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>>92762The second link is part 2 in case anyone is confused.
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THIS IS MY KIND OF THREAD
Speaking of caving accidents, there's a pretty famous one here in the UK. The year is 1967, and a team of young cavers had planned out an exploration of a notoriously dangerous system of caves located in the Yorksh Dales, the Mossdale Caverns.
To date the cave is so dangerous it has never been fully mapped. The issue was that it going in you had to time your entry precisely and very carefully due to the fact that the caves were prone to flooding.
Long story short, 10 cavers entered on that day, part way through 4 turned back, 6 continued on, and on the exit of the 4 they realised their worst fears - rain.
The 6 cavers would have eventually heard the sound of the water rushing in through the stone around them, but by then it was already too late. They drowned beyond help, in the dark, in a cramped space as the water slowly rose around them. One body was found away from the others wedged in a tight ledge above, trying in vain to escape the rapidly rising water.
The bodies are still down there. Today the entrance is now sealed.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/what-lies-beneath-mossdale-caving-disaster-794268.html No. 92770
>>92769
>Now hours from the entrance, they are heading for the distant end of the cave where they hope to find new passages. Next comes the infamous Far Marathon. Still, spirits are high. They are making good time., >some of them at least have been here before. They laugh, they tease each other. The omens look good for making a discovery. Then one perhaps mutters – is it a joke? – "Eh, what's that rumbling? Not the stream going up?" It is every caver's nightmare – lying flat-out in water, not a joke that cavers like. But now everyone hears it. Unmistakably, sickeningly, the water is surging; the draught whistles like a gale. As far as anyone knows – no one has tried it – Mossdale Caverns floods completely. Still they do not panic.>they are the country's best cavers. Surely it cannot happen to them? The roof is a few inches above their prostrate bodies. They instinctively crawl faster, yet each of them knows there is nowhere to go. The oldest is just 26; others are still in their teens. The world of sunshine and fresh air has suddenly become an eternity away. United now by terror, inch by rising inch every caver's nightmare for them is coming true. >it will happen very quickly. The cave will be their tomb.Fucking nightmare fuel.
Somebody should post about the Everest bodies.
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Cavers and potholers are fucking nuts.
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>this thread
Not sure if they were making shit up but someone once posted that people who are obsessed with mountain climbing/cave diving have some type of brain dysfunction that makes them act that way.
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>>92770As soon as I saw this thread I thought of Everest. The most well-known body is "Green Boots" since I'm pretty sure it's close to a commonly taken path (even though it's not the only body you pass on the way up).
>Paljor was part of a three-man group attempting to be the first Indian team to ascend Mt. Everest from the Northeastern route. Unfortunately for the Indian team, their timing couldn’t have been worse: The weather during the 1996 season was extremely volatile; that year would ultimately become one of the deadliest on record for Mount Everest climbers.
>When the storm rolled in, visibility dropped to zero and the temperature dropped. Separated from the climbers in his group and suffering from the cold, Paljor found a small cave and huddled inside for protection from the elements.
>It would become his final resting place.
>Paljor’s body appeared where it is today on May 10th, 1996.It's been 20 years. I wonder how relatives of the dead feel about their loved one's bodies being left on the mountain. There's more tragic stories here if anyone wants to read them, though there are pictures of dead bodies.
http://sometimes-interesting.com/2011/06/29/over-200-dead-bodies-on-mount-everest/ No. 92910
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>>92908There's another famous one, David Sharp who died in May of 2006.
He went up Everest one day, ill prepared with no provisions, radio nor oxygen. During his ascent, he ran into difficulties and decided to take shelter in the cave nearby to where Green Boots body rests. Nobody knows for sure how long he rested there but it was enough that when he attempted to move, he found himself unable to.
Over 40 hikers past David Sharp that day, but nobody attempted to render assistance having believed him already dead. One group did decide to investigate, and as they neared heard his feeble croaks of "help" and realised he was still alive. After over an hour of trying however they were unable to get David to stand on his own, and were forced to abandon him to his fate and move on.
Picture related is his corpse sitting upright in the cave.
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What madness possesses these people.
No. 92966
>>92960The brother prayed several times, and
then called 911 to inform them of the situation.
I was a big unclear about the timeline…it seemed that they had got him out, and given him food and water and let him talk to his wife on the phone. Then the anchor broke and he fell back in. Was the leg breaking situation the second time around? Why did they not just take him out properly the first time?
Also, what kind of maniacs crawl through caves like that with no idea what's on the other side? If you get stuck are you supposed to back yourself out feet first?
No. 92968
>>92966Spelunkers are morons because they go into these caves relying on the chance that everytime they squeeze through one of these death-trap gaps that there's going to be a space on the other side for which they can straighten up and then around.
I suspect this is what happened in John Jones case. He was exploring in an uncharted area of the cave, we know this much, but he must have continued shuffling and squeezing all the time confident that he was about to emerge into a cavern, only to suddenly fall head-first into a choke-point.
I don't mean to disrespect the dead, but the guy was an idiot.
No. 92971
>>92966Yeah they pulled him up enough to a point where he could get pizza and water. At that point they were feeling relieved and like the hardest part was over because they were almost going to get him out. But he needed a break to rest and then during the rest the cord snapped. That's when the leg breaking idea came about bc they were panicking, correct. I really do wish the article was more clear about the timeline/hours.
I think this dude climbed into a hole and then went further, saw a fork, figured it might lead to an exit but instead just went more downward/narrower? He's an idiot. He had a kid at home and a pregnant wife and does this shit. Not to mention the rescue workers were seriously put in danger trying to follow his dumbass.
No. 92982
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This one is pretty awful tbh.
In 2005 a group of Ukrainian teens went down to the catacombs situated below the city of Odessa.
The party involved drugs, but mostly alcohol, and come the morning after the group had had their fill they packed up and left in a still semi-intoxicated state. Because of their intoxication however they failed to realise that they'd left one of their members behind. She was never seen again.
2 years later in 2007 a couple of urban explorers decided to head down into the catacombs to do some mapping and get some interesting photos, and that's where they found her.
The combined length of the catacombs is 2,500 km - 1553.5 miles. The girl had wandered for miles upon miles in complete darkness and silence, probably screaming and begging for help, until eventually her flashlight ran out. From there she wandered blind searching desperately for an exit, until she eventually collapsed and died.
No. 92986
More details on the cave and how he got stuck:
http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/home/50073473-76/john-cave-tunnel-josh.html.cspAlso, spoiler catacomb photo please. I regret reading this thread before bed
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>>92982Fuck me, that is some goddamn nightmare-level shit. Poor girl.
No. 92989
>>92985I don't know. It was probably one of those things where she was so drunk she thought it'd be funny to wander off on her own around a few bends, or maybe she walked off to go take a wee in private and then couldn't find her way back. It's very sad.
>>92986Shit sorry, I forgot. Submitted a report so a mod can fix it.
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>>92985Here's a partial map of one level of the catacombs, problem is is that it is actually multilevel so you can easily wander down a slope without really realising you're going further underground.
Looking at this mess knowing it's only a section of the full length, it's easy to understand how she got lost.
No. 92996
>>92992
>using Vice as a source I'm not surprised that can't find a "credible source" in law enforcement to back up the story. Supposedly when the group originally found the body they did report it to the police who proceeded to do absolutely nothing about it and only eventually mobilised to retrieve the girl's corpse after they brought the story to a Ukrainian journalist who began excerting pressure.
Besides that, the original photo was actually posted to an extreme spelunking/urban exploration forum alongside all the other photos that took of the inside of the catacombs. If it's fake that does provoke the question of where the group got an unsourced photo a corpse in a catacomb-like environment and why would they post it alongside actual photos of them exploring the Odessa catacombs.
Original forum post (btw I got the dates wrong):
http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread_archive.asp?threadid=68818https://picasaweb.google.com/m/viewer#albumlist/ODSKLostWorld No. 93049
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>>92982For anybody doubting the veracity of this, here's the full picture.
No. 93066
>>93064Then by your logic the "true humans" die whilst the ignorant propagate.
I'd rather be on the foolish side than the purported 'intelligent' side dying alone in the dark in a hole so small it's impossible to fully expand my lungs to maximise my screams for reprieve.
No. 93086
>>93057That's creepy as fuck. I wonder how much of it is real. Someone obviously went into the cave at least and the dog being uncharacteristically nervous is very plausible. The breezes and rumbling could have rational explanations. Even the scream could be something else.
But why the fuck would they not only stay there but uncover it and try to make it bigger again? And then go back again? If anything like that happened they are beyond stupid and have no survival instincts whatsoever.
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>>93760googling further info on this, found this collage
they mistook Jack for some dead climber kek
No. 93929
>>93760I read a bit more about this and what was really offputting is that some of those climbers that died had pregnant wifes or children. Is it really such an important achievement to pay a bunch of experienced climbers to drag you up there?
One climber barely got away with his life and cried about how he lost his hands and nose due to the cold. How do you do something so dangerous and expect to get away healthy?
It's just so selfish, because if anybody tries to rescue you, you are endangering their life up there.
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>>93929There's a really prolific Everest death involving a British man named David Sharp. He made the ascent in 2006, successfully reached the summit, and on his ascent ran into difficulties and stopped to rest at the cave which played grave to Green Boots - a fatal mistake. Without noticing, his limbs quickly froze into position and his metabolic rate/enzymatic function slowed to a crawl. He ended up surviving the entire night exposed to the full extent of the elements, but by then it was too late.
The next day it's estimated that a total of around 40 other climbers passed by Sharp on their ascent, however they received mass criticism for having not stopped to 'rescue' him. People don't seem to get however that the guy had spent the entire night exposed , his body was frozen into a hunched, sitting position, his limbs effectively frozen logs of beef at this point.
In a place like Everest the concept of a 'rescue' is something a person is even permitted to enter your mind. You simply can't risk it. It's not just the thin air or the exhaustion, the cold will fuck your mind up. One minute you might be trying to roll this guy down a path to safety, then you'll start thinking about hot you are, remove your hat, your gloves, but suddenly you're feeling sleepy so you sit down to take a break, and before you know you're David Sharp 2.0 and there's 40 more climbers walking past you.
What people expect others to do? Carry these people down?
No. 93936
>>93933It's a deeply masculine thing - also a deeply white thing, they're trying to recreate the idea of heroism and individual triumph in an age that seems absent of them.
Few hundred years ago these people would have proven themselves on the battlefield.
No. 93951
>>93933As far as I recall, there even were people who tried to rescue him. But since his frame and limbs became frozen so quickly, there wasn't really anything one could do to help. His body was pretty much frozen and half destroyed, he could not even get up or cry for help. Who knows if he even would have survived after several hours out in the cold, harsh climate.
There are a few links in this thread which are pretty insightful on why rescue most of the times is not even
not an option, but downright impossible.
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>>92982>>92996I have doubts that the story is fake. The original poster of the image went into the catacombs 2-3 days a week and had countless other photos of the area over a span of many years. He also explained how multiple people die every year getting lost in the catacombs, so it would be strange to devise a story for this one girl when it's not a very rare occurrence for people to die down there.
Some relevant, interesting information lifted from the original forum thread:
>During the time she was inside her "friends" didn't try to take her bоdy out. Probably they were frightened. А few explorers were comming inside to make photos of her. I made this photo in Аpril 2005. Аfter thаt I called police, but they did not want to go inside. Her body was far from the exit. In the end my friend, а famous journalist, wrote аn article with а lot of photos of this poor girl аnd showed it to the government. After this during 24 hours her body has been taken out.
>Her body was 5 km away from the entrance, so only a few explorers knew where did she die. That is why she was lying there being a photo sight.We know nothing about this poor girl. Only her name and age. We knew nothing about her parents. Most probably that she didn,t tell her parents where is she going to be, so they could not even suppose, that she could be in catacombs.
>Her name was Mariya No. 94202
>>94200We usually compare death rates per-capita, so frequency of the activity doesn't really come into play here. The point is that every day people will drive around two tonnes of metal quite happily without thinking about it, when in reality it is an extremely dangerous activity. Same goes for smoking, overeating, not exercising etc etc. What people perceive as dangerous or most likely to kill them is just wildly incorrect most of the time. You could die of anything at any time, why let that fear paralyse you and prevent you from doing something you love?
>It still doesn't make it safe.If you follow all of the safety rules and don't act like an idiot, it's a very safe hobby man.
>>94201Man I love Honold he's an adorable dork. I honestly don't think he'll die climbing - he'll quit before he gets bad enough.
No. 94236
So the family of the vegan Australian professor who died on Everest was looking for "answers".
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/25/world/everest-deaths-climb-maria-strydom/index.html?sr=fbCNN052516everest-deaths-climb-maria-strydom1110PMVODtopLink&linkId=24879807I feel for them that they learned about her death from the paper but instead of going to the media and public Facebook why not sort it out in private?
And then, they wanted the body back, so 13 Sherpas had to go up and haul it down at risk to their lives. The weather conditions were too dangerous for the helicopters to pick up the body so there was that delay/danger too. For a corpse.
I'm incredibly irritated now.
No. 94242
>>94240Agreed. But isn't this a discussion you have with your family before you go? Why is repatriation insurance (paid) even an option? If someone wants to volunteer to bring your loved ones body back that's on them, but once you pay the poor Sherpas they won't turn it down, and they may take unadvised risks because they're being paid to do it. It's selfish on the family's part too. The story upthread about the diver who died bringing up a body had the same thing: the family didn't stop him from risking his life to do it, and were happy(?) to see the headless corpse in the mortuary because his body still looked like him. Grief does weird and horrible things to people, or are people actually that selfish?
The mum had commented her questions on Alan Arnette's (mountaineer who chronicles each season) blog. These included not enough time spent at a particular camp, what happened when, who was there etc. He wrote a blog post afterward that basically says that climbers should research and take responsibility for their own choices on the mountain, and things may still go wrong, because it's an 8000m mountain and people die in the Death Zone and everywhere else.
No. 94245
>>94171indeed
I saw a video of some stupid teenagers doing stupid shit near a passing train and a protuding part instakills one of them. No visible blood but his neck seemed to be badly broken
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No. 94260
>>92964Is this a person or a corpse
Fuuuuuuuuuck
No. 94262
>>94252THIS ONE IS THE WORST BECAUSE HIS GRIP DOESN'T LOOK VERY SOLID
AAAHHHH THIS THREAD
TRIGGERS ME
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I think this girl is dead. I'll have to dig up the source later.
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These Russian dudes must lack an amygdala. I'll never understand
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>>94324Oh that's right. Thanks haha don't know how I missed that
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This upsets me. I feel so bad for that dog. Does anyone have a good reason why this wouldn't be animal abuse? Like..educate me..
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>>94323
>mfw there is a close-up shot of a dead person's bloody faceI probably should have known better. Who needs sleep, anyway?
I feel bad regardless because no one goes into this hoping to smear their face across a cliffside, but on the other hand, they have to know the risk involved. It's sucks that someone died because their friend didn't pack their parachute right, though.
How can people continue to do this after witnessing death multiple times? Wouldn't it become so draining? Just one of those things you can't understand.
No. 94413
daily reminder that people don't always die the instant they hit the ground in falling-related deaths. A lot of the time they "bounce" and are still alive in a mangled state beyond the point of saving when paramedics arrive on the scene
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3ganoc/til_women_are_twice_as_likely_to_initiate_a/ctwe5nfso I guess if youre going to scale buildings for thrills, at least go high enough to where you WILL die instantly if you fall
No. 94428
>>94419When I nearly died via drowning, it was weirdly peaceful. I was just thinking "Huh. I guess this is it then." Everything was slow and quiet and I had no idea which way was up or how to get out of the water. Just before I blacked out, my hand bumped the handle of my tube and I pulled myself up. The people I was tubing with were a lot more scared than I was because I was under the water for a couple minutes. (I was an idiot and went over a drainage fall while tubing down a river, fell off, and got sucked under the water in a very deep spot with super strong current)
9/10 would do again.
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>>94439>14mb gifYou're
triggering me
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This bread is awesome and I want to share one of my favorite cool/creepy nature spots.
This is right outside my old college town. Wicked cool place, but pretty terrifying. It's called Jacob's Well. There are only 8 confirmed deaths IIRC but it's said to be one of the most dangerous diving spots in the world.
Safe for jumping into, but stupid to dive in to the lower chambers.
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Although it's not on the same level of scary as caving or diving, have any of you seen these retards on motorcycles riding around with no helmets, especially on busy freeways?
It's getting warm here in the US again so a lot of men do this shit.
There was an accident here where 2 people were riding on a motorcycle and hit a bus, neither of them were wearing helmets, and one ended up with a crushed skull dying instantly while the other ended up in a coma.
No. 190715
>>190707Saw a case like that. Man vs. deer, no helmet. Brain-dead after a few hours. In fact, the doctor walked into the ED, the first words out of his mouth being "His brain is fucked up."
Biking drunk on narrow causeways freaks me out, how people do that stuff past 20MPH is beyond me.
No. 190742
>>93094I know this post is 11 months old but
>If we slipped he might not of just killed himself but could of fellDamn anon, how high were you when typed that?
No. 190775
>>190707Riding a bike without a helmet is just as bad as caving solely for the fact that many bikers are on their bike every day or almost every day.
My uncle died riding his bike a couple years ago. As a kid when I first rode with him I asked, "do you wear a helmet?" He said "never". I asked him why not, he said "it doesn't feel right and dying on my bike would be the best way to go". I can understand the logic but also what the fuck dude you have a wife and 3 kids, one with autism that has to stay home. That's what pisses me off, why put yourself in a risky situation every single day if you have a family who's depending on you? Helmets are one ugly "stupid" thing you put on your head for a little while that could spare you another few decades of your life and spare your family a lot of grief and struggle. Pretty simple and easy. Riding motorcycles without helmets is especially stupid, even more stupid than riding in a car with no seat belt.
This is the most bloggy blogpost I've ever blogposted, sorry.
No. 190807
>>190707All the time, I usually give them a lot of room in front of me because they're unpredictable. Worst is when you have 2 of them, one in each lane, matching speed so no one can pass…
Or when the scantily clad gf is on the back wearing even less while the boyfriend drives poorly.
No. 190842
Yay I'm glad this thread is being revived from the dead. I still remember posting it a year ago because I just NEEDED someone else to see this craziness. The replies have been great, I love lolcow. Anyway I don't think this has been mentioned, but the death of Jan Davis is kind of frustrating. It happened here in Yosemite,CA
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/23/news/mn-25364Here's the article but I can summarize. Basically Jan and her husband were notorious for basejumping from Yosemite and had their equipment taken away from them by authorities as a result. They decided to protest this by doing a jump off of El Capitan. Because Jan didn't have her normal gear she was using a rental gear for this jump. Little did she realized the string to deploy the parachute was not where it normally was on this rental gear. Mid air, Jan was frantically trying to figure out where the string was. The rental gear had the string near her legs, an important detail Jan and her husband seemed to not go over beforehand. She died on impact never finding the string and she created this huge crater in the ground. Oh and her husband filmed this entire thing.
No. 190935
Thanks everyone who posted in this thread so far, it's been freaking me the fuck out. I've no idea what possesses people to do things like this, I suppose it's for the adrenaline or approval of others but is it really worth risking your life? Just ride a rollercoaster or something.
>>190911I've always wanted to do urban exploration but idk how people get the guts to do things like this. Knowing my country, these kinds of places would be full of homeless drug adicts shooting up. It'd absolutely terrify me to come across someone else.
That Exploring with Josh guy comes across other people during his explorations regularly but they're always just other explorers. I can't believe his luck.
No. 190989
>>190911Omg don't hate on Dan Bell anon, also he doesn't explore at night anymore and doesn't go alone after this incident. The hotel room series he has right now is amazing.
He has another video where he goes to an abandoned childrens asylum (twice) and during the day you can tell someone's inside bc there's an eye in one of the door peepholes.
No. 190991
>>190989Oh I don't hate him or anything, I just thought his night exploring of downtown places like these were stupid risky.
I like the hotel and abandoned mall series. Rick is hilarious.
>during the day you can tell someone's inside bc there's an eye in one of the door peepholesYeah I saw that too. Someone is peering from the hole and suddenly there's a click sound and the figure leaves.
No. 193237
>>92958I know this is a year late but here's what happened:
They did try. They had managed to screw a bunch of hooks into the walls and set up a rope to pull him through (the leg breaking part). They managed to get him moving, but one of the hooks pulled out of the wall, nailed a rescuer in the face, broke his jaw, and dropped the guy back into the hole.
I'd just ask them to kill me if I were him.
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If you want stupid, read about BASE jumpers who do radio masts.
Almost all of them either break in or jump the fence, which pisses the owners off to no end. Radio masts are also full of FUN things like RF hazards, where your eyes can get slow cooked if you're not careful, shock hazards, and of course fall hazards. There's numerous stories of people cratering because they thought they could jump off of a 400 foot mast just fine, hitting guy wires (thick steel cables) on the way down, landing in power lines, shocking themselves and falling off, and general stuff which would be more at home in an episode of jackass than up a giant metal stick.
No. 193240
>>193239My dad used to climb towers (not for sport) and almost fell one day because a portion of it had fallen into poor shape. One of the riggers who worked for him broke his arm under the force of pulleys and cables, and had to wait three hours for someone to come and rescue him. Getting up them is dangerous enough with all the proper equipment and training, so I legit do not understand BASE jumping off of one of them.
This one guy jumped off a 2,000 foot tall tower and still died because he was hit by something on his way down. And he was being accompanied by someone who's jumped over 400 times and still died because of lack of forethought.
>http://www.grindtv.com/random/base-jumping-icon-arrested-following-fatal-jump-in-georgia/#2bzyZUxgZiWaxJbT.97But I can't say much, because I'm a pussy who is scared of even driving. I'd love to someday learn to mountain climb, though.
No. 193251
>>193243>>193244these videos need to be titled "white men weeding themselves out of the gene pool." rip to the kid who literally got murdered by his friend from being pushed off a roof, what the fuck.
at the very least, more of the assholes climbing could've worn helmets
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>>193290Lol the dude in the second is such a pussy. You're fine, idiot! The rescuers are bad ass though. I wonder how stupid they must think all these people are as they're dropping in from a helicopter to save their asses lol
>>193288And this is why I don't fuck with amusement park rides besides Disneyland and Six Flags. And even then I'm kinda hesitant. These are kinda sad though because they're not adrenaline junkies they're families who are taking their kids out for a good time, mostly. Also, I guess the family of that kid who died on that huge water slide in Kansas just got a settlement for 20 million.
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>>193295Here's a better pic of the slide
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lol sorry I don't mean to spam I just still don't understand why people thought this was a good. For a ride ?? Like the whole weight distribution thing is sketchy af. A little kid gets on with 2 heavy ladies of course he's gonna fly off once the speed bump hits. Still, i feel bad for the kid and his family
No. 193301
>>92758stories like these are the reason im claustrophobic
>>92769how can you be so fucking stupid to go into a cave, know it can flood and not fucking inform yourself about the weather?
>>92813ooh god whyyy
>>92908there was a 13 year old dying on mount everest just a few weeks ago. seriously though im asking myself who lets their 13 year old climb up there when even the death rate amongst adults is 1 out of 10.
No. 193303
>>193300Yeah, that too. My bad, didn't mean to leave them out. And any people who had to witness that shit in general
I like this video. They're doing donuts and then BOOM. Trainwreck.
No. 193306
>>94324nah, this:
>>94320 is Angela Nikolau
this:
>>93999 was called Xenia Ignatyeva
No. 193307
>>94436it's usually some chemicals that make you feel at ease and peaceful and adrenaline - even when you dont feel panicy - that makes you go numb.
Just like that monk that light himself to fire. After a short span of shock and pain the body shuts down. But it takes a tremendously big amount of willpower to not stand up and run.
No. 193309
this makes me think about metro suiciders. not for fun - okay, but actually when I was suicidal in my teenage years i always thought this was a way to go.
I stumbled upon this through a show from the 80s or 90s that I dont remember the name of (something like "nighttime taxi talk" or something), where people would get into the taxi and just tell stories. It actually was really cool not like that bullcrap there is nowadays with shows in taxis.
In one episode there was a paramedic or police men in and he said it happened quite often that people jumping in front of a subway would just get caught up squeezed betweed the subway itself and the rail resulting in them getting swirled or twisted - literally - around their body midst. the swirling keeps them from actually dying because they dont bleed and the pressure keeps the blood in the upper body moving, but there is no way to save a person that is like that. so even if they cry and scream and regret there is nothing you can do about it at that point besides calling their family and getting them down there to say good bye, because as soon as you lift the subway and get them out there they bleed to death.
graphic video related:
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>>193288>>193295>>193298>>193299thanks im never going on any amusement park rides again
>>193309i think out of all the dangerous activities in this thread, this one is the most nauseating. that video is so gross fuck
No. 193359
>>193355OMG anon! Perfect analogy for a
twisted circumstance, I haven't heard of anything Junji Ito in forever haha
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>>193355>>193359Glad I wasn't the only one thinking that!
Reminds me of this idiot who gets twisted up in the tires of a car
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>>193309
>resulting in them getting swirled or twisted - literally - around their body…say good bye, because as soon as you lift the subway and get them out there they bleed to death. This is also known as the 'smiling death' or 'Crush Syndrome'. There's no going back from these type of injuries; they're also quite common in industrial accidents/machinery. Those who end up being held together by mechanical moving-parts are considered to have 'Injuries incompatible with living' meaning, no CPR, they've had it.
Speaking of the term 'Incompatible with living', and while we're on the subject of theme parks and/or industrial equipment- remember that horrific tragedy at Australia's Dreamworld last October?
It was on a (rather tame)river-rapid type ride, but when the tube capsized and flipped, 4 people were killed. 2 people were drowned/crushed under the raft, and the other two managed to get mangled up in the machinery. The machinery happened to look like a medieval torture device, or a giant industrial meat-grinder…
here's a clip of the ride, before the tragedy happened;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kva1jEyppe4So very flawed because anyone could quite feasibly end up being thrown into it! The only safety these rides tend to have is a Velcro strap.
For some merciful reason, the two other raft occupants were kids, and they were thrown clear of danger. Or perhaps cruel irony that they saw their parents getting mangled.
I was so morbidly curious about the whole thing, that I wanted to know what exactly happened. There IS cctv footage of the accident, but I doubt it will ever be leaked. I want to see what it looks like. They were once human beings with feelings, thoughts and dreams.
And now they are/were just a bunch of organic matter which barley looks like the humans they once were.
Anyway the first paramedic on the scene said (rather coldly imo) that the four people had 'sustained injuries incompatible with living'. The only press pictures released was shot from a helicopter; park staff/emergency scenes frantically covering parts of the drained ride with blankets to cover up various blood/scattered body parts.
Imagine witnessing something like that.
No. 193384
>>193303Motorsports has always dangerous business, even if for the last 50 years they've been working to make it safer.
Though, I'd say it's a successful effort of reducing deaths from once a month affair to once a decade affair.
No. 193480
>>94428>>94436I got trapped underwater once and blacked out. Nearly drowning was an awful experience and I'm still surprised that so many people had calmer experiences. There was never a point where I felt like I wanted to drift off peacefully, it was honestly just fear and pain for me. I wonder if your personality and whether it's salt or freshwater makes a difference. Maybe I'm just a wimp though.
sage for blogpost
No. 193511
>>94428I almost drowned once too. They were pulling the covers at night and I had a brainfart, so by the time I realized what was going on the covers were already over me.
I managed to swim all the way to the end though, and to this day have told no one else about it.
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>>193303>>193384A lot of people think the efforts to make F1 safer ended up making the sport less exciting.
Awesome movie sort-of-related.