When Swinging From an Arch Goes Wrong | Disastrous Feat in Moab

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  • čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
  • On March 25, 2013, in the heart of Utah's desert, a young man named Kyle Lee stood beneath the magnificent Corona Arch. Corona Arch is a geological marvel with stunning natural landscapes that Utah is renowned for. In February of 2012, filmmaker Devin Graham assembled a group of 12 friends and journeyed to the famous Arch near Moab. The resulting footage, titled "The World's Largest Rope Swing," amassed 20 million views on CZcams, attracting a wave of adventurous enthusiasts to the site. Many people were going there to swing after the craze took off from the popular CZcams video. Nevertheless, this didn’t stop adventure seekers like Kyle Lee Stocking from attempting the feat. All understood the danger of the activity.
    0:00 Introduction
    0:40 Rope Swinging/Corona Arch
    2:25 The History of Rope Swinging at Corona Arch
    4:34 Kyle Lee Stocking's Rope Swinging Disaster
    7:04 The Aftermath
    10:37 Conclusion
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  • @michellep9999
    @michellep9999 Před 5 měsíci +279

    I’m one of the detractors. I would be upset to hike to a canyon for a spiritual connection, especially an arch in Moab, and see and hear this kind of commotion because adrenaline junkies took over.
    Great story, OD.

    • @migmigjohnson9351
      @migmigjohnson9351 Před 5 měsíci +16

      That's because you were raised to believe the world is all about you.

    • @tvdvd8661
      @tvdvd8661 Před 5 měsíci +2

      ​@pandaangry1267do they really?
      I've never heard of rope swinging before this if they really did then you would think most people would know about this like the people who take pictures on top of buildings

    • @migmigjohnson9351
      @migmigjohnson9351 Před 5 měsíci +6

      @pandaangry1267 Wrong. You don't know what those rope swingers were thinking. You're assuming.
      Thrill seeking is the way for them to enjoy life as much as sitting around and looking at nature is the way for you (and most complainers) to enjoy life. I'm not saying people like you are bad. Quite the opposite - you all seem to want to build a world where getting a papercut is impossible.
      Good luck with that.

    • @migmigjohnson9351
      @migmigjohnson9351 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@fiddlersthree8463 And you people are "spoiling it" for future generations every time you run to daddy government demanding more and more restrictions for your comfort. If you ever decide to study history, you'll figure out where this leads.

    • @downbytheriver501
      @downbytheriver501 Před 5 měsíci +7

      @@migmigjohnson9351I say we should ban walkers and sightseers because they’re the ones ruining my experience. Slamming on their brakes in the middle of the road with no consideration for the safety of others because they want to take a picture of a fricken rabbit on said road and closing down OHV travel under the guise of protecting some rare albino snow tortoise or some shit like that.
      BAN THE WALKERS.

  • @michaelangelo7511
    @michaelangelo7511 Před 5 měsíci +86

    Nothing better than a 150 foot jump with a 160 foot rope.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Nothing like failing physics. Your tax dollars at work.

    • @michellebaca1024
      @michellebaca1024 Před 5 měsíci +2

      That’s what happened?

    • @MsLouisVee
      @MsLouisVee Před 4 měsíci +2

      You would think he would’ve been a test drop first at the very least😮

    • @mvd4436
      @mvd4436 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Why didn't they do a test run with a bag of sand or something ? Because that isn't cool.

    • @themobseat
      @themobseat Před 2 měsíci

      🤣🤣

  • @princesscandlewax5170
    @princesscandlewax5170 Před 5 měsíci +23

    And here we have the answer to that question often asked by middle school math students, “when am I ever going to need to know this in real life?”.

  • @mylittlepitbull3143
    @mylittlepitbull3143 Před 5 měsíci +37

    My advice is that if you are going to do a rope swing from a 200 ft arch, don't use a 210 ft rope.

    • @davidc3648
      @davidc3648 Před 5 měsíci +6

      He got the entire rope kit from ... Acme. Supplier to the Coyote.

    • @_nick_d
      @_nick_d Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@davidc3648haha how hard is it to tie a backpack to the rope as a dry run.

  • @johndef5075
    @johndef5075 Před 5 měsíci +28

    For anyone who hasnt been there you cant imagine how scenic Utah is. And Ive only been to the Moab and Canyonlands area. So much variety and even in the desert often there are snowcapped peaks on the horizon.

    • @outdoordisasters
      @outdoordisasters  Před 5 měsíci +6

      Been there a few times. My favorite place on planet earth. Incredible landscape.

    • @_nick_d
      @_nick_d Před 5 měsíci

      And sometimes as you drive north, you can see random waterfalls along the highway. Utah is a true adventurer’s paradise

  • @edfederoff2679
    @edfederoff2679 Před 5 měsíci +77

    Salute to whoever wrote the conclusion. It's not syrup on pancakes - it's a well thought-out, soberly analyzed, beautifully written and expressed call to play sensibly in the outdoors. Was the rope pre-stretched? How much effort and time would it have taken to drop the rope off for a visual confirmation, and haul it back up? You get what you inspect - not necessarily what you expect.

    • @heatherlouise814
      @heatherlouise814 Před 5 měsíci +16

      the length does seem like it would be the one thing you would make sure of- if anything. from the opinion of someone who would never do anything like this anyways.

    • @CanyoneeringUSA
      @CanyoneeringUSA Před 5 měsíci +6

      I am surprised, and also happy, that this article did not delve into the technical mistakes made by Kyle and his group. The rope is not "pre-stretched", that is not how climbing ropes work - a technical flub early in the article. And yes, people who know what they are doing load up a duffle bag with 200 lbs and drop that first, to make sure they have the length correct. And then shorten it another 10 feet, just to be sure. SAD.

    • @Sr.DeathKnight
      @Sr.DeathKnight Před 5 měsíci +2

      "You get what you inspect - not necessarily what you expect."
      I will take that as a battle cry for my engineering work. Thanks.

    • @Reality_TV
      @Reality_TV Před 5 měsíci +1

      THIS! The best part of your comment is "You Get What You Inspect - Not Necessarily What You Expect!"!

    • @freefall9832
      @freefall9832 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Lame platitudes

  • @Rushyyz3
    @Rushyyz3 Před 5 měsíci +10

    I remember that old saying “ Go take a long walk off a short pier.”

  • @jessicasnaplesfl7474
    @jessicasnaplesfl7474 Před 5 měsíci +36

    How could anyone "MISCALCULATE" the length of rope necessary for a safe and successful swing from an arch?
    I would have measured and checked my measurements time and again, with the final measurement made by lowering the swing rope with a rock attached to the bottom to make sure the rock didn't come anywhere near the ground, and subtracted 15 feet for good measure!

    • @outdoordisasters
      @outdoordisasters  Před 5 měsíci +6

      My guess they didn't do the checks. When watching videos about people swinging from the arch, saw many times when they tied a heavy sack to the line and swung it.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Better idea? Just stay off the mountain. Still alive.

    • @_nick_d
      @_nick_d Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@outdoordisastersdid any reports say who rigged up the stuff before the guy jumped?

  • @Oklahoma-Dreaming
    @Oklahoma-Dreaming Před 5 měsíci +27

    I have a fear of confined spaces, a fear of fire, and a fear of heights. They all have served me well.

  • @Myn6211
    @Myn6211 Před 5 měsíci +20

    Thankfully I can find enough thrills in life without throwing myself off a cliff attached only by a rope that may or may not hold me. Geee eesh!

  • @richardsnyder6087
    @richardsnyder6087 Před 5 měsíci +22

    A lot of flowery speech to say that jumping off a high point with a rope longer than the drop is about as insane as it gets. Turns out evolution works to preserve at least a minimum standard of mental competence in the species.

    • @debmagel
      @debmagel Před 5 měsíci

      Not just insane but stupid

    • @kidynamite58
      @kidynamite58 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Flowery isn't the word, I think this was written by some Hollwood writer out on strike. I think he passed the audition.

    • @cleopatraoatcake7364
      @cleopatraoatcake7364 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@kidynamite58 Also, I wonder how the writer knew what this man was thinking while falling to his terrible death?

  • @jeepliving1
    @jeepliving1 Před 5 měsíci +175

    And this year's Wile E. Coyote Award goes to .........

  • @stormsiren7207
    @stormsiren7207 Před 5 měsíci +25

    The damage to the arches alone should make it illegal, nevermind the danger to the humans who are dumb enough to do it. If such things are the only way you can enjoy life, I think your senses are too dull.

    • @Errcyco
      @Errcyco Před 5 měsíci +3

      Real nature-lovers need to quit posting their cool videos online.. they are doing it for innocent reason. But some dickheads from IG that think influencer is a career will go blow the spot up and try to rope it off like they are filming a movie.. or try and film themselves doing it for views cause FOMO.
      It’s fascinating and depressing.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Often former drug addicts.

  • @repetemyname842
    @repetemyname842 Před 5 měsíci +46

    Measure twice, jump once.

    • @heatherlouise814
      @heatherlouise814 Před 5 měsíci +4

      haha best comment

    • @TugSkipper45
      @TugSkipper45 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Actually Measure twice, jump more than once 🙈

    • @delilahboa
      @delilahboa Před 5 měsíci

      How about respect this amazing planet and don’t jump at all 😡

  • @kristinfrazee2097
    @kristinfrazee2097 Před 5 měsíci +28

    I personally don't think it's courage that they do this I think it's ego I think it's complete lack of care and concern for the historic surroundings. And I'm grateful that the park shut it down😊

    • @PHUCKyoutube689
      @PHUCKyoutube689 Před 5 měsíci +2

      No it takes courage. Just admit you don't have it. This wasn't in a park it was on public BLM land. The archs in the parks have always been protected. There were only a couple archs that were not protected that these people can have their experience at.

    • @beastmodeforever8674
      @beastmodeforever8674 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@PHUCKyoutube689it takes courage to be an idiot got it good advice

    • @PHUCKyoutube689
      @PHUCKyoutube689 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@beastmodeforever8674 It does actually. You don't have the balls to do it. They know the risk and choose to do it anyway. Until one has experienced the reward, they wouldn't know if the person doing it was an idiot or not.

    • @beastmodeforever8674
      @beastmodeforever8674 Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@PHUCKyoutube689 yea I don't have the balls to kill myself great logic 👍🏽😂

    • @PHUCKyoutube689
      @PHUCKyoutube689 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@beastmodeforever8674 Yeah hundreds if not thousands of jumps and what? One or two deaths. The guy jumping was an idiot, yes but you and others are lumping hundreds of successful jumpers, that take the proper safety precautions with one or two guys.

  • @YosemiteJ
    @YosemiteJ Před 5 měsíci +32

    RIP Kyle. What a tough way to go. Seems like they didn't do the proper safety precautions like swinging a rock or something from the line to make sure. One thing that comes to mind is his friends not only watching it, but thinking about if one of them had gone first. Best channel on YT, hands down!

    • @sheilaathay2034
      @sheilaathay2034 Před 5 měsíci +7

      I hate people climbing, base jumping bungee swinging or anything in our canyons. Too many blood stains all over Utah. I hate it

    • @brianthompson9485
      @brianthompson9485 Před 5 měsíci

      @@sheilaathay2034 I hate you being in Utah... please leave.

    • @freefall9832
      @freefall9832 Před 5 měsíci

      Hahaha, he will be missed.

  • @hazelduerdoth4333
    @hazelduerdoth4333 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Offer me 1 billion cash to do this and the answer would still be ‘ nope I like my sofa better ‘ 🤣🤣🤣

  • @user-hr3dx1ov3s
    @user-hr3dx1ov3s Před 5 měsíci +23

    Why did they allow ropes on this beautiful arch?

  • @dtaylor10chuckufarle
    @dtaylor10chuckufarle Před 5 měsíci +4

    "...a profound lesson in embracing uncertainty and confronting fear." Perfectly stated, OD.

  • @MaryWahlen
    @MaryWahlen Před 5 měsíci +29

    Yikes!! What a crazy thing to do!! To each his own I guess.🤔 As always, thank you so much for another awesome video ❤️

    • @Gizziiusa
      @Gizziiusa Před 5 měsíci +2

      Based on the laws of probability, seems to me it was only a matter of time when someone was either going to get severely/critically injured, or die [most likely from human error].
      Obviously, its an extreme sport. As such, injury and death are a part of the package deal.
      RIP K Lee

  • @MsAdventure531
    @MsAdventure531 Před 5 měsíci +25

    TRAVEL ADVISORY:
    Confucius say, “Man who tie rope then swing from ancient rock formation surely going to Bangkok.”

    • @Gizziiusa
      @Gizziiusa Před 5 měsíci +3

      sum ting wong....wie tu lo !!! bang ding ow !!!

    • @cg5648
      @cg5648 Před 5 měsíci +1

      😂

  • @springsogourne
    @springsogourne Před 5 měsíci +14

    I can’t imagine being the parent of a high risk child.

    • @1neAdam12
      @1neAdam12 Před 5 měsíci

      Those parents were usually proud due to their children being the ones to make important historical discoveries.

    • @vjs4539
      @vjs4539 Před 5 měsíci

      I have a son who is like this, and the worst part about it is listening to my husband bitch about everything my son does. My son wants to become a skydiving instructor, and my husband not only has never gone and watched our son skydive, he gets pissed if anyone in the family even talks about skydiving.

    • @findandobserve
      @findandobserve Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@vjs4539it’s possible he wants to die before his children and not the other way around

  • @timberdaniels7317
    @timberdaniels7317 Před 5 měsíci +19

    Good morning! Thank you for the video! I've never heard of this before and makes me a bit nervous to watch all these people jump although I'm a thrill seeker I admit I wouldn't try it because it looks like they come so close to the ground and rock walls as they swing. It's so tragic that Kyle's life was taken attempting to try this especially since he was so young and had his whole life ahead of him. I pray that Kyle's family will find peace and comfort, and may Kyle rest in peace 🕊️🙏

    • @emcooper3031
      @emcooper3031 Před 5 měsíci +3

      I can't think of it as his life being "taken." No one took it, nothing took it. Not even him. He jumped, it went wrong, that's it. His life abruptly ended. Period.

  • @angelaknisely-marpole7679
    @angelaknisely-marpole7679 Před 5 měsíci +12

    I'm sorry, but it serves him right for jumping. The area is a spiritual one for the indigenous native indians and so should not be violated.

    • @PHUCKyoutube689
      @PHUCKyoutube689 Před 5 měsíci

      America has no indigenous natives. They are early asian immigrants not natives to the Americas.

    • @MaTTheWish
      @MaTTheWish Před 5 měsíci +2

      Serves him right. You sound spiritual.. Not

  • @user-gs1sf9tf5g
    @user-gs1sf9tf5g Před 5 měsíci +12

    as a very proud U-tanion i fully believe that these areas are very majestic & very old & everyone should in deed try to see these beautiful areas we have to offer but respect should always be given to those in these areas & to these beautiful arches themselves as we truly are lucky to still have them available & not ropped off like so many other areas of the like here in Utah, as this to one day like so many other areas of the like will soon be unavailable to the public is my prediction.

    • @pakde8002
      @pakde8002 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Social media has ruined more unique places than anything else. I've lived in Bali for a long time and I cringe every time a CZcamsr posts another "I discovered a secret paradise in Bali" video because within two years it will be overrun with back packers.

    • @i_love_rescue_animals
      @i_love_rescue_animals Před 5 měsíci

      @@pakde8002 I feel your pain. I'm in a similar situation where I live.

  • @Gizziiusa
    @Gizziiusa Před 5 měsíci +27

    Based on the laws of probability, seems to me it was only a matter of time when someone was either going to get severely/critically injured, or die [most likely from human error].
    Obviously, its an extreme sport. As such, injury and death are a part of the package deal.
    RIP K Lee

    • @pakde8002
      @pakde8002 Před 5 měsíci +2

      The best example yet of human error is the guy who forgot his parachute.

  • @mtadams2009
    @mtadams2009 Před 5 měsíci +10

    As an old man, thats what younger people like to call me I find the whole bolting thing disturbing. Back in the day there was two types of climbing top roping and lead climbing or as you he people now call it trad climbing. There was no sport climbing and fixed anchors were rare. One of my younger family members who went to school for environmental science sees nothing wrong with drilling holes in the rock, it enables indoor climbers to feel safe on climbs they have not earned the skills to climb certain climbs. Then again I am old and have a different view on power tools and rock climbing. Of course what they were doing at this arch would cause damage to the rock. I don’t care so much about peoples safety it’s their responsibility and their life’s. I suppose there other locations this can be done. My advice to younger people stop posting incredibly beautiful places if you want to keep them that way. I keep my favorite tree ski runs a secret and only share them with my closest friends not the internet.

    • @johnchedsey1306
      @johnchedsey1306 Před 5 měsíci +3

      I'm into photography and I've learned to just never tag locations or name them. While I believe everyone has the right to visit places, not all are going to be respectful so I'd rather it be limited to people who will do a little legwork to learn about a cool location

    • @mtadams2009
      @mtadams2009 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@johnchedsey1306 I agree, don’t make things to easy for others. Not everything needs to be posted.

  • @comradewolf4901
    @comradewolf4901 Před 5 měsíci +17

    This is so disrespectful to the natural wonders of this country, and the people that enjoy it responsibly. I can't feel bad for anyone who takes themselves out like this.

    • @nohandleforme....
      @nohandleforme.... Před 5 měsíci +1

      Abusing these beautiful sites this way should be illegal. It makes me sick to see selfish idiots ruining things for everyone else.

    • @Therealchristopherjessup
      @Therealchristopherjessup Před 5 měsíci

      I agree. Hiking trails too. Scars the landscape.
      No respect.

    • @Peace-tk3gr
      @Peace-tk3gr Před 5 měsíci

      Harsh.

  • @johnchedsey1306
    @johnchedsey1306 Před 5 měsíci +17

    If people ever wonder why various govt agencies come in and regulate recreation activities, this is pretty much why. I'm one of those photographer types who would prefer a more serene, peaceful experience in a location such as that. But I'll also admit I'd probably enjoy watching the daredevils for awhile too. Perhaps there is a location or two in the Moab area that could be set aside for the adrenaline junkies that can also be done with the utmost safety in mind.
    I imagine the BLM office in that area is just up to their necks in dealing with the incredible popularity of that part of Utah. I understand they're starting to close off a lot of back roads due to misuse by 4x4s and off roaders. It's a shame that some (but not all) people hear about a cool place and don't have the respect for it when they arrive for their fun.

    • @mommy2libras
      @mommy2libras Před 5 měsíci +3

      It's one thing when people are standing around, taking pictures, hiking by, etc. You could realistically hike out there and still get a good clean shot in between other visitors on a busy day. But when people were doing this, you might wait hours because a bunch of people showed up to swing, take time to set up, hang out, everyone does their thing a few times while another group has shown up and is already getting set up for their turn. Not to mention that continuing to allow this activity would cause the degradation and eventual destruction of the natural feature, all because some believe that because a place exists, they're entitled to use it however they see fit. They can get the same rush by jumping off one of the thousands of cliffs into water or whatever else- bungee jumping, climbing natural features they won't literally destroy, etc.

  • @omahaL98
    @omahaL98 Před 5 měsíci +9

    Couldn't pay me enough do a high risk maneuver.

  • @xxxxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    @xxxxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Před 5 měsíci +4

    Where have you been all my life? Every video I watch draws me deeper into your unique art form of telling stories. Love your channel!

  • @SilentThundersnow
    @SilentThundersnow Před 5 měsíci +13

    SO WELL DONE! I was hoping you would do this story. You nailed it.
    I love how you respected the difference between safety and taking risks.
    Risks aren't wrong, but exactly like you said, extreme risk needs extreme safety measures.
    Your warning will hopefully give heed to people to be smart.
    Don't stop having fun, but be smart. What a great ending.
    There's a temptation to make all risks illegal to humans, but we must be allowed to choose our risks, with informed consent. All of them except the most dangerous need to be left up to adults to choose their risks if they aren't harming others or ancient formations. I'm glad they made these places off limits, without making the sport entirely illegal.
    Well done! 👍🏻

  • @matthewbjordahl2866
    @matthewbjordahl2866 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Love your uploads keep them coming very binge worthy content

  • @davidborboa77
    @davidborboa77 Před 5 měsíci +5

    I'm definitely not trying to offend anyone. But I think it's important to be honest with ourselves and others. He was not "killed", he jumped of a cliff. The fact the I have to censor my words in this comment shows how soft our society has gotten. Brutal honesty is better than having everything sugar-coated all the time. We learn way more. I am not trying to say he did it to himself on purpose. And I do feal for the family. But was not killed.

  • @debbieellett9093
    @debbieellett9093 Před 5 měsíci +6

    Not a chance I would leap off of anything!

  • @petratuccino717
    @petratuccino717 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Wow amazing craziness! Tfs great job and especially awesome to hear u are Awake! I was shocked when u said "thousands of years" instead of falsely stating millions of years. ❤😊❤ great channel

    • @debmagel
      @debmagel Před 5 měsíci

      I noticed that too 👍

  • @thedinkydreads9351
    @thedinkydreads9351 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Can I just say how beautifully written the script was - great job!

  • @jphwife
    @jphwife Před 5 měsíci +6

    Sorry, but I think most people wouldn’t think that they had the right to damage a public space like this. Drilling holes into the arch? Who would think they had the right to do that? You may as well carve your name into the stone. So very disrespectful to the land and to your fellow human beings who would like to admire its beauty.

  • @sharonrigs7999
    @sharonrigs7999 Před 5 měsíci +5

    A sober reminder of gravity

  • @BBQDad463
    @BBQDad463 Před 5 měsíci +11

    Thank you for this video.
    He/they did not check and verify the correct length of the rope. So much for, "He knows what he's doing. Everything gets double- and triple-checked for safety."
    I feel great sympathy for all the friends and family whose hearts were broken by this tragic, nonsensical, needless death. It is almost 11 years later. I bet dollars to doughnuts that they still mourn him and grieve the loss.

  • @Lori-lp6uc
    @Lori-lp6uc Před 5 měsíci +5

    I wish that someone would design and build structures for swinging, bungee jumping, skateboarding, biking, etc. These beautiful, age-old, natural formations should be off limits to such activities. Too much human interference can cause irreversible damage. Just sayin

  • @swingman50
    @swingman50 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I climbed to this arch with my family 25 years ago. It was breathtaking. This should be outlawed!

  • @SirDeanYawl
    @SirDeanYawl Před 5 měsíci +7

    Can’t be good for the rocks

  • @Errcyco
    @Errcyco Před 5 měsíci +6

    This is why if you’re a decent person who enjoys nature, don’t post your videos online of cool stuff or these types go ruin it for footage of their own.

  • @Carson_ppg
    @Carson_ppg Před 5 měsíci +6

    Maybe im just extra cautious, but i would have tested the rope length.

    • @Errcyco
      @Errcyco Před 5 měsíci +1

      Perhaps… perhaps 🤔

  • @blackhawkorg
    @blackhawkorg Před 5 měsíci +4

    That wasn't too clever of them. "Let Mikey go first, he's the heaviest... "

    • @Errcyco
      @Errcyco Před 5 měsíci +2

      “Wanna measure the rope?”
      “Nah fuck that, just film me doing this tight shit”
      RIP 🪦

  • @NathanHassall
    @NathanHassall Před 5 měsíci +4

    This is why I get all the exhilaration i need from red lobster

    • @Errcyco
      @Errcyco Před 5 měsíci

      You haven’t lived til you take a basket of Cheesy Bread to the face..

  • @chonkyb3134
    @chonkyb3134 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Nature has no mercy and treats everyone without any bias!

  • @athletefromthe.ashes.actual
    @athletefromthe.ashes.actual Před 5 měsíci +2

    I went to school with Kyle. The rope length was correct, however he was using a dynamic rope. When swinging calls for a static rope. Static ropes do not stretch. Dynamic ones do, hence why climbers use these ropes, so that falls will be softened.

    • @outdoordisasters
      @outdoordisasters  Před 5 měsíci

      That's interesting. I wonder why none of the reports made this important point.

    • @athletefromthe.ashes.actual
      @athletefromthe.ashes.actual Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@outdoordisasters not sure but I was acquaintances with him and his group. It makes the most sense and I could easily see most media outlets not mentioning it because they don’t understand how nuanced the climbing/rappelling etc world is.

  • @wasabiflavoredcocaine
    @wasabiflavoredcocaine Před 5 měsíci +2

    I cant believe people think its a good idea to swing on an arch named after a Mexican beer. Imagine how fun it will be to swing on the Bud Ice Arch

  • @cherrylynnlazaro9946
    @cherrylynnlazaro9946 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I remember when this happened 💔 i live in moab and corona arch was my favorite hike til this happened 😢

  • @pianomanhere
    @pianomanhere Před 5 měsíci +2

    Very well-written narration and fine video.

  • @enigmagraphic
    @enigmagraphic Před 5 měsíci +3

    Kyle couldn't be bothered to wear a belt. Why would he worry about checking his equipment?

  • @sammyday3341
    @sammyday3341 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Yahoos who don’t care about the fragility and beauty of this treasure.

  • @stee8345
    @stee8345 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Rope swinging?! I guess when a zip-line isn't enough...these adrenaline fueled sports are getting more and more outlandish 😮

    • @sharonrigs7999
      @sharonrigs7999 Před 5 měsíci +3

      I'm LDS ( Mormon) and of course have plenty of family and friends in Utah.
      Extreme sports are popular amongst many LDS youth because it's a way to get a ' high ' without using prohibited drugs or alcohol (mostly). There are bad apples in every bunch.

    • @Errcyco
      @Errcyco Před 5 měsíci +5

      I have a feeling if there wasn’t a way to film it, like 90% of them would opt to not even drive out to watch.
      No one really wants to see you do this to anyone who does it.. lol. Once you’ve seen a person swing once, you’ve kinda seen them all.

  • @the5THofNOV
    @the5THofNOV Před 5 měsíci +23

    Kyle didn't look like the type to do any calculations

    • @Gizziiusa
      @Gizziiusa Před 5 měsíci +3

      yeah, maybe he should have had another more experienced person double check for him. its SOP in many things like with parachutes, scuba gear, etc.

  • @cleopatraoatcake7364
    @cleopatraoatcake7364 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I confront enough fear and uncertainty in life without swinging from Corona!

  • @moiraatkinson
    @moiraatkinson Před 5 měsíci +2

    I can’t believe hardly anyone was wearing a helmet! I’d have thought that was a major safety precaution.

    • @_nick_d
      @_nick_d Před 5 měsíci +1

      At those heights a helmet isn’t going to protect you

  • @jonkaminsky8382
    @jonkaminsky8382 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Arch swinging .. still safer than an early morning jog through West Memphis. 👨🏿‍🦱🧑🏾‍🦱🧑🏿‍🦱🧑🏿‍🦱🧑🏾‍🦱🧑🏿‍🦱

  • @MissNancy
    @MissNancy Před 5 měsíci +2

    I love the descriptive narration 🥰

    • @outdoordisasters
      @outdoordisasters  Před 5 měsíci +2

      Glad you enjoy it!

    • @Errcyco
      @Errcyco Před 5 měsíci +2

      I recently got the audiobook version of Into Thin Air on Audible and I love little factoids.. big time. He somehow tells this gripping story with little notations peppered in every chapter. It will explain a term used a lot or give an easy to understand version of a complex technique.. really cool stuff.
      The story is absolutely bone chilling too.. heroism, selfishness, pain, determination.. it’s like the full-spectrum of human emotion. It was like 9 hours and I was done within three days.
      Totally recommend just for the notations alone haha.

    • @outdoordisasters
      @outdoordisasters  Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@Errcyco I'm finishing this book and will make a video about Beck Weathers and the events of that day very soon...

  • @mariej6962
    @mariej6962 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Nobody can convince me to do that, never ever!

  • @Rpm68
    @Rpm68 Před 5 měsíci +9

    Hard to believe they'd have an accident, it seems completely safe🙄

  • @findandobserve
    @findandobserve Před 5 měsíci +1

    Self reflection and embracing tranquility = 2 examples of *true* courage, for these adrenaline junkies.

  • @alberta1st
    @alberta1st Před 5 měsíci +3

    Excellent review! OD have you considered swing stage accidents as a subject perhaps?

  • @Emy53
    @Emy53 Před 5 měsíci +6

    How the hell does anyone know what Kyle was thinking? He hit the ground and died instantly.

  • @imacarrot6570
    @imacarrot6570 Před 5 měsíci +2

    This is why you make sure the people setting up the rig know what they are doing. All they had to do is test the jump with a heavy bag before. Is this the guy whose brother set it up?

    • @_nick_d
      @_nick_d Před 5 měsíci

      They had 1 job; and 1 job only. I wonder if those people were drinkin or something

  • @MaryDoyle-xl2ri
    @MaryDoyle-xl2ri Před 5 měsíci +2

    🙏🙏 thank you O D ❤❤

  • @64HomeMade
    @64HomeMade Před 5 měsíci

    Lemins springs to mind.

  • @user-me8pz1he4b
    @user-me8pz1he4b Před 5 měsíci

    Bless him for living his dream

  • @tonycone7848
    @tonycone7848 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Another One bites the dust

  • @KenJames9911
    @KenJames9911 Před 5 měsíci +6

    A Stud?? 👀👀

  • @alainvosselman9960
    @alainvosselman9960 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Always great content ! Love to watch your channel grow still, you deserve more views & subs.
    Sad story, i'm sure people have good intentions but it's a huge risk. Maybe local policy makers could find
    a spot where this activity can be enjoyed but with professional guidance and oficial oversight, and in a remote area away from the tourist trails.. its an opportunity for a cool activity, gets people out in nature and provide an income for the local community... When it is prohibited.. people will seek ways push back against it and more accidents could happen.

  • @jamescarter3196
    @jamescarter3196 Před 5 měsíci +1

    An ok video up until the 'final thoughts' at the end. Thirty seconds of that stuff was more than enough.

  • @freefall9832
    @freefall9832 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The actor Kyle from the classic film Idiocracy will be missed.

  • @markbrown7103
    @markbrown7103 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I don’t know why people think they have to put danger in their lives. As far as I’m concerned, it’s more like stupidity. He should have checked the rope before he ever made the jump. I have to agree with the person that said, like roadrunner and coyote only one thing, the coyote was in destructible after all, he’s a cartoon character and we are not. I’m sorry for this person loss and their family Stupidity will get you killed every time. Thanks for the video.👍🏼☠️💀 people just don’t stop and think anymore they just do.🤔😪

  • @larry_ellison
    @larry_ellison Před 5 měsíci

    Pretty cool when people swing from here but obviously gotta get the roping right.

  • @rule1dontgosplat
    @rule1dontgosplat Před 3 měsíci

    i bet the instagram influencers get upset when they’re trying to take a photo acting like they’re the only ones out there, and some dude swings by.

  • @tamisullivan8548
    @tamisullivan8548 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Headline alone made me say Oh No🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @lindasd7591
    @lindasd7591 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Prayers for the bereaved parents....

  • @DJDouglasWarden
    @DJDouglasWarden Před 5 měsíci +2

    I go out to moab utah specifically

  • @yommmrr
    @yommmrr Před 5 měsíci +1

    Anyone got a video of it happening?

  • @terrychurch100
    @terrychurch100 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Narrator sounds like Morgan Freeman. So I subscribed.

  • @augustingarnier4625
    @augustingarnier4625 Před měsícem

    That was a classic Wile E. Coyote miscalculation.

  • @emmycab
    @emmycab Před 5 měsíci +5

    Outdoor Disasters if my all-time favorite CZcams channel, and I swear I'm addicted to it. May I ask about your background music? I love it. What is this song? Is it something original for your channel? I love the way it just loops endlessly in the background no matter the length of any given video, and I find it to be a very nice ear worm, lol.
    I'd never even heard of rope swinging before watching this. Your channel is making me wonder if I have a slight fear of heights - or just a good, healthy respect for them, ha ha. But some of the "very high" Outdoor Disasters like this one and the Dean Potter vid and also the Remi Lucidi vid really gave me the willies. Like, I had to look away at times and just shudder...
    Keep up the great work, we all love you!!

    • @outdoordisasters
      @outdoordisasters  Před 5 měsíci +5

      Thank you so much for your kind words! The bg soundtrack is "Omega" by Scotty Buckley. An excellent composer here on CZcams with some amazing work. When I was first starting producing videos for the channel, for me, the lengthiest part was finding the right music. It took me some time to try to find the right music to capture the stories I wanted to tell on this channel. Then as soon as I heard "Omega", there was no question this was it. The rest is history. Thank you for appreciating it. I know there's some that don't like it. But I believe it adds so much to the production. It's the Outdoor Disasters signature along with the beginning tagline "for all its beauty and splendor..."

    • @emmycab
      @emmycab Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@outdoordisasters That's awesome, please don't ever change it! I love it, and I agree that it adds just the right "vibe" to your work. And since you mentioned it, I do also love your beginning tagline. You should have heard me in the office a few months ago trying to impersonate your voice (I'm a girl, lol) and saying it to my boss, "For all its beauty and splendor..." ha ha ha! I've recommended your channel to him, my brother, and several other people.
      Thank you for replying!

    • @outdoordisasters
      @outdoordisasters  Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@emmycab your support is much appreciated!

    • @emmycab
      @emmycab Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@outdoordisasters I'm on Scott's channel listening to it right now. Honestly, it's a little weird listening to it without your narration, hee hee. It is an amazing time that we live in when there are people producing this quality of content, free for others to use. (And now that I've looked at his channel, I see where he mentions the credit line line which you've included in your video descriptions. Oops, sorry I'd overlooked that before!)

    • @westho7314
      @westho7314 Před 5 měsíci

      Ambulance chasers looking for that ultimate train wreck,, a strange addiction indeed.. you need help.

  • @godizself1
    @godizself1 Před 5 měsíci

    ZION OR MOAB: For those of you choosing your next hike vacation in Utah and you have to make a choice.
    Moab! Words cannot convey the beauty of the earths evolution there.

  • @Him_He_Me
    @Him_He_Me Před 4 měsíci +1

    Most adrenalin junkies are disrespectful of what ever they are using/exploiting to get their quick fix. They should just build a huge arch with safety bolts to attach ropes to for swinging. That would be a great option.... and build one over a canyon for the fool hardy hard core people lol

  • @07wrxtr1
    @07wrxtr1 Před 5 měsíci

    Yall should see the airplane flying through the arch - there's a photo of it in canyonlands copy & print by city market in Moab.

  • @brokens1097
    @brokens1097 Před 5 měsíci +10

    Anyone old enough to remember when common sense was common?

  • @Dannysoutherner
    @Dannysoutherner Před 5 měsíci +2

    Everyone has their own hobbies. Hiking is more my pleasure but I'll gladly WATCH someone else do this. Then I'll hike back.
    Did not check equipment and specs - like the cameraman who jumped out of the plane with no parachute. Splattered all over 3 states.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před 5 měsíci

      Well, that was just moronic. He wore his brains out (forcing it to flood the brain with chemicals that cause euthoria) and then he was OUT when he needed SENSE and
      LOGIC on a later jump that day!
      I'd have it in a ridiculous color nobody has, like lime green or pink so it can't POSSIBLY BE anything else. And I'd check it 15 THOUSAND times.

  • @danielhowell1640
    @danielhowell1640 Před 5 měsíci +1

    There was probably like 20 A-holes that ruined it for everyone else.

  • @harrybowmaster241
    @harrybowmaster241 Před 8 dny

    I justwant to know howtheir caps and sunglasses stayon during the somersault!

  • @elizastar1973
    @elizastar1973 Před 5 měsíci +3

    It's so annoying to try to enjoy nature only to find a group of stupid thrill seekers and partying. This should be illegal.

  • @bethlewis8731
    @bethlewis8731 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Such a cute boy very good looking a go getter no fear so young and alive breaks my heart goes out to him family and friends may God comfort them with the peace that surpasses all understanding 😢💔🙌🙏

    • @westho7314
      @westho7314 Před 5 měsíci

      Cute? He looks a few generations inbred to me, probably a risk taking mormon

  • @angelafeldman5903
    @angelafeldman5903 Před 5 měsíci

    That teen girl was beaten many, many times before this final act of violence. And no one stepped up for her, no one!😮

  • @MyLeftMitten
    @MyLeftMitten Před 5 měsíci +1

    I’d like to see footage

  • @jizmoglass4202
    @jizmoglass4202 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Anybody here ever bike Porcupine Rim? Craziest thing I've ever done in my life. There's literally a cross near the end of the trail.

    • @jizmoglass4202
      @jizmoglass4202 Před 5 měsíci

      Saw a dead dog at the bottom of Gemini Bridges. So sad.

    • @jizmoglass4202
      @jizmoglass4202 Před 5 měsíci

      If you watch the first Hulk movie where they turn the Firey Furnace into a parking lot with a heli? We went un-guided on a head full of mushrooms into there,. Do NOT ever do that. Lol.

    • @jizmoglass4202
      @jizmoglass4202 Před 5 měsíci

      Literally had to sit down, watch a movie, and sign my life away before they'd let us go. And I can't argue against that. My buddy went to Corona Arch without a flashlight. sun went down. almost broke his face.hiking down. . I've been there. It's amazing.

    • @jizmoglass4202
      @jizmoglass4202 Před 5 měsíci

      when all the ski lifts shut down, and it becomes "mud season". all of us ski bums head to Utah

    • @jizmoglass4202
      @jizmoglass4202 Před 5 měsíci

      all the bus drivers are base jumpers

  • @shawnstatzer95
    @shawnstatzer95 Před 5 měsíci

    If we can stop thinking of just ourselves and think of everything around us, the planet would flourish more.

  • @Therealchristopherjessup
    @Therealchristopherjessup Před 5 měsíci

    RIP Dan Osmond

  • @BG-lb9rw
    @BG-lb9rw Před 5 měsíci +4

    People scream and yell as they are swinging 😂😂😂

    • @hkkrr
      @hkkrr Před 5 měsíci +1

      I know right??😹😹😹

  • @joseph-mariopelerin7028
    @joseph-mariopelerin7028 Před 5 měsíci +1

    .. it sounds like a cave diving disaster the way you say it lol
    also, could be in the top 10 of most dumbest way to die; - rope too long... i mean, what else do you have to make sure of??