• ChaoticNeutralCzech
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        4 days ago

        Not very smart that they waste all that energy in mechanical brakes. See my comment (the one with the picture) for a way bigger and electricity-generating ropeway, including a video of a guy less squeamish than Tom Scott riding most of the 45-minute way up.

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            4 days ago

            He literally has

            Filmed safely: https://www.tomscott.com/safe/

            in the description. Meanwhile, that fat dude from Vrchlabí jumped into a moving bucket of one that is faster, 2.5x longer, at deadly height, and his only plan of getting down safely was a mattress. He acknowledged how illegal and dangerous it is and yet publishes the video with his full name.

            Just accept it, Tom Scott was being way more cautious.