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Santa needs some abseiling pointers

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4 December 2011 - 10:21am
Graham
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Scary!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Qg39Fvg1c&feature=player_embedded

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4 December 2011 - 10:25am
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Jezer
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That was great! Epic Fail!

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6 December 2011 - 12:03pm
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Regan
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Serious abseiling accident in Aotea Square. Anyone know anything?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10771287

Unleashing the Fury since 1997

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6 December 2011 - 1:33pm
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Jezer
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Seriously, boycott abseiling this xmas.

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6 December 2011 - 2:27pm
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Regan
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Lets start a Facebook group!  Looks like she was dropped rather than abseiling...

 

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6093535/Woman-falls-four-storeys

 

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6 December 2011 - 4:36pm
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""I went and had a look and they had rolled her over to the recovery position. She was just really still."

The recovery position..... really??? Who's the complete muppet who even considered moving someone who just fell 14m into the dam recovery position! 

boycott crappy st johns basic first aid courses i say!

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1. lips against rock
2. suck...

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6 December 2011 - 9:29pm
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Jezer
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Occupy Abseiling! We are the 99%.

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13 December 2011 - 7:41am
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150436102904892&set=a.10821762...

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