Does anyone here remember this fast roping incident?

[Looon]

We roped in the dark and in the dark onto buildings. Never used my feet. It was 'get the fuck on the ground fast, or get pounded into it'.

But that was waaaaay before the time frame.

[Trigger]

Gotta name? If he was involved in filming BHD, then he was in B Co and I should know him. It sounds like he got injured after I left though.

I'd like to know the name, too. I would have had to have been in Bco at the same time as this cat and if he says he was involved in the BHD filming, then I know what platoon he was in, too.

If he was in B co then he couldn't have been involved in the accident that killed our comms NCO, unless he transferred companies at a later date. That accident was a C co incident.

Thanks Ranger JohnDowland

That's what I was looking for. I might stir up a conversation about it with him if I ever see him again now that I know that it was not the incident that someone was killed in.

- Trigger

[cams]

Ranger Cams,

Just a cadet looking to soak up as much information as possible. I've always thought fast roping was one of the coolest things done in the military, and meeting that (now a 2LT) who was hurt doing it had peaked my curiousity on the subject. I figured here was the right place to learn more.

I apologize if the NV thing is something that shouldn't be asked, I felt it was "discovery channel" level stuff.
- Trigger

I ain't talking about NODs stud. Something just don't sit right with me. I'll figure it out.

[BadMuther]

Ranger Cams,

Just a cadet looking to soak up as much information as possible. I've always thought fast roping was one of the coolest things done in the military, - Trigger

That's because you've never done it.

[rgrokelley]

We used to fast-rope naked

I used to get naked, and they'd use me as the fast rope!

[RangerX]

We used to fast-rope naked

I used to get naked, and they'd use me as the fast rope!

......and the skids never left the ground.

[rgrokelley]

We used to fast-rope naked

I used to get naked, and they'd use me as the fast rope!

......and the skids never left the ground.

That was due to testicle weight

[Oto-Man]

Ranger Cams,

Just a cadet looking to soak up as much information as possible. I've always thought fast roping was one of the coolest things done in the military, - Trigger

That's because you've never done it.

The reason he has never done it is because it doesn't exist. Back in the late '80's, fast roping was classified...And there is a reason for it....It isn't real. There is/was no such thing as a "fast rope". None of the BTDT men on this board have ever left a helo via such a device--day or night. we are just pulling your leg. No matter how many photoshopped youtube vid's you see...it is a mirage. Anyone that says the did is just lying to bolster their own self confidence.

This poor cadet is just feeling "Black Helicopter Syndrome"...
It is the result of a high level of testostorone pushing through the veins of a previously mangina laden boy...

Just to clarify:

No... no one has ever been hurt or involved in a fast roping incident simply because there is no such thing as a fast rope...end of story.

Go do cadet shit now (that doesn't consist of posting advice on everything you can find in google about weapons.)

(Some admin should change his name to Tigger and make his avatar a picture of Winnie the Poo.....)

[Rock Island Ranger]

The description of only one chem light on the end of the rope seems faulty to me, I thought two chem lights spaced a meter apart were used to avoid that very situation of the rope being not on a flat surface.

As time passes Rangers must get smarter!

From naked to two chemlites! What will they think of next? Wearing gloves while you rope ?????

These new kids wear GLOVES???? (Pastor looks at his charred, burnt, and destroyed hands and says...FUCK....I could have worn gloves.....)

[RangerJurena]

Ranger Cams,

Just a cadet looking to soak up as much information as possible. I've always thought fast roping was one of the coolest things done in the military, - Trigger

That's because you've never done it.

The reason he has never done it is because it doesn't exist. Back in the late '80's, fast roping was classified...And there is a reason for it....It isn't real. There is/was no such thing as a "fast rope". None of the BTDT men on this board have ever left a helo via such a device--day or night. we are just pulling your leg. No matter how many photoshopped youtube vid's you see...it is a mirage. Anyone that says the did is just lying to bolster their own self confidence.

This poor cadet is just feeling "Black Helicopter Syndrome"...
It is the result of a high level of testostorone pushing through the veins of a previously mangina laden boy...

Just to clarify:

No... no one has ever been hurt or involved in a fast roping incident simply because there is no such thing as a fast rope...end of story.

Go do cadet shit now (that doesn't consist of posting advice on everything you can find in google about weapons.)

(Some admin should change his name to Tigger and make his avatar a picture of Winnie the Poo.....)

Oh Oto..I tried this same approach in one of the first posts in this thread....

Apparently, the Palace Guard is easily confused and decided that my comments / post which included some millions of candle watts used while roping was obviously how we did things and needed to let the young cadet called Trigger know that ..yes, people get hurt while sliding down a rope during hours of limited visibility and apparently its only conducted in the 3rd Bn.

[Bravo57]

Oh Oto..I tried this same approach in one of the first posts in this thread....

Apparently, the Palace Guard is easily confused and decided that my comments / post which included some millions of candle watts used while roping was obviously how we did things and needed to let the young cadet called Trigger know that ..yes, people get hurt while sliding down a rope during hours of limited visibility and apparently its only conducted in the 3rd Bn.

Hey...... Oh wait, I walked right passed that one.