We use this video in our Technical Rope Rescue training as how NOT to do it all.

Understand your equipment...a Trip Pod is designed for vertical use where the forces are kept within the foot of the device....not where the forces are outside the footprint....or this happens...... You want to do this, use a Vortex....not a Tri Pod.....

Love the commentary afterwards - like it was no big deal and everything was cool. If you look closely to things, there was no edge protection to be seen where all four ropes ended up contacting the wall when the tripod went down. That edge under a load could have been enough to cut all of the ropes. Quick ride with a bad landing. The other thing that makes me cringe is the very low height of the parapet wall and the fact that no one up there appears to be tied off. The "civilian" woman standing next to the tripod when it fell is lucky that the leg nearest her didn't punt her off the roof. Bad training all the way around and very lucky no one was hurt.

I have not done high angle rescue for years, but I saw this coming from a mile away. Whenever we did this type of transfer we anchored the tripod with a straight up and down line, something like a 4 to 1. Keeps the tripod planted. We where lucky to have a man hatch and a good ladder. maybe bolting the tripod might have helped, but lots of load on the wrong angle. Luck ropes did not get cut.

Murphys law in full view right there . I'm glad that nobody was lost ! Scary moment !

Lol love how they put the edge rollers on after the tripod fell

Does the word resultant mean anything to you? They got very lucky

Look in the background

Nice reporting! Putting yourself in the story!

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I would have been mortified as I'm sure they were. On a side note, that reporter is pretty hot.

After reading these comments, I am only left horrified that this level of incompetence exists. Especially when I'm in the process on entering this career...I don't want to rely on luck

I can't believe this! At 2.43 no one wheres harnesses or lanyards. but kneeling on a low wall..another disaster waiting to happen!

Wow….

That is a massive fuckup

Wow, they've just made themselves look like dangerous amateurs, and on TV. And the way they say all the backups were in place, as though what happened was nothing major.

wow this was incredibly reckless of them

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