Instructor forces tourist onto zipline in Dagestan
An instructor in Dagestan sent a tourist on a zip line by kicking her leg.
Consensus
- The incident occurred in the Sulak Canyon in Dagestan.
- A woman arrived with her husband and initially agreed to go on the zipline.
- She became afraid before the jump and tried to withdraw her consent.
- Three instructors did not allow her to leave and brought her in a harness to the edge of the platform.
- One of the instructors kicked her leg.
- The entire event was filmed by another instructor.
- Videos of similar forced zipline launches are regularly posted on social media by organizers.
- These videos are used for promotional purposes.
- The zipline ride costs around 7,000 rubles.
- The swing over the abyss costs 5,000 rubles.
- A full-day tour of the canyon costs 25,000 rubles.
- People are demanding accountability for the instructors.
Points of divergence
- The instructor kicked her foot, which was used to brace against the platform edge. — vm
- The incident occurred on September 28, as reported by Baza. — vm
- A separate incident in India involving a zipline failure in July is mentioned, with a man falling 12 meters due to a broken lock. — vm
Coverage (3 sources)
- Kicked the leg and pushed: instructor forcibly sent tourist on zipline — РИАМО
- Baza: Instructor in Dagestan sent tourist on zip line by force, kicking her leg — Вечерняя Москва
- In Dagestan, a popular social media instructor dislocated a tourist's leg and forcibly sent her on a zip line. — Baza