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Originally Posted by jaffles
Now you've got the juices going. When I was 17 I did what was called Rap Jumping of 150ft cliffs. Basically comando forward abseiling like you have hear. Its the strangest feeling to run as hard as you can and leap off an edge.
Being 17 however, that wasn't enough though. I discovered when you let go of the rope you really start to move. And can you see the whites in the eyes of the belayer match his face. Think i made his day too.
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I had a roommate in Germany who was a US Army Rappel Master. He used to rappel face first out of Huey's. To speed up the trip to the ground, they'd haul up a bunch of rope and then hook up with 40-50ft of rope coiled up on the floor of the Huey. Then they'd jump out and free fall until the coiled up rope ran out. They'd have just enough time to break their fall before hitting the ground. He said he and some other Rappel Masters put on a demo (Dog and Pony Show) once at an NFL game by doing the same free fall bit from inside a domed stadium. That's when you really want things to go right.
