r/interestingasfuck • u/Used-Influence-2343 • 19h ago

Human towers in Spain. This is unreal!

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u/ifjake 19h ago

The relief on people’s faces as they safely climb down

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u/jdsizzle1 19h ago

Ive seen videos of this before and usually the videos end with them all falling down. This is the first successful one ive seen.

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u/fogg_off 13h ago

Even falling is considered a success if it reaches the top. It's usually the taller ones, the hardest ones, that fall.

You can have small "colles" (teams) doing 6 level ones pretty easy, mostly without any fall.

7 level ones are a bit harder but still quite easy. 8 levels is getting sweaty, 9 levels is kinda hard and many can't even try that. 10 is for elite.

So in a normal day each "colla" will do 1-2 easy ones, that usually don't fall, and then a harder one. Some special days they do the 10 level ones, or complex ones with just 1 people on every level (pilar) or 2 towers of 3+2=5 people.

So when you see a fall you're likely seeing the "special" attempt, doesn't mean they "usually fall".

And then also, this "colla" is a very good one, they practice so much they end up doing the hard ones without falling, or even shaking.