India has a similar festival where groups of people coordinate to build a human tower to reach a large pot of curd. Its a birthday celebration of on of their diety. From the identical uniforms to the techniques its exactly the same.
Aries-Sign on
Okay but that was so cool
the_big_bones on
ancient_horse on
The World War Z zombies are taking notes
Birkiedoc on
Not a single comment about what happens at ~8s into the video……reddit you’ve let me down
chalimacos on
Catalonia
frankcastle01 on
Humans are far too fragile to be doing this shit
Gottalaughalittle on
Props to those 3 guys at the bottom of the stack
Bean_Eater_777 on
And only the top 4 wear helmets? Seriously?
TheBrianUniverse on
ifjake on
The relief on people’s faces as they safely climb down
AdSuccessful2506 on
This is in Catalonia, not in all Spain.
Candysylvvi on
The sheer amount of trust in those towers is wild.
Kaankaants on
*Don’t fart. Don’t fart. Don’t fart.*
JoeR9T on
We Spaniards are health and safety champions
Wise_Economist_4521 on
One booty nose swipe away from a catastrophe.
RaGada25 on
So the dude at the bottom is just standing with 400+ lbs on his shoulders?
kinezumi89 on
The nose-through-the-buttcrack drag is an interesting move
KittyBungholeFire on
At the very beginning there were a few people climbing *down*. Were they going down to provide additional support to the base, or just the smart ones who were thinking it would fail and wanted off before that happened?
No_Newspaper2213 on
if we see the bottom 4 kids, theres 13 people at top of them, average weight would be least 30kg, so thats around 400kg of weight on top of 4 people, so thats 100kg per person.
BuffyTheGuineaPig on
I always find myself wondering how traditions like this actually started. (Like someone’s drunk uncle, at a party, saying “Hey, I’ve got a great idea that’d be fun…”)
mca1169 on
this is just painful to look at. the human spine is not meant to handle this kind of weight pushing down on it.
Vaporboi on
Imagine the smell
Steve0512 on
At least they give the top kids helmets to wear.
Actiaslunahello on
I was 12 and the smallest person willing to try to climb one at an apple festival. I made it to the top, but my biggest take away was how weird it is to climb another human being. Most people in my life didn’t want me to touch them, but here was a whole tower of humans that NEEDED me to touch them to complete an objective. It was so cool. Wouldn’t want to be on the bottom though.
Sonidista84 on
Hey! I did part of that recording one year ago,(sound engineer for the radio transmission)!!!!!
Didn’t expect to find content I did on Reddit 😀
narnarnartiger on
They do this in India too
OaktownU on
The real challenge is when they get the towers to walk around once the last kid gets to the top. It’s scary when they collapse.
teflon2000 on
I swear the all the lovers video was more bare skinned
Smooth_Review1046 on
Hell no, because at 6ft, 220lbs and all muscle (30 yrs ago) I’d be on the bottom.
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India has a similar festival where groups of people coordinate to build a human tower to reach a large pot of curd. Its a birthday celebration of on of their diety. From the identical uniforms to the techniques its exactly the same.
Okay but that was so cool
The World War Z zombies are taking notes
Not a single comment about what happens at ~8s into the video……reddit you’ve let me down
Catalonia
Humans are far too fragile to be doing this shit
Props to those 3 guys at the bottom of the stack
And only the top 4 wear helmets? Seriously?
The relief on people’s faces as they safely climb down
This is in Catalonia, not in all Spain.
The sheer amount of trust in those towers is wild.
*Don’t fart. Don’t fart. Don’t fart.*
We Spaniards are health and safety champions
One booty nose swipe away from a catastrophe.
So the dude at the bottom is just standing with 400+ lbs on his shoulders?
The nose-through-the-buttcrack drag is an interesting move
At the very beginning there were a few people climbing *down*. Were they going down to provide additional support to the base, or just the smart ones who were thinking it would fail and wanted off before that happened?
if we see the bottom 4 kids, theres 13 people at top of them, average weight would be least 30kg, so thats around 400kg of weight on top of 4 people, so thats 100kg per person.
I always find myself wondering how traditions like this actually started. (Like someone’s drunk uncle, at a party, saying “Hey, I’ve got a great idea that’d be fun…”)
this is just painful to look at. the human spine is not meant to handle this kind of weight pushing down on it.
Imagine the smell
At least they give the top kids helmets to wear.
I was 12 and the smallest person willing to try to climb one at an apple festival. I made it to the top, but my biggest take away was how weird it is to climb another human being. Most people in my life didn’t want me to touch them, but here was a whole tower of humans that NEEDED me to touch them to complete an objective. It was so cool. Wouldn’t want to be on the bottom though.
Hey! I did part of that recording one year ago,(sound engineer for the radio transmission)!!!!!
Didn’t expect to find content I did on Reddit 😀
They do this in India too
The real challenge is when they get the towers to walk around once the last kid gets to the top. It’s scary when they collapse.
I swear the all the lovers video was more bare skinned
Hell no, because at 6ft, 220lbs and all muscle (30 yrs ago) I’d be on the bottom.
Imagine if one of the guys at the bottom sneezes
What could go wrong?