18.05.2016

Desert madness

Spotted in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada a festival goer climbs a scissor lift stack to join those already riding the ‘chariot’ above.

There is so much wrong in this surreal scene which is reminiscent of a mad Warner Brothers film set. Our climber is of course at risk of falling from an already substantial height in his outfit which looks to be straight out of a YMCA video. More seriously, he also risks becoming trapped in the scissor lift mechanism if anyone operates the lift controls, and with at least seven, if not eight people and load of additional material already in the platform, the chances are that it is already badly overloaded.
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The scissor climber

Forgetting the weight in the platform that chariot modification adds considerably to the sail affect of the platform, making it very unstable should the wind pick up. This has to be one of the most stupid and careless examples of scissor lift applications and definitely one for the death wish series.
UPDATE
The following photo was sent in as a response to the original article
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is it eight or nine people in the platform and some look to be on the cantilever