I did not know that she asked for it; I was working off several comments like this:
That type of “jump” uses a swinging action rather than elastic rope to break your fall but is still heavily dependent on the idiots working the attraction to tie it to you.
Done correctly, you need to be carrying forward momentum so they toss you rather than trust you to jump outwards enough.
It was invented by rock climbers. Different from bungee.
While I’m going off just the way things sound (because I don’t speak Portuguese) that video does not appear to have anyone particularly concerned until just after she was thrown [I admit I stopped watching just after they threw her off, when the camera focused on the rope on the ground and it was apparent what had happened).
I’m not sure how the fact that the instructors are wearing harnesses is relevant? The woman’s harness/rope/whatever was still clearly not connected to her, and is still on the ground in the video.
I have not seen the video. I am just remarking on what the article says compared to your comment. Perhaps the rope in the video that you see is the one attached to the instructors mentioned in the article. Or, the article is wrong. Again, just remarking on differences between your account and the article’s reporting.
I did not know that she asked for it; I was working off several comments like this:
While I’m going off just the way things sound (because I don’t speak Portuguese) that video does not appear to have anyone particularly concerned until just after she was thrown [I admit I stopped watching just after they threw her off, when the camera focused on the rope on the ground and it was apparent what had happened).
I’m not sure how the fact that the instructors are wearing harnesses is relevant? The woman’s harness/rope/whatever was still clearly not connected to her, and is still on the ground in the video.
I have not seen the video. I am just remarking on what the article says compared to your comment. Perhaps the rope in the video that you see is the one attached to the instructors mentioned in the article. Or, the article is wrong. Again, just remarking on differences between your account and the article’s reporting.
The rope in the video (available in the comment link above) is very clearly not linked to one of the instructors.