wonder if earth still requires terraforming.
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uLiveAndYouBurn
    
Location: Beyond
Anarchocommunist
| | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 1 on 2/8/2010 6:10 PM >
| | | | err, pics?
"Aint nothin' to it but to do it"
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ToXiC
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gender: Male
Original Jackassary.
| |  |  | | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 2 on 2/8/2010 8:16 PM >
| | | | Bastard, why would you rappel off a bridge in -20 over a thinly layered frozen river? Im not seeing the logic in this one 
Granted i understand the adrenaline rush!
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Glass
  
Location: Chicago
as one does
| | | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 3 on 2/8/2010 11:56 PM >
| | | | Posted by ToXiC
Im not seeing the logic in this one
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Just let the kid boast. 
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junkyard
Location: LaCrosse, WI
Gender: Male
Strategic Beer Command where the metal hits the meat.
| | | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 4 on 2/9/2010 12:57 AM >
| | | | The cops probably didn't want to get cold, and figured you'd be outa the gene pool soon enough anyway. I can see the harness, but would go for a real rope, not that junk. My life's worth a buck fifty.
I drink gasoline for breakfeast and beer for dinner!
Any problem can be licked with a case of beer and a few sticks of dynamite.
Strategic Beer Command ruling the desert since 1995 http://www.strategic-beer-command.com |
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ToXiC
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gender: Male
Original Jackassary.
| | | | | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 5 on 2/10/2010 1:34 AM >
| | | | Posted by junkyard
The cops probably didn't want to get cold, and figured you'd be outa the gene pool soon enough anyway. I can see the harness, but would go for a real rope, not that junk. My life's worth a buck fifty.
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I thought your life was worth 120 Fluid Oz & a Dog ... thats more than a buck fifty..
Savage Hooligan |
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zaxpay
Location: Minneapolis
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 6 on 2/10/2010 1:45 PM >
| | | | I tried something similar once, but in summer. I had my harness on, with the rope already attached, the rest coiled up in my backpack. My goal was to attach the rope to a handrail, toss the coil over, and rappel down to the road below as quickly as possible. My friend would drop the rope and we would be on our way.
Just before I got to the bridge, a cop drove past. I was nervous he was going to turn around and come back and start asking me questions. But he didn't. A few minutes later when I got onto the bridge, I spotted him parked at the bottom. So I went home.
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Gatsby
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Like all UER people, I've only explored your mom.
| | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 7 on 2/10/2010 3:10 PM >
| | | | A friend of mine rappelled from that bridge a few years back and got hung up 10 feet from the ground.
He had to turn upside down to free himself.
He said later, "There was no way I was going to call the cops for help!".
I only listen to 104.7 Poop. I'm always in deep shit, so I may as well listen to poop. |
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secret
Location: St. Paul, MN
Gender: Male
| | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 8 on 2/11/2010 7:10 AM >
| | | | I parachuted off the 1st Bank Tower in St. Paul.
Some girls should just be happy they were invited to the prom.. |
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Kamistry
Location: Vancouver, BC
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 9 on 2/11/2010 9:33 AM >
| | | | I once jumped out of a plane while firing guns at laser sharks.
Hell of a wedding reception, that was.
Website / Flickr / 500px |
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Freak
Location: Usually Alaska, now MSP.
Gender: Male
Hypocrite
| | | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 10 on 2/11/2010 6:16 PM >
| | | | I knew some Minneapolis guys that rappeled underground into an inflatable boat, which then sank, so they had to swim back to the rope, attach, and ascend from a swimming position, in the middle of winter, after losing half their gear and lights underwater.
But they're kind of lame, not very hardcore at all.
Turn off the internet and go play outside.
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shotgun mario
Location: MSP
Gender: Male
MSP Elite™ Card-Carrying Member
| | | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 11 on 2/11/2010 9:40 PM >
| | | | Posted by Freak
I knew some Minneapolis guys that rappeled underground into an inflatable boat, which then sank, so they had to swim back to the rope, attach, and ascend from a swimming position, in the middle of winter, after losing half their gear and lights underwater.
But they're kind of lame, not very hardcore at all.
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how long ago did that happen?
If you want to protect the locations you love to explore, don't talk about them online in public!
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junkyard
Location: LaCrosse, WI
Gender: Male
Strategic Beer Command where the metal hits the meat.
| | | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 12 on 2/12/2010 2:41 PM >
| | | | That was at least 3 years ago, and I never did get my boat back. I keep forgetting to go down there with the new one and find the old one. And no it wasn't me this time, I was sippin a brew and sinking anchors for them and another project. Ahhhhhh Mouser Week. It was all of -20 that night and they were soaked. I'd say they're tied with Kyle for that one, only because their adventure actually happened, but they don't automatically win, because there are no laser sharks inolved.
[last edit 2/12/2010 2:45 PM by junkyard - edited 2 times]
I drink gasoline for breakfeast and beer for dinner!
Any problem can be licked with a case of beer and a few sticks of dynamite.
Strategic Beer Command ruling the desert since 1995 http://www.strategic-beer-command.com |
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Gatsby
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Like all UER people, I've only explored your mom.
| | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 13 on 2/12/2010 3:37 PM >
| | | | And those guys were so modest about it, too! That's what I remember most. I talked to them right afterwards, and they were like, "Eh, whatever. I think we almost died, but it wasn't that big of a deal."
I only listen to 104.7 Poop. I'm always in deep shit, so I may as well listen to poop. |
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Clockwork
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
I WILL KILL THIS MONKEY! I'M CRAZY!
| | | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 14 on 2/14/2010 4:48 PM >
| | | | Why is Bender holding what appears to be broccoli?
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Krenta
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Nope, wasn't me.
| | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 15 on 2/15/2010 3:09 AM >
| | | | Posted by Gatsby
And those guys were so modest about it, too! That's what I remember most. I talked to them right afterwards, and they were like, "Eh, whatever. I think we almost died, but it wasn't that big of a deal."
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Remind me, who was it who several years ago swam naked in the Mississippi in January because it seemed at the time like the best way to get out of a storm drain?
Posted by Freak
I knew some Minneapolis guys that rappeled underground into an inflatable boat, which then sank, so they had to swim back to the rope, attach, and ascend from a swimming position, in the middle of winter, after losing half their gear and lights underwater.
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Unrelated, but I know a guy who got caught by the cops hanging from a rope halfway up an abandoned building on private property, and managed to talk his way out of even a ticket.
And let's not forget the local explorers who ended a memorable night during MWIV(a) (or was it b?) by getting into a high-speed chase through downtown Saint Paul, narrowly avoiding a serious car crash, getting a free ride in the back of a police car, and getting regaled by a cop with stories of a hella off-limits part of the Capitol building.
Have Speed Graphic, Will Travel. |
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Gatsby
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Like all UER people, I've only explored your mom.
| | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 17 on 2/15/2010 3:44 PM >
| | | | Krenta:
Frozen had to swim out of Geyser Drain.
I only listen to 104.7 Poop. I'm always in deep shit, so I may as well listen to poop. |
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Krenta
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Nope, wasn't me.
| | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 18 on 2/16/2010 5:13 AM >
| | | | Posted by junkyard
You mean a high speed chase that broke the speed limit law??
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Yep. As in, like, around 90MPH on 7th St in front of the X.
And, yeah, it was Frozen I was trying to remember. You'd think that would be easy to keep straight... 
Have Speed Graphic, Will Travel. |
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junkyard
Location: LaCrosse, WI
Gender: Male
Strategic Beer Command where the metal hits the meat.
| | | Re: Rappelling down bridges in Minneapolis
<Reply # 19 on 2/17/2010 12:22 AM >
| | | | Had no idea you would endanger so many lives to catch the guy the cops should have been after, with their emergency equipment in operation.......I guess that's kinda cool.
I drink gasoline for breakfeast and beer for dinner!
Any problem can be licked with a case of beer and a few sticks of dynamite.
Strategic Beer Command ruling the desert since 1995 http://www.strategic-beer-command.com |
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