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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX
very nice. in America theyd still be questioning you, maybe even waterboarding you, especially if you spoke french!  |
Here's one for you then (I skimped on details, people prefer to look at pictures)
I went down first, cos I was going to shoot back at the group.
The descent was in two pitches, first from the top to the first balcony, balcony to the ground. When I was going over, someone below let out out 'don't juuuuump', which is always interesting.
Went down, don't remember much of the trip, except everything was very big.
Setup, started shooting shots. First cop car drives past, very slowly.
Finish shooting, second cop car drives past, I pack my gear, hide the memory card out, and sit down in front of the church, waiting for the cops.
Van of cops arrive, they get out, see everyone else, who are now on the first balcony.
They flip out a little, then a moment or two later see me, done up w/ harnass and climbing gear still. I started chatting to them, explaining what was going on.
They started talking w/ their peers about how to get everyone down, and I said to them: hey look - we're all professionals, if I can suggest that you just let everone come down on the rope, it'll be quicker and safer for everyone.
To my amazement, they said yes, so I called up to my friends to come down. They were equally amazed, so they got to do the final abseil w/ an audience that had swelled to over 25 cops.
The cops were all quite nice and respectful. It was obvious we knew what we were doing. Their concern was we'd messed up what is an international landmark. Upon going up and verifying everything was fine and taking statements, we were released.