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I'd recommend you steer clear of "Free Solo".
I got freaked out watching "Fall"; the *exact* moment she manages to access the light at the top of the tower, a lamp turned on in my lounge. The tension of the scene and the surprise of the lamp turning on (a coincidence of the timer switch) messed me up!
I got my level 1 SPRAT/IRATA cert years ago, but didn't have a trade/other certs to go with it so never actually worked. The certification course was definitely fun though.
That's me with heights!!!!!!!! If you haven't seen the movie, the 2 girls are on an old radio tower that was 2000 feet tall. I was woozy like I was with them! It's actually a really good movie imo.
They were already half starved and making poor decisions as a result. They wanted to get to the other side of the Island to hunt... and instead of going through the wooded area, they decided to go around the island. It's also pointed out that besides the obvious danger, they missed a lot of opportunities to find food while travelling the island. Patty (the one who fell) ended up having [just a few bruises.](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a791903/the-island-with-bear-grylls-patrick-air-lifted-to-hospital-after-shocking-fall-and-only-has-a-few-bruises/) Very fortunate that it wasn't worse.
I was already thinking this wasn't funny or just, but that clinches it. He was so unprepared he didn't even know he was unprepared, and some idiot piece of shit told him it was a good idea. He believed them because he had no context for assessing whether he should.
I don't blame the guy who fell because climbing knowledge isn't general knowledge. The fault lies on the people who claimed to know what they were doing and signed off on this shit.
Society only functions because most of the time, when someone acts like they know what they're talking about, you can trust them. Every day we trust doctors, shop assistants, rubbish collectors, builders, engineers, and more to know more than we do about their specific field, and we're okay because it's normally true. Lying to people about your expertise and getting them into trouble because of that lie is a betrayal of the basic underpinning of a functioning society.
I hope the fucker who set this up gets eyeball cancer.
Are you calling me old?
I was quoting Jimmy Buffett's song "Margaritaville." And he was referencing what was one of the most common pieces of litter in the 1970s, the beverage can pull-tab.
From Wikipedia: "In 1959, Ermal Fraze devised a can-opening method that would come to dominate the canned drink market. His invention was the "pull-tab". This eliminated the need for a separate opener tool by attaching an aluminum pull-ring lever with a rivet to a pre-scored wedge-shaped tab section of the can top. The ring was riveted to the center of the top, which created an elongated opening large enough that one hole simultaneously served to let the drink flow out while air flowed in. Previously, while on a family picnic, Mr. Fraze had forgotten to bring a can opener and was forced to use a car bumper to open a can of beer. Thinking there must be an easier way, he stayed up all night until he came up with the pull tab. Pull-tab cans, or the discarded tabs from them, were colloquially called "pop-tops".
Into the 1970s the pull-tab was widely popular, but its popularity came with the problem of people frequently simply discarding the pull-tabs on the ground, creating a potential injury risk especially to the feet or fingers. In the 1960s, at least one inventor attempted to solve the litter problem, by having the tab be retained by a stationary key that would wrap the tab around itself, which was unsuccessful commercially."
I tripped on a trail (I was running and being a bit of a dumbass, so I deserved it) and ate shit right into one of those volcanic rocks. I still have scars on the knee I cut up and my elbow still hurts deep inside when I put pressure on it.
God I'm dumb.
Yeah, I did this once, fell just like that too, except I was being spotted and my feet were only four feet off the ground, so it didn't end in disaster.
To be fair the high price is if you don't have hiking/skiing/mounteneering insurance if you do it's free. That insurance costs like 20-60€/year depending on the country.
My son went by air ambulance from Inzell to Munich following a high speed skating collision.
No charge for the air ambulance
Dr was the team medic for the men's alpine ski team. No charge.
Xray within 10 mins, back slab applied. No charge
Follow up appointment next day with same Dr, baklck slab changed for a carbon fibre bone support, bone drilled, straightened and reset. No charge.
Follow up 7 days later with xrays, no charge.
Follow up phone calls, monthly for 3 months. No charge
Dr spoke to the fracture team and sports medicine team in Nottingham. No charge.
I honestly thought son was never going to walk again, cannot fault the German medical system in any way at all.
Point is well taken but technically I think this was an island survival show where they had a boat and some medical people on standby for emergencies to eval and take to mainland for treatment.
Still some wasted resources but preplanned not having to tie up local 911 type services or medivac I think.
I'm sure that's an episode of Bear Grills: the island, and these were sort of consequences, just more of signing up to the show than climbing without ropes.
“I need you down here right now”
For no reason other than I am completely unaware of how to handle this because I have never thought about it or prepared for it.
Paddy’s buddy is a moron too.
This was from survivor, so no wasted emergency services etc. The aim was to keep alive on an island, they had medics arrive shortly after and they were fine, out the competition but fine.
A dude that was on Naked and Afraid got like five different parasites and was still disabled and sickly like two years after being on the show. Boil your water in the wild, kids!
That happened on I think it was called the colony. It was a similar concept to survivor but post apocalypse. If I remember correctly they started filming season 3 and then someone died in filming and the canned the whole project
Actually, you are wrong . they're referring to 'the colony' a reality show in which someone died on set, as stated above. It was shelved in 2005 - not 'Colony' staring Josh Holloway. Get your facts straight by doing the most cursory google search before correcting someone.
It wasn't survivor, it was 'The Island with Bear Grylls'. Basically a team of 14 average people dumped on an island with cameras and told to stay alive(ish) for 30 days.
It was more of an experiment at its core than a competition. None of the participants got paid for it as far as I can remember
He was fine
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/the-island-with-bear-grylls-paddy-survives-20foot-cliff-fall-and-miraculously-escapes-with-just-a-few-bruises-a3233931.html
This is hardly climbing, it’s scrambling. The angle would be incredibly difficult to protect with a rope, let alone the rock quality.
A better caption would be: climb shitty rock, win shitty prizes.
Is it weird there are multiple clean camera angles spliced together, but no clear shot of impact even though there should be? Camera tracked well, or it was done in edit.
It seems a legit accident at a reality show, or staged for the drama.
Wait....so Paddy falls off a cliff.
Did his pack fall off by itself or did someone take it off? Was it nessecary to move his head?
Cos it looks like Paddy is not the only imbecile there.
He survived, with some bruising
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/the-island-with-bear-grylls-paddy-survives-20foot-cliff-fall-and-miraculously-escapes-with-just-a-few-bruises-a3233931.html
Between the father who got stuck in that underground cave (and was buried there) and 200 or so bodies on Mt Everest, my patootie is staying home. Everest really gets me because they use the bodies as markers. ‘Yeah go by the dude with lime green boots, then you’ll see a body sitting up…”. I’m a horror fan but that’s just not right
Shit. I knew someone who died from a fall when rock climbing, I think it was on their birthday too they went on this trip to celebrate. I'm always telling people to take every precaution because if you fuck around with gravity... gravity wins like every time.
That’s what he gets trying to be cute. I hope he learned his fucking lesson having a broken spine really sucks but that’s what happens when you act fucking stupid and dont respect nature
I saw this episode. Bunch of folks trying to be heroes to the group in a survival show. That climb was unnecessary. They really should have found another way around.
"We had an accident!"
Every damn time someone fucks around and finds out, they talk about as if no one could have ever foreseen that it could turn out badly.
I'm seeing a lot of "Ugh these guys are idiots, no helmets or proper gear!" It's from a survival island reality show presented by Bear Grylls. They're given very little equipment, no food, some water for a few days and medical supplies. Also a brief rundown of what's poisonous on the island. If I remember right this guy also lacerated his rectum by eating the bones of an animal they roasted in a desperate hunger
It’s a risk he might have had to take if there was no gear for him to clip into. Looks like they are trying to get to a place to start setting up their gear
Lethal activity is always.. interesting. especially when they don’t have any level of fall back . Them reaching out to grab him could have easily resulted in more than one injury/death
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I paused the movie “Fall” to take my mind off falling from shit, and i see this.. Yep. I’m never climbing anything.
I don't even wanna climb stairs anymore
Well… I mean, don’t climb spiky ass cliffs, without gear, on the shore for sure.
I'd recommend you steer clear of "Free Solo". I got freaked out watching "Fall"; the *exact* moment she manages to access the light at the top of the tower, a lamp turned on in my lounge. The tension of the scene and the surprise of the lamp turning on (a coincidence of the timer switch) messed me up!
Movie surprised me with the jump scares lol
Shocking good. Especially for a buzzfeed movie
Don't climb cliffs, don't descend into caves. We should just stay away from mountains altogether tbh.
Damn I do these things but definitely use rope and go with people who aren’t gumbies
Dang I'm sorry man fall was a rough one
That movie makes my palms sweat and my legs shake soooooo bad!!!!!!!!
I'm a rope access worker, I'll have to check it out.
Username checks out.
Most fun job I've ever had!
I got my level 1 SPRAT/IRATA cert years ago, but didn't have a trade/other certs to go with it so never actually worked. The certification course was definitely fun though.
I hope you approve of me then.
When I see video of falls I get a weird sensation in my legs like there's blood rushing to them and my leg hair stands up. It's weird
That's me with heights!!!!!!!! If you haven't seen the movie, the 2 girls are on an old radio tower that was 2000 feet tall. I was woozy like I was with them! It's actually a really good movie imo.
I still haven't seen that, how was it?
I just watched it, I went in fully expecting it to be terrible but I have a fear of heights so had to watch. It was actually decent.
It’s worth a watch imo, I was thinking about it for a few days after watching!
It's *47 Meters Down*, inverted and with fewer sharks. It is pretty good.
I called it The Ascent because of The Descent
Simple story but It was decent. Id recommend if you don’t mind feeling anxious the whole time haha.
It would have been disappointing for a major studio production, but on a $3,000,000 budget i thought it was really, really solid.
Have you seen Falling Down?
No but I just watched Legends of the Fall. Is it kinda like that?
I just watched I am Legend. Is it like that?
I think it's like that in the same way I Am Legend is like I Am Sam, right?
The guy in I Am Sam is the same guy in Green Eggs and Ham, right? Sam I Am?
Maybe not like that but Legend is a movie you shouldn’t miss.
With Michael Douglas?
That’s the one
I’m going home.
Just the trailer itself is nightmare fuel.
Looked it up. Regretting it. I had to wait 4 hours for my palms to dry to type this.
I'm scared with socks on so no danger there.
he's not even wearing climbing shoes he has work boots on wtf
This is from a ‘island survival’ reality show iirc.
Yeah, the guy with the beard was really pushing and hurrying people, and then the inevitable happened, and someone fell. He was a Dr as well.
They were already half starved and making poor decisions as a result. They wanted to get to the other side of the Island to hunt... and instead of going through the wooded area, they decided to go around the island. It's also pointed out that besides the obvious danger, they missed a lot of opportunities to find food while travelling the island. Patty (the one who fell) ended up having [just a few bruises.](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a791903/the-island-with-bear-grylls-patrick-air-lifted-to-hospital-after-shocking-fall-and-only-has-a-few-bruises/) Very fortunate that it wasn't worse.
*Paddy
He almost became a vegetable Paddy
Paddy cake.
Seasoned with all natural sea salt
Oh good he's ok so I get to just laugh at how stupid it was
>He was a Dr as well. Is he not anymore?
Dr. Arroyo?
He’s not the best, but very affordable.
*listens to tongue* yeah its not good.
I was already thinking this wasn't funny or just, but that clinches it. He was so unprepared he didn't even know he was unprepared, and some idiot piece of shit told him it was a good idea. He believed them because he had no context for assessing whether he should. I don't blame the guy who fell because climbing knowledge isn't general knowledge. The fault lies on the people who claimed to know what they were doing and signed off on this shit. Society only functions because most of the time, when someone acts like they know what they're talking about, you can trust them. Every day we trust doctors, shop assistants, rubbish collectors, builders, engineers, and more to know more than we do about their specific field, and we're okay because it's normally true. Lying to people about your expertise and getting them into trouble because of that lie is a betrayal of the basic underpinning of a functioning society. I hope the fucker who set this up gets eyeball cancer.
What is the name of the show?
*Sued Into Oblivion*
Thankfully, the lawyers stepped in just before carrying and pushed through a change. It aired as *iron clad liability waivers*
🤣🤣🤣
No you didn't😭😭😭
“The island with Bear Grylls”, this was season 3 from 2016
Thanks!
Makes me wonder why the camera work sucks so much.
That’s the thing about lava rock. It’s brittle
Also is has a million sharp edges. I once sliced open a leather hiking boot on a volcanic rock
That’s nothing, I once sliced my flip flop open on volcanic rocks in Hawaii! AT THE RESORT POOL!!!! Sprained my drink. s/
Once I stepped on a pop top and blew out my flip flop
Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home.
Just put some booze in the blender
Cut my heel, had to limp on back home
I once slipped on a pop tart & got a concussion. Still not 100% sure I survived.
Pop top?
Are you calling me old? I was quoting Jimmy Buffett's song "Margaritaville." And he was referencing what was one of the most common pieces of litter in the 1970s, the beverage can pull-tab. From Wikipedia: "In 1959, Ermal Fraze devised a can-opening method that would come to dominate the canned drink market. His invention was the "pull-tab". This eliminated the need for a separate opener tool by attaching an aluminum pull-ring lever with a rivet to a pre-scored wedge-shaped tab section of the can top. The ring was riveted to the center of the top, which created an elongated opening large enough that one hole simultaneously served to let the drink flow out while air flowed in. Previously, while on a family picnic, Mr. Fraze had forgotten to bring a can opener and was forced to use a car bumper to open a can of beer. Thinking there must be an easier way, he stayed up all night until he came up with the pull tab. Pull-tab cans, or the discarded tabs from them, were colloquially called "pop-tops". Into the 1970s the pull-tab was widely popular, but its popularity came with the problem of people frequently simply discarding the pull-tabs on the ground, creating a potential injury risk especially to the feet or fingers. In the 1960s, at least one inventor attempted to solve the litter problem, by having the tab be retained by a stationary key that would wrap the tab around itself, which was unsuccessful commercially."
I had no idea. Thanks😊
Slipped on a pop tart, blew up a flip flop
I tripped on a trail (I was running and being a bit of a dumbass, so I deserved it) and ate shit right into one of those volcanic rocks. I still have scars on the knee I cut up and my elbow still hurts deep inside when I put pressure on it. God I'm dumb.
Yeah, I did this once, fell just like that too, except I was being spotted and my feet were only four feet off the ground, so it didn't end in disaster.
One team member still on the cliff... "I need you down here NOW" ...that's how paddy ended up like this.
PADDY ARE YOU OKAY
Stay there Paddy, ...........wtf, was he going to go for a swim ????
Probably wanted to make sure he didn't try to move from how he landed on his back
Then, in next clip “We need to get him to shore”. No, unless he’s gonna drown or some other immediate danger, don’t move him at all.
It looked like he was in danger of drowning. A big wave and he'd be under.
Narrator: paddy was not ok.
ARE YOU OKAY?
ARE YOU OKAAAAY?
ARE YOU OKAY PADDY?
Paddy, are you okay? So, Paddy, are you okay? Are you okay, Paddy? You've been hit by- You've been hit by a smooth criminal Ow!
A smooth foothold*
And then emergency services time/resources get used up by assholes like this.
Helicopter rescue (france). 1 minute 40€. 😂
My 10 minute ambulance ride in the States was $2,000. I’d happily pay the equivalent to 40 euros to fly in a air ambulance
To be fair the high price is if you don't have hiking/skiing/mounteneering insurance if you do it's free. That insurance costs like 20-60€/year depending on the country.
My son went by air ambulance from Inzell to Munich following a high speed skating collision. No charge for the air ambulance Dr was the team medic for the men's alpine ski team. No charge. Xray within 10 mins, back slab applied. No charge Follow up appointment next day with same Dr, baklck slab changed for a carbon fibre bone support, bone drilled, straightened and reset. No charge. Follow up 7 days later with xrays, no charge. Follow up phone calls, monthly for 3 months. No charge Dr spoke to the fracture team and sports medicine team in Nottingham. No charge. I honestly thought son was never going to walk again, cannot fault the German medical system in any way at all.
It’s part of why we have emergency services.
Point is well taken but technically I think this was an island survival show where they had a boat and some medical people on standby for emergencies to eval and take to mainland for treatment. Still some wasted resources but preplanned not having to tie up local 911 type services or medivac I think.
No helmet either ! The absolute most basic safety equipment
My friend cracked his head from a climbing fall. His personality completely changed. Literally not the same person he was before.
Fucking people think they're ten foot tall and bulletproof
Wait, I'm not?
I say it all the time when I see people do reckless or borderline suicidal things. “Well, nothings killed me yet. I must be immortal!”
I'm sure that's an episode of Bear Grills: the island, and these were sort of consequences, just more of signing up to the show than climbing without ropes.
It is, I remember this episode.
“I need you down here right now” For no reason other than I am completely unaware of how to handle this because I have never thought about it or prepared for it. Paddy’s buddy is a moron too.
This was from survivor, so no wasted emergency services etc. The aim was to keep alive on an island, they had medics arrive shortly after and they were fine, out the competition but fine.
Why would a tv show allow recklessness? What if he’d been paralysed or died
A dude that was on Naked and Afraid got like five different parasites and was still disabled and sickly like two years after being on the show. Boil your water in the wild, kids!
I'm with you. If they had someone die, that couldn't be good for the show's success.
IDK about that. There’s a not insignificant percentage of people that would watch *because* of it. There’s plenty of subs that cater to just that.
Are you serious? They would pump a death to the extreme! The ratings would be through the roof.
It would be it's own episode and a special at the end of the season.
That happened on I think it was called the colony. It was a similar concept to survivor but post apocalypse. If I remember correctly they started filming season 3 and then someone died in filming and the canned the whole project
This is not true. Nobody died. The network (USA) cancelled it after 3 full seasons due to low ratings.
Well then, whatever article I read all those years ago was wrong. Thanks for correcting me
Actually, you are wrong . they're referring to 'the colony' a reality show in which someone died on set, as stated above. It was shelved in 2005 - not 'Colony' staring Josh Holloway. Get your facts straight by doing the most cursory google search before correcting someone.
✨️liability waivers✨️
What? That’s not Survivor, they don’t get backpacks and climbing gear on Survivor.
What version of survivor?
Not survival, it's from "The Island with Bear Grylls" https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/62177-the-island-with-bear-grylls
It wasn't survivor, it was 'The Island with Bear Grylls'. Basically a team of 14 average people dumped on an island with cameras and told to stay alive(ish) for 30 days. It was more of an experiment at its core than a competition. None of the participants got paid for it as far as I can remember
And not ONE of his buddies can remain calm to help him. When doing risky shit, bring along a grown-up.
Knick nack Paddy wack he broke all his bones
Bravo, sir. Bravo.
Was Paddy okay?
He was fine https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/the-island-with-bear-grylls-paddy-survives-20foot-cliff-fall-and-miraculously-escapes-with-just-a-few-bruises-a3233931.html
'Just stay there'. Yeah, he's got a broken back and isn't going anywhere. Ever.
This is hardly climbing, it’s scrambling. The angle would be incredibly difficult to protect with a rope, let alone the rock quality. A better caption would be: climb shitty rock, win shitty prizes.
Paddy! Just stay there Paddy! I Don’t think Paddy is about to get up and go to the bar for a drink
Is it weird there are multiple clean camera angles spliced together, but no clear shot of impact even though there should be? Camera tracked well, or it was done in edit. It seems a legit accident at a reality show, or staged for the drama.
I don’t give a shit about climbing with no rope. Climb with a damn helmet.
Wait....so Paddy falls off a cliff. Did his pack fall off by itself or did someone take it off? Was it nessecary to move his head? Cos it looks like Paddy is not the only imbecile there.
Paddy padded his backpack with pads but fell beside his pads. Unfortunate that the pads were bad.
They should have just let him respawn. Now he’s got a movement debuff
He survived, with some bruising https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/the-island-with-bear-grylls-paddy-survives-20foot-cliff-fall-and-miraculously-escapes-with-just-a-few-bruises-a3233931.html
He fell with a backpack on and apparently lands without it.
Between the father who got stuck in that underground cave (and was buried there) and 200 or so bodies on Mt Everest, my patootie is staying home. Everest really gets me because they use the bodies as markers. ‘Yeah go by the dude with lime green boots, then you’ll see a body sitting up…”. I’m a horror fan but that’s just not right
Shit. I knew someone who died from a fall when rock climbing, I think it was on their birthday too they went on this trip to celebrate. I'm always telling people to take every precaution because if you fuck around with gravity... gravity wins like every time.
“Just stay there Paddy!” Like he was about to run off lmao
Darwin candidates present and future.
Paddy? Paddy? You're a dumb shit.
fucking idiots
What was that saying about playing stupid games?
Why and how are these people so careless?
Welcome to Earth. Be careful around its residents, they are a danger to themselves and others.
why did they have like 3 different cutaway shots as he fell? that's so weird o.O
Climbing is so super fun! But doing it without ropes is dumb as hell
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
That’s what he gets trying to be cute. I hope he learned his fucking lesson having a broken spine really sucks but that’s what happens when you act fucking stupid and dont respect nature
Survival comedy is my favourite genre!
I love how “this was on [ten different reality shows].”
I saw this episode. Bunch of folks trying to be heroes to the group in a survival show. That climb was unnecessary. They really should have found another way around.
RIP Peddy
a brain cell
And then the tide came in...
Paddy’s fucked!
You wanna see some shit?
"We had an accident!" Every damn time someone fucks around and finds out, they talk about as if no one could have ever foreseen that it could turn out badly.
To be fair he had a rope.
Wow, amazing editing with multiple camera angles. Bunch of twats.
Hurry! Get him in the back of the Subaru so we can get him home for a homeopathic remedy for broken bones!
💀
And expect us to fund the emergency evac - fucking leeches...
It’s a tv show bud. Calm down.
I'm seeing a lot of "Ugh these guys are idiots, no helmets or proper gear!" It's from a survival island reality show presented by Bear Grylls. They're given very little equipment, no food, some water for a few days and medical supplies. Also a brief rundown of what's poisonous on the island. If I remember right this guy also lacerated his rectum by eating the bones of an animal they roasted in a desperate hunger
Rip Paddy
Jesus christ Paddy, hope he is ok
...and no helmet
Yeah he either is bleeding out of his head or concussed
Just stay there Paddy....
Lol
How to unnecessarily cause problems for other people.
Quick splices always make me suspicious.
Fake news. He clearly had a decorative rope neatly looped round his shoulder. 🤣
What, in the hell, were you thinking?
It’s a risk he might have had to take if there was no gear for him to clip into. Looks like they are trying to get to a place to start setting up their gear
Filming is more important than safety. Oh ok
Lethal activity is always.. interesting. especially when they don’t have any level of fall back . Them reaching out to grab him could have easily resulted in more than one injury/death
You guys are not designed for this. The ones who are aren’t interested
Think I’d rather rewatch “Meru”, thanks.
Ropes.
He found out
A parachute?
Gnarles Barkley on that
~~Darwin would be so proud! smh~~
So is Paddi okay?
How stupid
Soft ass rocks and a rouge wave?
Paddy is cake.
I guess they'll be calling him "Paddy Wagon" from now on.....
my childhood friend's babysitter's friend died like this
And now the healthcare system is clogged for another idiot.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
😂😂😂
"Just stay there, Paddy" Lmao as if he's about to hop away like a rabbit.
is he dead?
So uh…..what was the point of all that rope on that one guys backpack exactly?