The Very Same Pit Still Yawns

By Jordan Ginsberg • Dec 30th, 2008 • Category: ModBlog


Mike writes in about some scrotum-tightening guerilla suspension antics in Toronto’s High Park last week:

We threw hooks in my living room and headed out via car to High Park. I drove with the hooks in my back already attached to the rig. We hiked into High Park at about 8 p.m. or so and found our spot with the nice tree. Jon had to rig it all by himself while I helped him with the gear. We wanted to rig it so as not to have any footprints in the snow under where I would hang. We got it all rigged, I hooked the rig up to the rope system and shimmied out across the rope system so as not to mark the snow and dropped off. I wore basically all the warm clothes I own so that i could stay warm long enough to get off the ground on the hooks, and then I stripped it all off down to my “short shorts.” The hang was only a minute or two long — my fingers went numb first and then my toes — and then I dropped down and got dressed real quick. It was snowing and around -5 degrees Celsius and maybe -9 or -10 with the windchill.

More photos, all by Chris, after the jump.


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14 Responses »

  1. SDietz on December 30th, 2008 at 8:51 pm:

    Very nice.

  2. elijah on December 30th, 2008 at 9:09 pm:

    these pictures are beautiful. i wish i could have been a part of this.

  3. spencer lopez on December 30th, 2008 at 9:10 pm:

    that’s so beautiful!

  4. katy prost on December 30th, 2008 at 9:20 pm:

    So so gorgeous.

  5. valy on December 30th, 2008 at 9:25 pm:

    a beatiful suspension..beautiful pics! *feeling envy!* xD

  6. Nate on December 30th, 2008 at 10:06 pm:

    awesome suspension
    also, this guy is much more of a man than me. I need to wear a sweater with a coat on top in the harsh greater toronto area winter

  7. Chris on December 30th, 2008 at 10:32 pm:

    It’s great to see these up. It was a fun time. Next time we will have more preparation and more lighting equipment so that the pictures will be even better! :)

  8. Laurel on December 30th, 2008 at 10:33 pm:

    Beautiful! I’ve wanted to do a suspension in the snow…my problem is just that I really don’t like it. haha…not a great idea to live in Michigan then, eh?

  9. freedomhangs on December 31st, 2008 at 12:11 am:

    Aw, man, this was happening 3 subway stops away from me!
    That is awesome beyond words and makes me envious.

  10. VenusInFur on December 31st, 2008 at 6:13 am:

    Breathless.
    ….and freezing!

  11. bastian on December 31st, 2008 at 7:57 am:

    aaaahh… that is eternally beautiful! Who needs indoor suspensions when you can have a snow suspension! :)

  12. Warren on December 31st, 2008 at 11:38 am:

    Awwwwwww sooooo pretty…..

    Oh yeah and the suspension is pretty too lmao

  13. Jenn on December 31st, 2008 at 1:51 pm:

    Oooo :) This reminds me of the first scene in the new vampire movie from Sweden. Let the Right One In.

  14. Austin on January 2nd, 2009 at 12:52 am:

    Amazing!

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