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VIDEO: “Literally Escaping Death By Inches” | Huge Lake Tahoe Rope Swing Gone Wrong…

All I can say is I’m happy to be alive. The forces on this swing are so gnarly, and I could barely reach the handle of the rope before stepping off to send it. As soon as I dropped in I instantly knew I didn’t have the grip I needed to complete the full ark of the swing. Lucky I […]

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CragBrains | June 4, 2020
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VIDEO: Insane Rope Swing Into Lake Tahoe | These Dudes Are Going Huge!

Rope Swing

Huge props to Nick Coulter, Brandon Beck, Chase Reinford and of course, the legendary Mike Wilson…this rope swing looks super scary! Awesome work fellas.

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Matt Brennan | September 29, 2017
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More Friday Fun: 350-Foot “Safeish” Rope Swing with Mike Wilson

“Do you think it’s safe?” – interviewer “Yeah, I think it’s safeish” – Mike Wilson “Spent a week at the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, ID and we had some down time. Nothing more fun then building a huge ropejump. Thanks to some amazing new friends for sharing in the good times! What an insane week, and this was the […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 26, 2013
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Idaho Chute Skiing & Rope Swinging Conditions Report Video | July 7th

“Bloomington Lake is one of Southeast Idaho’s best kept secrets featuring summer snow, a rope swing, cliff jumping and great fishing. Located 45 minutes west of Paris, Idaho via dirt road, it was only a short two hour trip from our hometown of Pocatello, Idaho. This video features the antics of Bo Ferro, Sander Hadley and Matt Tsakrios.” – Sander […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 11, 2013
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Falling 1,000 Feet Into The Abyss on a Rope Is This a Rope Swing? WHAT Is This?

This guy falls for about 1,000 vertical feet before the rope starts to even think about being taunt and the video fades to black… Are we intrigued?  Very much.  They appear to be operating with some level of confidence, so we can only assume they’ve done this before.  Yet, it just doesn’t really seem survivable or intelligent to free fall […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | June 13, 2013
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Ready for Summer? | Mike Wilson Triple Backflips into the Truckee River, CA

This video symbolizes summer in the mountains.  Not that anyone in the world but Mike does over-the-top stunts like this and makes them look this easy, but we all like jumping into water.  Most of us enjoy the tame 15-foot cliff into a deep lake thing.  Mike enjoys the 60-foot high velocity rope-swing into 12 feet of water thing. When […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | May 16, 2013
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