成人X站

Close
MyNorthwest
News
Opinion
Sports
Tools
Connect

SEATTLE NEWS ARCHIVES & FEATURES

The coolest rope swing of all time

Mar 1, 2013, 12:43 PM | Updated: 1:54 pm

...

Jillian Raftery's Profile Picture

BY JILLIAN RAFTERY


MyNorthwest.com

YouTube video

Warning: This video may be disturbing to people who are afraid of heights.

Dori officially declared the rope swing above the coolest of all time. But for many, it’s also the most terrifying.

The rope takes you on a 400 foot free-fall through a narrow canyon with a several-hundred foot drop straight down to the bottom.

One woman was so afraid that she wouldn’t go on the swing. Her boyfriend then pushed her off the edge and she breaks up with him in mid-air in the behind-the-scenes video (from 11:17 to 14:00) below:

YouTube video

Seattle News Archives & Features

Associated Press

Mountain lion bites 4-year-old on popular Olympic National Park trail, injuring child

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) 鈥� A mountain lion bit a 4-year-old who was walking with their family over the weekend on a popular trail in Olympic National Park in Washington state, park officials said Monday. The child was injured during Sunday’s attack and flown to a trauma center in Seattle for treatment, according to a […]

3 days ago

A wildfire burning near Lake Cushman has grown by about 200 acres over five days. (Map: Courtesy U....

Tom Brock

Bear Gulch Wildfire near Lake Cushman growing in size

A wildfire burning near Lake Cushman continues to grow in the Olympic National Forest.

4 days ago

Associated Press

Seattle man charged with string of burglaries at the homes of NFL and MLB stars

SEATTLE (AP) 鈥� A Seattle man was charged Friday with a string of burglaries at the homes of prominent current and former football and baseball players, marking the latest example of well-known athletes being targeted in home thefts. Earl Henderson Riley IV, 21, was charged with several counts of residential burglary in both occupied and […]

2 months ago

Associated Press

Campgrounds closed along Pacific Crest Trail in search for man wanted in daughters’ deaths

SEATTLE (AP) 鈥� Authorities have closed a wide swath of popular campgrounds and backpacking areas along the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington as they search for a former Army soldier wanted in the deaths of his three young daughters. Dozens of additional law enforcement officers from an array of agencies joined the investigation and search […]

2 months ago

In this undated photo released by the Thurston County Sheriff's Office, a cache of military weaponr...

Associated Press

2 arrested with arsenal and Nazi paraphernalia after base robbery were ex-military, prosecutors say

SEATTLE (AP) 鈥� Two men arrested in Washington state with an arsenal that included grenade launchers and body armor, along with Nazi paraphernalia, were former military members who attacked a soldier with a hammer while stealing gear from Joint Base Lewis-McChord last weekend, investigators say. Levi Austin Frakes and Charles Ethan Fields were arrested Monday […]

2 months ago

Associated Press

Authorities are searching for a Washington state father of 3 dead girls

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) 鈥� A Washington state father is wanted for murder after his three young daughters were reported missing and then found dead. Police on Tuesday asked the public for help in finding the father of the girls, Travis Decker, 32. He is wanted for three counts of murder and kidnapping, the Wenatchee Police […]

2 months ago

The coolest rope swing of all time