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@JohnnyC: So, everything is good back in the USA? I enjoyed reading what you said, I even know the gear and the technical phrases you threw out, but none of this would apply in Honduras. Not the design, engineering, maintenance, hardware specification, testing, inspection...nothing.
An easily seen example: Two way radio communication? Handheld Radios in the salty air of sea level being knocked around brutally with locally prevalent attitudes thus creating a total lack of maintenance service? US norms are simply inconceivable on Roatan.
I myself have no real marketable productive skills but I do know a bit about failure analysis. My business card says, "Why Stuff Breaks" (I offer testimony on firearms). I quickly learned a very basic lesson- never offer the root cause of any such final resulting event from what little you may have read.
Your initial supposition "barring an improbable mechanical failure, my best guess would be..." Is faulty on its premise.
Again, I have high regard and respect your stateside OSHA level knowledge, but it has zero application at 10* North Latitude.
Bottom line here is: Home made carnival rides in third world nations are riskier than you might imagine. Zip Lines, scooter rentals, or unregulated (non-agency) Resort Course SCUBA experiences, lo mismo.
An easily seen example: Two way radio communication? Handheld Radios in the salty air of sea level being knocked around brutally with locally prevalent attitudes thus creating a total lack of maintenance service? US norms are simply inconceivable on Roatan.
I myself have no real marketable productive skills but I do know a bit about failure analysis. My business card says, "Why Stuff Breaks" (I offer testimony on firearms). I quickly learned a very basic lesson- never offer the root cause of any such final resulting event from what little you may have read.
Your initial supposition "barring an improbable mechanical failure, my best guess would be..." Is faulty on its premise.
Again, I have high regard and respect your stateside OSHA level knowledge, but it has zero application at 10* North Latitude.
Bottom line here is: Home made carnival rides in third world nations are riskier than you might imagine. Zip Lines, scooter rentals, or unregulated (non-agency) Resort Course SCUBA experiences, lo mismo.
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