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>> but flying off a 150-foot cliff is not for the faint of heart. austin's brother is one of the rope swing engineers. his job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. >> to actually jump you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line. you only mess up once. >> to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. >> and there were five placed on the arch in the '80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped onto webbing to attach to the five anchor points. >> they're taking a a slight misstep could land someone over t...

Jumped onto webbing to attach to the five anchor points. >> a rope could break, a bolt might come loose, and a slight misstep could land someone over the edge, onto the unforgiving rocks below. >> if i would have slid maybe another foot and a half, it's 150 feet straight down. >> it's a close call. >> i got careless, i wasn't thinking, and i made a mistake. lucky i just brought brand new climbing shoes with rubber on the bottom. i was able to recover like a boss and live to do the rope swing. >> everything is in place for the moment of truth, with devon's cameras poised to record, austin clips...

>> but flying off a 150-foot cliff is not for the faint of heart. austin's brother is one of the rope swing engineers. his job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. >> to actually jump you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line. with something like this, you only mess up once. >> to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. >> and there were five placed on the arch in the '80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped onto webbing to attach to the five anchor points. >> they're taking a a slight misstep...

Austin's brother is one of the rope swing engineers. his job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. >> to actually jump you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line. you only mess up once. >> to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. >> and there were five placed on the arch in the '80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped onto webbing to attach to the five anchor points. >> they're taking a p repea sli misstep could land someone over the edge, onto the unforgiving rocks below. >> if i would have s...

His job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. >> to actually jump you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line. you only mess up once. >> to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. >> and there were five placed on the arch in the '80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped onto webbing to attach to the five anchor points. >> they're taking a a slight misstep could land someone over the edge, onto the unforgiving rocks below. >> if i would have slid maybe another foot and a half, it's 150 feet straigh...