Apostle
Student
- Apr 17, 2019
- 129
For the past couple weeks I've been doing a small series of posts on here, regarding different parts of my plans for ctb. If you happened to stumble on a few of them, you already know the background, but to summarize: I'm in a small condo with basically no money, but a few hours home alone on certain days of the week. It was easily determined that I have the time and privacy to ctb, and the note is being worked on, but now I have to figure out if it's even physically possible to hang myself (preferably full suspension at the moment) from anything in this little place, and how I can approach that, if it is. So, here's what I've "scouted" in my home so far:
Everything attached to the walls and ceilings looks like a no-go, far too weak to hold me. It comes down to doors, I feel. There are a few doors, well-hidden from any windows, and they seem like the only reasonably strong structures in the whole condo. Even they might be too weak since this place is kinda old but hopefully I can go over the details with you guys and run some tests to get at least a rough estimation of how sturdy they are. There are two spots where I might be able to hang from a door. If these ideas sound silly and ridiculous, I'm sorry, I really don't know a lot about this and I'm frankly none too bright. Firstly, there's upstairs. My bedroom door is close to the bathroom door (though they're pretty much diagonal to each other which could be awkward), so I might be able to tie something to the bathroom's inside doorknob, sling it over the door to my room, and hang from inside my room (if i can keep the doors relatively still). The other potential option is the basement. There's a door down there, leading to the tool room, which is bigger and stronger-looking than the doors upstairs, but it lacks the benefit of having another nearby door, so I'd need to tie the other side of the rope to something else, maybe just the opposite doorknob of the same door, if that isn't putting too much weight in one spot or doesn't have a risk of slipping off?
What exactly do I have on hand to play the role of the "rope"? Well, probably nothing. The only thing I've kinda had my eyes on is a dog leash, not the normal one, but an extra-long, tougher, dog park leash that looks and feels to be made of something similar to a proper traditional rope, though it's quite thin. If that's not trustworthy enough, or too brutal, there may be something else less conventionally "ropey" I can use, I'm not totally sure what else works in terms of household objects. I can go into more depth with that and show you guys what I have, I guess. If there's really nothing, I could maybe resort to sneaking off to the store and seeing if there's any suitable ropes or equivalents I can afford and hide away at home. Assuming that wouldn't raise eyebrows at the store, I mean.
Finally, there's my weight to consider. I don't think I have a scale at home but I'll try to find some way of weighing myself soon. I am an obese, adult male, who drinks too much beer, so that will surely have an effect...Definitely will make sure I'm not in the middle of digestion before a hang. Going forward, I'll work on doing some weighing and measuring, to get a better grasp on how doable this is, and perhaps provide pictures of the area and objects I may use (which would be heavily censored to prevent any personal information being revealed, of course).
To start with I'm just wondering if the basic idea of this ctb sounds sensible, if my initial vague "plan" has the right direction, and I'll provide more concrete things I can discuss as soon as I can. Thank you all again for being here, listening and helping, and being generally great people. Can't tell you enough how amazing this site has been for me already.
Everything attached to the walls and ceilings looks like a no-go, far too weak to hold me. It comes down to doors, I feel. There are a few doors, well-hidden from any windows, and they seem like the only reasonably strong structures in the whole condo. Even they might be too weak since this place is kinda old but hopefully I can go over the details with you guys and run some tests to get at least a rough estimation of how sturdy they are. There are two spots where I might be able to hang from a door. If these ideas sound silly and ridiculous, I'm sorry, I really don't know a lot about this and I'm frankly none too bright. Firstly, there's upstairs. My bedroom door is close to the bathroom door (though they're pretty much diagonal to each other which could be awkward), so I might be able to tie something to the bathroom's inside doorknob, sling it over the door to my room, and hang from inside my room (if i can keep the doors relatively still). The other potential option is the basement. There's a door down there, leading to the tool room, which is bigger and stronger-looking than the doors upstairs, but it lacks the benefit of having another nearby door, so I'd need to tie the other side of the rope to something else, maybe just the opposite doorknob of the same door, if that isn't putting too much weight in one spot or doesn't have a risk of slipping off?
What exactly do I have on hand to play the role of the "rope"? Well, probably nothing. The only thing I've kinda had my eyes on is a dog leash, not the normal one, but an extra-long, tougher, dog park leash that looks and feels to be made of something similar to a proper traditional rope, though it's quite thin. If that's not trustworthy enough, or too brutal, there may be something else less conventionally "ropey" I can use, I'm not totally sure what else works in terms of household objects. I can go into more depth with that and show you guys what I have, I guess. If there's really nothing, I could maybe resort to sneaking off to the store and seeing if there's any suitable ropes or equivalents I can afford and hide away at home. Assuming that wouldn't raise eyebrows at the store, I mean.
Finally, there's my weight to consider. I don't think I have a scale at home but I'll try to find some way of weighing myself soon. I am an obese, adult male, who drinks too much beer, so that will surely have an effect...Definitely will make sure I'm not in the middle of digestion before a hang. Going forward, I'll work on doing some weighing and measuring, to get a better grasp on how doable this is, and perhaps provide pictures of the area and objects I may use (which would be heavily censored to prevent any personal information being revealed, of course).
To start with I'm just wondering if the basic idea of this ctb sounds sensible, if my initial vague "plan" has the right direction, and I'll provide more concrete things I can discuss as soon as I can. Thank you all again for being here, listening and helping, and being generally great people. Can't tell you enough how amazing this site has been for me already.
