Human-Powered Ferris Wheel

Posted by Queuebot in Travel & Places, Video Clips on February 2, 2009 at 2:35 pm



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No motor? No problem! In India, this ferris wheel is powered by men climbing up and using their body weight to rotate the wheel.

I guess you’d want to try this ride early, since the operators must be exhausted at the end of the day!

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5 comments to "Human-Powered Ferris Wheel"

  1. darlzwik
    February 2nd, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    It reminds me of the merry go rounds when I was a kid. The older boys would get in the middle and spin so fast that kids would be flying off the outside.

    If you tried to do this now days, the government would put a stop to it; someone could get hurt. Enforced mediocrity.

  2. Leif
    February 2nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    It almost looks like more fun to operate the thing than to ride it.

  3. Chris W
    February 3rd, 2009 at 7:27 am

    How do they make it stop afterwards?? Do they just let its momentum run out?

  4. Vijay
    February 3rd, 2009 at 8:46 am

    This reminds me my childhood days.

  5. Lore
    February 3rd, 2009 at 12:25 pm

    Watching this made my stomach lurch... it just looks so damn scary.


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