Adam Gosling abseils down the Empire State Building for Outward Bound
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00:00 You should get a flashing red, which is what we've got, so that's on.
00:06 And then, you've got your gloves on.
00:08 I'm just going to do a quick, simple check of everything that's in its right place.
00:13 This is nice and snug.
00:15 Everything's snug here.
00:16 Nothing in pockets, no pockets really anywhere.
00:19 All pretty straightforward.
00:20 So, a couple of little simple things here before we go.
00:24 We've got two lanyards, these long extensions.
00:27 One's yellow, the other one's black.
00:30 It's not that we're going to need this right away, but it's best to get these things on
00:33 early.
00:34 We've got a ring of rope right round the building.
00:38 Here is just a big walkway that the public can have a view from.
00:42 And then we've got another black one.
00:44 That's just going to dangle down at the moment.
00:49 Happy to go out and have some fun?
00:50 Yeah, really happy.
00:51 Great!
00:52 Let's have a good, smooth time.
00:53 So, without tripping on anything, I'm going to ask you to step outside.
00:58 And then if you can spin round towards me this way, that's it.
01:01 So you can take in the view and then you drag the yellow.
01:03 Have a look around though.
01:04 Soak a little bit in before we get committed to everything.
01:05 I mean, it's pretty amazing, isn't it?
01:06 Yeah.
01:07 I mean, it's one of the most spectacular vistas.
01:08 Yeah.
01:09 That's your jet somewhere.
01:10 Flying through it.
01:11 It's just, it's such a massive view.
01:12 It really is.
01:23 I mean, I've only been here once before.
01:27 I did the New York Marathon in '96.
01:28 Yeah.
01:29 And I thought I took a bit in then, but I just don't remember it feeling as large as
01:34 it is now.
01:35 You're also seeing the Paris-Montparnasse.
01:36 Yes.
01:37 It's so vast.
01:38 Yeah.
01:39 Wow.
01:40 So, I'm going to go around the back.
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02:48 How's the mood down there?
02:55 It's good, yeah.
02:56 Everyone's kind of pretty happy.
02:57 Ulfie's been tuning up for his go.
03:00 Have you seen Ulfie live?
03:01 I have, yes.
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04:23 Okay, so you can let go of that.
04:30 So, next, it's to load the system a bit.
04:33 So it's obviously all really slack, so we need to walk backwards until it's become tight.
04:38 You can hang on to this, just to ease yourself into this, you just get it all sitting on
04:43 your harness and everything.
04:44 That's it.
04:45 Maybe hook the baggy now.
04:47 That's excellent.
04:48 That's brilliant.
04:49 You've got to do this, so that...
04:52 Yep.
04:53 Next, it's your...
04:54 [inaudible]
05:20 So, Carlos, by the way, he's here.
05:35 Yep.
05:36 He's really part of the team.
05:37 Brilliant.
05:38 Ready?
05:39 Yeah, good.
05:40 Thanks, Carlos.
05:41 Okay, so you've got all the systems.
05:44 Yep.
05:45 So now, you can hold on to this.
05:47 Let go of that one, just ease yourself out and get yourself in the system.
05:53 Give it a little mass.
05:55 Excellent.
05:58 So that hand goes into the yellow.
06:01 On the rope.
06:03 This, just don't squeeze it, just remember, just a little touch on that trigger.
06:07 Just your finger.
06:08 Because squeeze, squeeze, it stops.
06:09 On your fingertips.
06:10 Fingertips.
06:11 Squeeze, it stops.
06:12 You let go, it stops.
06:13 So it's just getting that sweet spot.
06:15 You're all ready to go.
06:18 Good.
06:19 Excellent.
06:20 So I'm going to start squeezing.
06:23 So I'm going on my feet the whole way, aren't I?
06:25 Against the building.
06:26 Your feet are the closest away.
06:27 Do you want to look down there?
06:29 See, there's a few silver little steps.
06:32 Then there's a window where all the people are.
06:34 And then beyond that, it's glass and it's free down there.
06:39 So then we've got a bit of free.
06:41 So you're just hanging free.
06:42 All right?
06:43 Happy?
06:44 Enjoy it, man.
06:45 Thank you.
06:46 I will.
06:47 Really enjoy it.
06:48 Have a good one, Adam.
06:49 Try and enjoy everything.
06:50 It takes a bit of time.
06:52 The friction, use your mass to-- and this, you let go.
06:56 Because that's what stops it.
06:58 It only needs to touch you slightly.
07:01 Yeah.
07:02 It stops.
07:03 That's great.
07:05 That's really good, Adam.
07:07 That's really good.
07:08 Take your time.
07:09 Enjoy yourself.
07:10 OK, thank you.
07:11 You're a good one.
07:13 Adam.
07:14 Enjoy, man.
07:20 Thank you.
07:21 Here we go.
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07:54 [Train whistling in background]
08:23 Hello.
08:26 Okay.
08:29 Down a bit.
08:32 Cool.
08:34 Well done.
08:35 Thank you.
08:36 How are we doing?
08:37 Good thanks and you?
08:38 Yeah, really good. That was nice.
08:39 Good little warm up.
08:40 Yeah, exactly.
08:41 [Chuckles]
08:42 [Chuckles]
08:47 Great stuff. If you can hold that up.
08:49 [Chuckles]
08:55 That's great. Thank you.
08:59 I'm going to just take a picture of him over there.
09:01 Yeah, okay.
09:03 So, if you want to just reverse into that corner.
09:09 Just over here?
09:10 Yeah.
09:11 [Indistinct chatter]
09:33 Thank you.
09:38 If you can go that way.
09:44 Come around behind you.
09:47 Position.
09:51 Such a good view out here, isn't it?
09:52 Yeah.
09:53 It's fabulous.
09:54 We'll give you a kind of absorb it all.
09:55 Yeah.
09:59 If you want to wait up here whilst Alfie comes down,
10:03 then you can go down together and then you can spend a few minutes
10:07 taking it all in.
10:29 Yeah, so you're secured there.
10:31 That's fine.
10:32 I'm going to hang out for a minute.
10:34 Just secure those.
10:39 Yeah.
10:40 Well done.
10:41 Thanks.
10:42 Great stuff.
10:43 So, when Alfie comes down, if you park there,
10:46 we can just work in that area.
10:47 Yeah, sure.
10:48 Someone's ready to go right now.
10:49 Yeah.
10:50 Just a couple of minutes, I think.
10:51 All right.
10:54 My battery's starting to die.
10:55 I don't know.
10:56 It'll be a while after Alfie.
10:57 Possibly, yeah.
10:58 Okay.
10:59 Yeah.
11:00 Yeah, I think you seem to be coming up in pairs.
11:09 Yeah.
11:10 You're going to wait for him?
11:11 Yeah, it's going to wait for Alfie.
11:12 Okay, perfect.
11:13 Yeah.
11:14 Well, look at that.
11:15 Yeah.
11:16 All right.
11:17 That's totally fine.
11:18 Thank you.
11:39 So, it wasn't this clear first thing, was it?
11:44 No.
11:45 I think I've been a bit lucky.
11:46 Yeah.
11:47 You feeling good, Adam?
11:48 Really good.
11:49 Yeah, it's really nice.
11:50 What about you?
11:51 We've got more views.
11:52 No, it's just unbelievable.
11:53 Is the view good up there?
11:54 Yeah.
11:55 I'm scared.
11:56 It's a good view.
11:57 Really, and it's an amazing view from the top.
11:58 I'm happy.
11:59 I'm happy.
12:00 As you said, life's for living.
12:01 This is it, isn't it?
12:02 Yes.
12:03 Doing stuff like this is just brilliant.
12:04 Once in a lifetime, really.
12:05 Or maybe it's not.
12:06 Have you done something like this before?
12:07 No.
12:08 No, nothing like this.
12:09 And it's such an icon.
12:10 I mean, some of the footage from the drones and from the guys at the top is just spectacular.
12:11 Is your daughter still here?
12:12 Yeah, they've put her in a red suit as well.
12:13 Brilliant.
12:14 In the building?
12:15 Yeah.
12:16 Great.
12:17 That's fantastic.
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17:58 I was asking on Friday if there's a maximum speed that this, whatever it's called, the
18:26 heat transfer will allow it to go through it.
18:28 Yeah, I mean it will go quite quick, but it can't just keep accelerating.
18:37 I don't know what the maximum speed will be.
18:42 Ultimately, if you do go very fast for a long time, it will get hot, even though that's
18:48 designed to dissipate heat.
18:49 So if you went fast and then stopped, that could be...
18:53 Because then the heat would transfer on the road and things like that.
18:59 So I guess the moral of it is if you are going fast and you stop, keep it moving a bit.
19:04 Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
19:05 So on the 600 foot abseil, I think just steady away and keep it constant is the best option.
19:12 Hey Alfie, I'm just going to grab the back of your harness in a moment.
19:19 There he goes.
19:20 Alfie, good man.
19:21 Enjoy that.
19:23 How was that?
19:26 Was that good?
19:29 Excellent man, yeah.
19:32 Just step forward a little bit.
19:36 Tension like that.
19:39 Nice spin up there.
19:42 Sorry, that's it.
19:45 Enjoy it man.
19:52 Yeah, good work.
19:54 I'm going to take a picture of you over there.
19:59 Okay, thank you.
20:00 You didn't hear any singing about me.
20:16 Sorry, sorry.
20:17 I can give you some now if you like.
20:22 Yeah.
20:23 What shall I sing man?
20:28 It's a long way down.
20:31 It's a long way down.
20:33 What I did, whoa.
20:34 How about that?
20:35 You just walk this way.
20:39 This begins Alfie.
20:46 Put your hands up on the other.
20:58 Look up a little bit.
21:00 Thank you man.
21:01 Okay, I'm going to head back down.
21:07 The water is ready as well.
21:18 Fresh batteries?
21:19 Yeah, as well as water.
21:22 It's refreshing to have my batteries.
21:25 Alright, see you guys.
21:26 Good, thank you.
21:27 You okay going down the ladder on your own?
21:28 Yeah, it's okay.
21:29 Great stuff.
21:30 Okay.
21:31 So, you can follow and when you get to the bottom, I just need to pop that over your
21:38 head actually.
21:39 You can step over there.
21:40 Great, and when you get to the bottom, if you just unscrew that and take that with you,
21:41 just clip it in.
21:42 That's yours to keep just now.
21:43 Okay.
21:44 But the bottom of the ladder.
21:45 Oh, so you're going to feed that out down?
21:46 Yeah, just in case you have a weak trigger there.
21:47 Okay, fair enough.
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24:12 Probably just needs the squirts changing a bit.
24:14 Guys, this corner right here is a little hazardous.
24:17 I wouldn't leave their heads in here.
24:19 Just watch out.
24:20 Yeah, it's like flipped out.
24:21 Is this your office in here?
24:23 Yeah, oh yeah.
24:25 Wow, what a kind of war on the stuff.
24:34 Okay, what's original here do you reckon?
24:37 I mean this walkway is not original is it?
24:40 I'm not really sure actually.
24:42 I just know the spire is pretty new.
24:44 The spire is new is it?
24:46 Yeah, I believe so.
24:47 The spire is new right?
24:49 No.
24:50 No?
24:51 The spire is new.
24:52 It wasn't like historical.
24:53 Since 1938.
24:54 Oops.
24:55 No, no that's been in the spire.
24:57 What is that?
24:58 I'm sorry.
24:59 That's like part of the new thing.
25:01 I should have known.
25:02 I know someone who's doing that.
25:04 I know someone who's doing that.
25:06 Yeah, I.
25:07 Someone's still doing that.
25:08 I don't want to brag.
25:10 But my last video that I got.
25:12 I got a little surprise with it.
25:15 I zoomed out while you were coming down.
25:18 I don't know how you feel about it.
25:20 I'm going to show it to you.
25:21 How about you tell me how you like it or not.
25:23 Why don't you give it a look.
25:25 I almost missed you on the way down.
25:27 I was so excited about this.
25:29 Thank you.
25:30 Thank you.
25:31 Thank you.
25:33 (glasses clinking)
25:36 (laughing)