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How could he have been more specific that he was using an adequate safety device? Were you expecting him to include the brand?
A snapshot of his setup would have been nice. Not so much for the gear Nazis, but to keep gear on the radar for readers who decide to try this themselves.
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I've only been there once, but I'm picking that harsh weather, height and the need for attachment points outside the existing bridge make it expensive. I'm not at all surprised that it is expensive, but I am that it hasn't been done yet.
A primary complaint, believe it or not, is that the net would hurt the aesthetics of the bridge. People have been pushing for a net for years, but a variety of (lame) excuses keep conspiring against it. The reality is that there's no really good reason to keep from doing it...just a lot of little bad ones that seem to win.
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How about "it's not society's job to keep people (even insane ones) from doing what they want with their own bodies"? You can take this to apply to everything from the inside of one's uterus to hurling oneself off a bridge.
It is societies job to look after everyone, especially the unwell. I do recall there being a handrail, so someone believes in some safety.
You are confusing safety with coercion.
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It is societies job to look after everyone, especially the unwell. I do recall there being a handrail, so someone believes in some safety.
Handrails are to prevent accidents by people not trying to hurl themselves off. You are confusing safety with coercion.
I have been BASE jumping for quite a while and within that community there is a strong thread of leave no trace. It reduces the legal risk, eliminates property damage, and keeps it open for everyone else. Back to Joe, I found his blog and saw a picture of him setting off fireworks on top of a crane I had just climbed and jumped in the city I used to live. I kept thinking the increased security probably should have le…
WTF was he arrested for?!
Consider if every road project has to pay an extra $1000 for lost cones it becomes a police problem quickly and they crack the whip hard.
I caught myself wondering why climbing the bridge has to be illegal . You can't practically damage the bridge. You will mostly just hurt yourself if something happens. Theoretically the worst that could happen is you could fall onto a car but the damages incurred by a dead climber would be peanuts for any insurance company — people crash their cars by themselves alone all the time. And that could already happen becau…
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How about "it's not society's job to keep people (even insane ones) from doing what they want with their own bodies"? You can take this to apply to everything from the inside of one's uterus to hurling oneself off a bridge.
It is societies job to look after everyone, especially the unwell. I do recall there being a handrail, so someone believes in some safety.
