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My second worst accident as a kid, was on a "safe" playground, when my finger got stuck on a hinge of a swing. My most daring stunts, were on "safe" playground
by speeder 7y ago
My second worst accident as a kid, was on a "safe" playground, when my finger got stuck on a hinge of a swing.
My most daring stunts, were on "safe" playgrounds too, for example trying to make swings do a 360 (yes, I tried that, never succeeded).
Both times what was going on my mind is that I wanted to do something fun, and the equipment looked like it would work for what I wanted... Ended once even accidentally disassembling a swing (it had a "hook" shaped hinge and I swung it too far and it detached).
But the most fun I ever had... was playing on an uncle storage closet full of boxes and old stuff, climbing on trees, learning to cook, making my own sword when I was 16, and so on.
"Safe" looking stuff make people (even adults) do unsafe things (see the other article about road speeds, mentioning how wider lanes make people speed more and crash more often).
- clairity 7y ago> "...trying to make swings do a 360 (yes, I tried that, never succeeded)." ha, my childhood friends and i used to try to do that too. we settled on swinging as high as we could and doing backflips out of the swing. i don't know how not one of us got injured that way.
- Tsagadai 7y agoA 360 on a children's swing can definitely be done. I've done it as a child and as an adult. It usually needs to have a much longer rope/chain on it to get the momentum up.
- Doxin 7y agoWouldn't you be limited to going 180 degrees? any more than that and you'll start falling straight down on the backswing instead of swinging.
- glaurung_ 7y agoYou're definitely right. I wonder if he's thinking of jumping off of the swing and doing a 360 in the air. Apparently it can be done if your swing has rigid bars in stead of ropes: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6KvBn7QvzaI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6KvBn7QvzaI