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Walking across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope

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    #32
    COYVB
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    mikehammer67 wrote: »
    dunno

    don't really fancy falling off a tightrope to my death myself

    I'd take it over something like terminal cancer personally


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    #33
    BorneTobyWilde
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    If he falls he won't die instantly.......
    .. now he's dead


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    #34
    IvySlayer
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    He has a wife and kids...what must they be thinking?


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    #35
    toastedpickles
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    Did he do it??


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    #36
    mikemcdeedy100
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    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Did he do it??

    yep
    he made it safely to the other side


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    #37
    IvySlayer
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    Doesn't happen until 1am


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    #38
    danger mouse
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    How can I watch this?


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    #39
    Richard tea
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    2 hrs 20 min run time. Feck that. It will be over hyped ****e for the first 2 hrs and then the walk for the last 20 mins. Off to porno hub for me:P


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    #40
    Too Tough To Die
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    He better fall. I have little interest in watching a man walk a quarter of a mile with fu/ck all happening.


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    #41
    danger mouse
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    Are they showing it on sky discovery channel?


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    #42
    BNMC
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    danger mouse wrote: »
    Are they showing it on sky discovery channel?
    Yes. 520 on Sky.


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    #43
    BorneTobyWilde
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    Fell on first few steps, wow,
    Least he landed on a ledge only 4 ft down
    Going to try again
    Yay


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    #44
    PizzamanIRL
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    Richard tea wrote: »
    2 hrs 20 min run time. Feck that. It will be over hyped ****e for the first 2 hrs and then the walk for the last 20 mins. Off to porno hub for me:P

    See you in 3 minutes.


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    #45
    The Backwards Man
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    What's the paramedic at the bottom of the canyon going to do?


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    #46
    Witcher
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    What's the paramedic at the bottom of the canyon going to do?

    Catch him:pac:


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    #47
    KeithM89
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    What's the paramedic at the bottom of the canyon going to do?

    Soak his remains up with a sponge.


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    #48
    Calibos
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    What's the paramedic at the bottom of the canyon going to do?

    Use the shovel and buckets to clean up??

    :D


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    #49
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,076 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Think the family needs a new trade, Did he just say 7 deaths wirewalking. Wow.


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    #50
    PizzamanIRL
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    He'll probably grab onto the rope and get rescued if he feels like he's about to fall.


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    #51
    BorneTobyWilde
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    What's the paramedic at the bottom of the canyon going to do?

    He's got but one tool in his medic box
    Some chalk


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    #52
    Too Tough To Die
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    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    He'll probably grab onto the rope and get rescued if he feels like he's about to fall.

    They showed the clip of his grandfather falling, he stooped right down, looked like he could have easily wrapped himself around the wire.


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    #53
    ahnowbrowncow
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    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    He's got but one tool in his medic box
    Some chalk

    Why chalk? It won't be a murder investigation.


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    #54
    The Backwards Man
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    This is morbidly uncomfortable TV. When Evil Knievel jumped a row of buses, the scene was set, he jumped the buses, and we went back to watching That's Life, that was it. Discovery know that there is a sizable majority of people watching this to see if he falls, not to see if he makes it, and they are playing up on it big time.

    I dunno who's more morally irresponsible here, that eejit for crossing the channel, the production team for airing it, or me for watching it.:(


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    #55
    Grid.
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    Jayz....it's fierce windy there!!


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    #56
    BNMC
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    Too Tough To Die wrote: »
    They showed the clip of his grandfather falling, he stooped right down, looked like he could have easily wrapped himself around the wire.
    Was wondering that myself, he had enough time to grab the wire but made no attempt to do so.


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    #57
    decisions
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    Why am I watching this?


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    #58
    BorneTobyWilde
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    This is morbidly uncomfortable TV. When Evil Knievel jumped a row of buses, the scene was set, he jumped the buses, and we went back to watching That's Life, that was it. Discovery know that there is a sizable majority of people watching this to see if he falls, not to see if he makes it, and they are playing up on it big time.

    I dunno who's more morally irresponsible here, that eejit for crossing the channel, the production team for airing it, or me for watching it.:(

    He just spoke about it, guy walking wire. Played it all down as impossible to die on this wire, that if he quits or gets in trouble he will fall to wire and wait to get rescued ,That he's in no danger, that he would not take first step if he thought he was. Dam, he put me off watching now


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    #59
    BorneTobyWilde
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    BNMC wrote: »
    Was wondering that myself, he had enough time to grab the wire but made no attempt to do so.

    Didn't want to drop that pole
    He loved that pole


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    #60
    Tom_Cruise
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    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    He just spoke about it, guy walking wire. Played it all down as impossible to die on this wire, that if he quits or gets in trouble he will fall to wire and wait to get rescued ,That he's in no danger, that he would not take first step if he thought he was. Dam, he put me off watching now

    There is always that small nugget of hope that he wall fall, or an Eagle lands on him and pushes him of. Not that i want him to fall.


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    #61
    IM0
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    ok so what have you suckers been sucked into watching for 2 hours so far? leme guess, how great the navajo national park is?


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