Or so it would seem.

Today I got myself off the zipwire (quicker than using the ladder, when I'm working on the zipwire), and I decided to attach myself to the tandem-speed (wheely thingy attached to the wire) with a gri-gri on a rope (basically something to absail off) and decided that it would be fun to try and absail off the wire while still moving and land running across the field.

Needless to say I fucked it up - jumped off the zipwire, went over the path and field, then most the way over the pond (its a 660 feet long zipwire off a 36 foot tall platform, so the wire is around 43 feet in the air), ran out of speed and started to come back across the field, then doing about a fast run I decided to absail at the field.

Its really hard to do. I locked off the gri gri when my left foot touched the floor. This is where it starts to go wrong.

Now I mentioned that my left foot hit the floor FIRST. This caused the left hand side of my body to stop moving rather sharpish, while the right hand side was still going at a fast jogging pace. Before my right foot hit the floor, the wire sprang back into position as my weight came off the wire, causing the wire to lift me 7 feet into the air, rotating at quite a rate.

Trying to save some face in front of my mates, I tried to save the situation by going at it again, while I was still moving and spinning, but this time I was rotating and dizzy.

As my feet hit the floor I took a step forwards, meaning I was one step closer to the start of the zipwire, so the wire was higher, so I lifted a few more feet into the air.

This is where I stacked it.



Three attempts later, tired and muddy, I managed it.



I think I'm slightly stupid.