[PlaystFreak]

Photograph shows two men who each lost an arm in a grisly tug of war contest.

10/25-1997
A mass tug of war was held at a park along the Keelung River in Taipei in celebration of Retrocession Day, the fiftysecond anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan. Ove onethousandsixhundred participants joined in the contest, exerting an estimated eightythousand kilograms or more of force on a five centimeter nylon rope that could bear a force of about twentysixthousand kilograms at most. Within seconds the rope snapped, severing the left arms of two men, Yang Chiungming and Chen Mingkuo, below the shoulder. The severing of their limbs was believed to have been caused by the sheer rebounding force of the broken rope rather than the men's having wrapped the rope around their arms, as was sometimes reported. The victims were taken to Mackay Memorial Hospital and underwent seven hours of microsurgery to reattach their arms.

[**butterflylove**]

Its not a dangerous sport, its armless

[Faline]

[docfr8]

I guess these guys wont participate in the next years event

[sadlad]

is there not only one man with his arm ripped off?
it say's two men with there arm's, i keep checking incase i've overlooked one.

[Menalipa]

At least they were civilized enough know how to apply a tourniquet to control bleeding.

[Arkoquisa]

i remember reading about this long ago, but never saw the pics, so badass, i can just imagine seeing a rope snake strike slice a human arm off

[megaman]

Sucks to him - lost an arm playing a stupid game

[NaughtyGirls]

mental

[collaredgirl65]