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Offline azuredesign

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Zorbing, anyone?
« on: January 09, 2013, 04:47:22 AM »
I dont think so!

Fatal Zorbing
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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2013, 05:17:10 AM »
FARK! ;D
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Re: Zorbing, anyone?
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2013, 05:40:54 AM »
I've done it twice on a smaller scale, bumpy hillside rather than snow covered mountain. Even that was like crashing a padded car, quite an experience but not pleasant and leaves you at best quite bruised.
My advice is if you're going to do it either go feet first (setting off with your back to the slope) so your head doesn't get snapped forward so violently over bumps or do the water filled version where you aren't harnessed to he side. Oh and pick a smaller hill !
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Re: Zorbing, anyone?
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2013, 05:44:20 AM »
No thanks!  Those spotters down at the bottom were worthless.

At first I thought it was one of those exaggerated videos, like the one where the guy flys through the air off a giant water slide and lands in a kiddie pool, but a quick google search shows this happened on Jan 3rd and one man died. 
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« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2013, 05:48:50 AM »
When I was a kid we done this in rear tractor tire, now that was fun  ;D
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« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2013, 10:13:41 AM »
As kids when we got bored with our sleds we used to roll down the hill in a 55 gallon steel barrel. We called it the Hintchenmobile...named after my childhood friend Mark Hintchen. ;D
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« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2013, 11:54:53 AM »
Didn't someone just get killed doing that?
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Re: Zorbing, anyone?
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2013, 12:01:34 PM »
Quote from: fmctm1sw on January 09, 2013, 11:54:53 AM
Didn't someone just get killed doing that?

This is the video of the fatal incident.
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Re: Zorbing, anyone?
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2013, 12:10:42 PM »
That whole fatal incident could have been avoided, the location was hazardous,the track wasn't prepared enough for a safe run, just stupid, what a waste. I say send the spotters down next.
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« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2013, 12:38:01 PM »
Huh, sounds like it happened in Russia, not surprising.
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Re: Zorbing, anyone?
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2013, 01:16:15 PM »
Quote from: rb550four on January 09, 2013, 12:10:42 PM
That whole fatal incident could have been avoided, the location was hazardous,the track wasn't prepared enough for a safe run, just stupid, what a waste. I say send the spotters down next.


Everyone involved was at fault, not just the spotters.  You've got one man trying to stop 450 pounds of rolling mass with nothing but snow for traction.  The whole thing was a recipe for disaster, and anyone who helped make it happen, including the men who were in it, are at fault, IMO.
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Re: Zorbing, anyone?
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2013, 09:54:33 PM »
Video removed by the user. I missed out.

There it is.

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