See PJ.

See PJ’s bellayer.

See PJ fall.

See PJ’s bellayer go flying.

Ok, so I didn’t get a picture of the Flying Nepali. But I still got a great story…

The setting: Rock Climbing, Kathmandu

Me, PJ, and a couple other friends go rock climbing. Most places have tie downs in which the person bellaying will clip into the ground. When the person climbing falls, the person bellaying won’t leave the ground. This place, however, does not have any tie downs.

The Players: PJ and the Nepali

PJ is your average American…that you’d see playing center for the football team. He’s a big guy. Most Nepalis aren’t so big, certainly not PJ’s size. So basic physics tells you its going to be interesting when PJ goes rock climbing and is bellayed by a Nepali. A Nepali who is not tied down.

Act I: Levitation

The Nepali bellaying stands back about thirty feet from the wall and clips into a chain-link fence (seen above). PJ goes up the wall, gets about three quarters of the way up and loses his grip. PJ falls, the Nepali levitates about three feet off the ground. But he’s still clipped into the fence.

Act II: Flying

Then, suddenly, as if a crack of thunder rumbles above, all in audience hear the snap. And all in audience see the levitating Nepali become the flying Nepali. Already three feet in the air, he now goes thirty feet to the wall. And PJ comes down. Something on the Nepali’s harness broke, severing his connection with the fence. He really goes flying. Thankfully the physics just works out, and the two balance each other so PJ didn’t fall too fast and the Nepali slowed down before slamming into the wall.

Epilogue:

PJ goes back up, but this time the Nepali clips in twice to the fence. He levitates again, but no flying.

And in all honesty, I really think he enjoyed the flying. I would have.