Pete Henrickson, along with his brother Dean and 20 other brave Outward Bound supporters made history this week as they abseiled down the Empire State Building in New York. They did so alongside celebrity participant and rock-star, Jared Leto whilst being cheered on by fellow Outward Bound Trustee, Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice.
The event – the first of its kind – is was raising funds for Outward Bound in the UK and other international Outward Bound partners around the globe.
The event – the first of its kind – is was raising funds for Outward Bound in the UK and other international Outward Bound partners around the globe.
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00:00 [Sounds of traffic]
00:12 What the f***?
00:13 [Sounds of traffic]
00:20 Anybody who says this isn't scary is a liar.
00:22 [Sounds of traffic]
00:24 [Sounds of traffic]
00:32 Take your time, have a little look around as well yeah.
00:34 There's not a lot to see apart from some buildings down there.
00:37 How you doing?
00:38 I'm here, I'm alright yeah.
00:40 Suddenly feeling slightly nervous but yeah.
00:42 Take your time going upstairs.
00:43 We'll check the red first, clip into this.
00:46 Well it's coming and going, the building's sitting on the cloud.
00:54 Awesome, I'll tell you about that in a moment.
00:57 We just need you to load the rope.
01:00 Just focus on that for the moment.
01:03 Straight legs, straight legs.
01:05 That's really good, really good.
01:07 Excellent.
01:07 [Sounds of traffic]
01:12 Okay, okay, okay.
01:15 I'm ready to go.
01:16 And it's a gentle squeeze, working your feet down, working your feet down.
01:23 Go nice and slow to start.
01:24 Lean out more, go out the right.
01:28 So you've got more, almost pushing your heels in, alright.
01:34 That's great.
01:35 That's it, that's good.
01:36 Okay, look up, give us a smile.
01:39 [Sounds of traffic]
01:47 Yeah I'm cool, I'm good.
01:48 [Sounds of traffic]
02:18 [Sounds of traffic]
02:38 Anybody who says this isn't scary is a liar.
02:40 [Sounds of traffic]
03:06 [Bleep]
03:07 Hey.
03:10 [Sounds of traffic]
03:16 We're all love lights, we're all love lights.
03:24 [Sounds of traffic]
03:45 Morning.
03:46 Feeling a lot better as I'm getting closer to you.
03:50 [Inaudible]
03:53 Yeah.
03:54 That was good.