Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of Rum....



Nobody can blame them for giving up too soon.



Time to get the equipment sorted ooooh- those welds just snapped off - but he seems to have expected it. Curious.



EDIT: Oh, I get it.

Those brackets are temporary one-time rope holders. They are only welded on one side, on purpose.

You pull hard enough, and they release the wire rope.

All welds were good, but maybe some were welded on the lower side instead of the upper side ?