Fast Roping Too Fast

This Marine was able to walk it off after a couple of minutes. We had all the proper safeties in place; he just didn't hold on to the rope. Probably won't make that mistake again.

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• roping
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[zer0dahero]

@Lintassimilator Fact is, no one is ever done training, ever. Have you ever fast roped? Imagine trapping a 45lb plate to your back and a couple of 20lb dumbells to your hips and stepping out to the edge of a 5 or 6 story bldg, reaching and grabbing a rope, pinching it with your feet, and do a control fall. Try it yourself first, then you can see how easy a mistake can happen.

[Vaega1]

now thats what i call a fast rope

[GEorge661944]

OUCH!!

[zer0dahero]

@thatman64 You've seen it done? Thats nice. I spent a little over three years treaching this as part of the air assaut course. Its possible my perspective is different than that of a spectator.

[thatman64]

@zer0dahero I can imagine doing this with all your gear would be interesting, to say the least, but spare a thought for those that do it without pinching the rope with their feet. I've seen it done in a demonstration here in the UK, they said it was special forces, but maybe it could have been the RAF Regiment even though the last I heard was that fastroping was limited to UKSF over here. Carrying the same amount of gear and only using hands to brake, because ropes get oily from boot polish.

[Psycast]

Prime example why proper training is important. There's no real safety when fast roping.

[kyleaguirre10]

fail. haha good thing hes ok tho.

[mechislander]

they could use this as a training video.

[macthemec]

ouch, glad he was OK

[wiganerrmc]

@reodk no its not hard

[wiganerrmc]

he was trying do it like the brits with the feet of the rope but he wasnt good enough

[reodk]

I dont get huh this is funny...that looks difficult especially with the weight on ur back.