How we lit the World's tallest annual bonfire - Slinningsbålet 2015 (34m)

The ignition of the worlds largest annual bonfire - made exclusively by the use of the hands of youth between 12-23 years of age. The video shows 6 of the bonfire-builders freeclimbing the bonfire to ignite it. The fire is an annual tradition to celebrate midsummer and St. John, and the only one of its kind still alive today. The bonfire is located in Ålesund, Norway on a small artificial island outside Slinningen, an outer district of Ålesund. In 2015 it was measured to 34m, and the bonfires are built 100% with only wooden pallets. In the year of 2016 the bonfire measured 47.396m tall and broke the world record for world's tallest bonfire, approved by Guinness: www.guinnessworldrecords.com/w...
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The drone footage was captured by Arvid Hjelme. For the whole video with a perspective from above, visit Arvid Hjelme's video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfmJi...
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Music by Philter - www.philter.no/
1st song: Robots in Motion
2nd song: Untitled
3rd song: Adventure time

[@Slinning1]

This is NOT the highest bonfire in the world. This video is from 2015, we set the world record in 2016. There are probably a lot more videos of 2016 around youtube if you search for them! :)

[@machielvanloon8591]

u can also chance the title

[@Slinning1]

The title is correct. This is from the worlds largest ANNUAL bonfire celebration, but the tallest bonfire ever built was built this year.

[@ElectronicPleasure]

No health n safety ropes?

[@chvishal]

wtf are health ropes.

[@aboyhasnoname9138]

vishal chan that's a health nope!

[@enazalane4129]

kids in Africa could eat that wood.

[@jarblewarble]

No, but they could cook their meals with it.

[@williek1802]

+Andy Green What meals?

[@kauvik_]

Will_Wolf I laughed way too hard at this comment

[@tiihtu2507]

Meanwhile in Finland: No, too dangerous. The water could catch fire.

[@keepitrandom5066]

did you make this place up 'FINLAND'

[@pigeonette1]

@@keepitrandom5066 im sorry what

[@kristianstrm2375]

@@pigeonette1 Don't you know? "Finland" isn't real, it's a made up landmass to cover up for illegal russian and japanese fishing in the area. I mean have you heard their "language"? Obviously made up on the spot, if you ask me.

[@Hallahanify]

Osha in the us wouldn't let them climb up that.

[@josephastier7421]

It would not be allowed anywhere in the USA either. Nor would the workers be allowed to climb it.

[@jakerogers7916]

2021 peeps be like: Why you wasting so much expensive wood?

[@kevinbrun8014]

Yes, why wood you?

[@zarb88]

why are you using so much expensive oxygen?

[@holyherb1234]

I’m a pallet repairer and this was the best thing to watch while repairing

[@Luke-rt9bx]

That’s a really thing? ...and I thought I had a shitty job

[@vikinnorway6725]

😂

[@Hallahanify]

@@Luke-rt9bx ya pallets get fucked up all the time but they are reused. They need to be fixed sometimes. Lotta money in that shit actually. Alot of places that have alot of freight coming in but not going out on pallets will have a surpluss and give then to you for free. You can sell them to other shippers.

[@Knoti]

Is at the top... forgot lighter xD would be funny

[@jessenryanderamas1702]

Then rain,

[@bruwy7370]

I don’t like you’re profile picture

[@Finebert]

*BONFIRE LIT*

[@xpndblhero5170]

I can imagine climbing the whole way up and looking around at each other like "who has the lighter¿?".... 😂🤣

[@rogerkomula8057]

Having driven a forktruck, I would never climb any pile of pallets no matter who engineered it. Uniformity is an illusion.

[@cmcgrath93]

roger komula broke my back due to a stack of pallets

[@danielboardman1551]

As another forklift driver I completely agree fuck that hahaha

[@dingdingdingdiiiiing]

The climb made me cringe, it only takes one bad pallet OR one false move and it's lights out for the guy.

[@yourbuddykevin]

I'm pretty sure they are not loosely stacked, prob nailed together.

[@pumpkingamebox]

That's why they hire mountain climbers to do the job

[@Slinning1]

The chance of making fatal errors when climbing is pretty much the same as to fall when climbing a ladder, probably less because the ladder actually can tip over. As you can see in the video, you maintain three points of contact when climbing with your legs and arms, and even so the point of contact is on the inside of the pallets where it's literally impossible that anything comes loose. This is because of the enormous weight on the pallets which keeps everything in place. Every pallet is evaluated before being sent to the top. We've built tall bonfires like this since 1964, so obviously there has been developed a lot of techniques for every task we have to do. :)

[@Rptvrr]

@@Slinning1 as a carpenter I found this very interesting!! That is a highly engineered structure! Great work!!!

[@qkings_Roblox]

They use screws and nails to put em together

[@koaasst]

cool to see brave young men doing daring things. never lose the spirit!!!!

[@tiffanyschnitzel7279]

Tik Tok braught me here

[@chvishal]

splinters galore

[@garnercreede565]

Lol

[@krystingrant6292]

Ok🥺🤧

[@cma-jo1qx]

Whats funny to me is the fact that at 10:03 you can see pallet with ČD on it. That stands for České dráhy.....state raildroad company. Its a small world we live in.

[@robinhultman719]

There are LPR and CHEP pallets to 😝

[@lbhecrow5459]

I live there, and they are going for a new world record this year.

[@mrnugget1690]

The way the build it is not acceptable in my opinion, pallets aren't flat and they use nails or screws and boards to secure the pallets, if the people in Northern Ireland done this on their bonfires they would easily beat the "record" but fair play to them its cool to see :)

[@kamotekamote3002]

World record on polluting the air? Wow amazing.

[@rabbit1360]

@@mrnugget1690 “not acceptable in my opinion-.. they use nails or screws” How else would they prevent it from falling over? If it fell while someone was climbing it to add more or to light it, there would be a huge problem

[@qkings_Roblox]

@@mrnugget1690 Its safe asf. There r people controlling it, pouring water on it. If it falls over it'll just fall into the water.

[@packtavious1871]

2045: spectators gather and chat about how dangerous this celebration was 20 years ago as the annual bonfire is being lit by a drone.

[@braackmartin1276]

Scientists: cars are the biggest contributor to global warming. This dude: am I a joke to you?

[@elmer9007]

This is good carbondioxide💁‍♂️ Not fossile fuels

[@6infinity8]

this is nothing compared to cars

[@JM-lc3ki]

Elmer 900 I hope you’re joking lol

[@Yb_betta]

@@elmer9007 I hope you’re joking because the entire thing is covered in gasoline

[@harre0267]

@@Yb_betta without Carbondioxide we would not be alive

[@xanderhoyle7133]

2 years later im here from lachys vid, im about to watch it and that idea seems sick

[@iansarsenal]

Looks so cool. Really hope to make it to Norway some day to see this

[@1MrErling]

Great video!!! WELL DONNE JOB!

[@DrCubbel]

How are they able to climb with that massive balls?

[@TheVibesFam]

Hardcore parkour 2021 wya

[@Carenado10]

Jenga anyone?

[@Theofanis.M]

Congratulations to the young gentlemen who maintain this nice custom!

[@johndoughnut8617]

My legs felt wobbly watching you climb

[@crazyskyguy]

would love a copy of that second song!

[@camposrafael59]

This was an awesome video!!! It takes alot of balls to climb that tower..my respect!!

[@ichiikiraa]

That second song... I need it

[@azimuth361]

Man.... I'm at pucker factor 9.25 just WATCHING this!!!!

[@starimadari4031]

Noone : Pipin lightning the beacons of Gondor :

[@ephflores]

Wouldn’t it be cooler if someone can shoot a burning arrow to the top. Maybe not, but for sure would like to see that happen lol

[@Jimboy1611]

Clicks to see a bonfire. Gets a climb.

[@josephastier7421]

That free solo climb was no joke. Pallets are used in compression, the fasters aren't known for their pull strength.

[@nornironnomad]

Have you been to Craigyhill in Larne, UK ? I've subscribed to your channel 🙂

[@maxi.p8542]

Woah that looks so scary and dangerous without any safety gear

[@adrianalvarez3171]

the real question is why was that the most entertaining thing I've seen today

[@bennallen1602]

Good bonfire but I think there are similar if not bigger ones in N. Ireland on the 11th July

[@thobias8146]

Awesome

[@maxalfredjoelasemoule3993]

How smart to lit this tower when a few dudes still have to climb 34 meters down.

[@xgtiguy]

and this is how Pyro maniacs are born😂😂😂

[@slap_A_flamingo]

Gary Green there's only one difference though. A pyro wouldn't make you watch a 11 odd minute video and not even show you video footage of a fire. Fire is the tits!

[@rnqtn]

They should shoot a flaming arrow up there. Or make use of the drone or some remote control mechanism that sets it off.

[@Andrew-iq5wp]

Who else came to the video because of pewdiepie?

[@masonpl4704]

Yup

[@rocket1972]

I’m a regular size guy but would be terrified thinking my weight could tip it over

[@dragos600]

Crazy.

[@marcusfossa6695]

When you leave the new guys on the job unattended.

[@1HarryH]

Fantastic work ... Just remember; fire is a good servant but a bad master.

[@poptartz911]

So this is where are the pallets in dead by daylight went

[@joet6990]

Did that man just test a pallet with both of his hands at once? If that thing did break he wouldn't have had another hand to grab onto anything...

[@thatguywiththeface1741]

Not gonna lie, I wouldn't wanna climb that without a harness

[@heidischannel7714]

when are you light it

[@cqcumberz1006]

Well there's 999 wood

[@hypermustayt7742]

Just what I was thinking

[@tracecarson8805]

Might I recommend a ceremonial fiery arrow next?

[@tavfin]

Don’t wanna be the boomer of this comment section But that’s literally why global warming is a big issue Truly beautiful though

[@mrnugget1690]

Well actually burning wood is completely different to fossil fuels in terms of pollution. Check out Northern Ireland bonfires, we put tyres and waste in them lol :)

[@robineriksen9349]

@@tavfin I completely respect your opinion. But with all due respect, please just shut up. Thank you.

[@qkings_Roblox]

Burning wood aint that bad. Factorys, cars and planes are much worse

[@spikethorn2]

Officials should have never let these guys climb without safety harnesses...

[@porterijsseldijk3953]

What a waste of timber, still really cool though

[@humbleproduce6226]

Probably going

[@jadennelson7886]

Who else saw the amazing race episode with this.

[@Kawmanuwa]

Never wear a straw jacket to a bonfire.

[@Takeyoho]

No one else noticed the alien spaceship in the sunset lmao

[@michaeldearchitect5700]

according to Guinness the largest (8695 m3) annual boinfires are at Scheveningen (Netherlands) between Duindorp and Scheveningen competing.

[@Slinning1]

Our bonfire is built for height, not volume. In 2016 the bonfire measured 47.396m high and broke the world record. The volume was nowhere close to Scheveningen with about 2,500m3, but that's because of the way we use the material to sustain the height.

[@minorclips7541]

Alexander Heen your a fucking clown no way you could build a 47,000 meter free standing tower that's higher than any modern steel skyscraper your talking around 150,000 feet check your facts dum dum!

[@Slinning1]

@JamesMinor 47.396m usually refers to 47 meters and 396 milimeters - at least for Europeans. For validation of the record: www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/tallest-bonfire

[@Slinning1]

Also, just to make sure: The bonfire in the video is from 2015. The world record is from the bonfire in 2016.

[@Uche.Pat-Nwobodo]

They could have made an epic descent with a zip line

[@adi4998]

im here from laxhy lol

[@callsignhotpocket7989]

Do you just jump off this ting to get down

[@dacula1fourty5]

Sooo 11 minutes of someone climbing up and down and a few pics at the end of it actually burning?

[@cowbatboots282]

All of that and then no actual footage of it burning?

[@XxxM4DPRODUCTIONxxX]

Fucking clickbait

[@cowbatboots282]

@@XxxM4DPRODUCTIONxxX 100% this video sucks.

[@consideringorthodoxy5495]

To be fair the video was titled “how we lit the largest bonfire” not “how we lit the largest bonfire and some footage of it burning”

[@luketracey3269]

Is this symbolic of a famous library?

[@TheJRomans]

What I don't get is why start the fire, while on top of a 100 foot wooden structure. You're gonna be in one hell of a hurry climbing down...

[@Nathan-zg5kp]

He he... era He he... era

[@williamwhite2830]

bonfire capital of world Belfast.

[@vikinnorway6725]

Nope

[@PInk77W1]

Climbing the side of that don’t look dangerous at all. One slip and you’re done

[@eachone9220]

I HEAR THE TRANSFORMERS SOUNDTRACK, I UPVOTE

[@myopicthunder]

what waste of timber and pallets

[@cardboardboxification]

Wood is like growing grass, just takes longer before you cut it.....

[@qkings_Roblox]

Not really. They can't be used

[@JdIm6fhjLgdWRhn]

пацаны попили пивко, отдохнули

[@ephflores]

Is this event only for locals or do you encourage tourists to come and watch as well? This is dope

[@Slinning1]

It’s open for everyone starting next year :)

[@anything_under_the_sun91]

All the money spent on wood you could have had a helicopter drop coals on top

[@gooddog6745]

This is why I wanna a Norwegian

[@canadaeh9996]

You can’t just own a Norwegian.

[@pumpkingamebox]

We must call Rohan for help! now I want to watch the lord of the rings again

[@matthewcromie4860]

Have you ever been to ballycraigy

[@funwithflags7506]

Theres one being built in northern Ireland for the 12th of july that may be bigger when Finished, check out craigyhill bonfire Facebook

[@vikinnorway6725]

Not in the same league, this is 30.000 pallets built by hand. And kids

[@funwithflags7506]

@@vikinnorway6725 as are the ones in NI

[@gelmir7322]

Greta : how dare you!!!

[@joshuatremper5026]

You can just free climb that?! Like, no harness or nothing?

[@petrochemicals4u]

pesticide pallets much...?

[@butternutbestboy1251]

Like 1.3 billion in lumber

[@AlecBig]

Minewhile, osb is 70 dollars a sheet in USA that could have made a lot of osb sheets pretty wasteful.

[@stevenblackwood6381]

That used to be the biggest craigyhill bonfire in northern Ireland beat the world record this year go have a look on KZbin fantastic

[@oblivexx]

What's the fall death count at for 2022?😂

[@footle83]

upcyclers probably watch this and mourn...

[@tonipepperoni5994]

How much money is spent on pallets?

[@Slinning1]

None, they’re donated from local companies. Most of them can’t be used in logistics anymore because of date.

[@Troublewm]

Anyone have a match by any chance

[@xpndblhero5170]

Now this is on my list w/ Skydiving and Burning Man.....

[@govendas]

Men✊

[@leroydever4761]

I'm surprised they didn't jump off with parachutes.

[@princellvanlouie7999]

the boats are too close😂😂

[@qkings_Roblox]

Nah

[@BruklinBridge]

Why not parachute down?

[@leonjebens7652]

I wanted to see it burn. Not just pictures of it...

[@qkings_Roblox]

You can watch a 7 hours stream of it burning

[@keepitrandom5066]

greta just lost 3 weeks of her life because of this hahahahaha

[@Metalheadmotivation]

F dat. Climbing that is like life or death Jenga.

[@TheDoublelouis]

Climbing up there with no equipment is just stupid

[@tiitto167]

No equipment you say? on 5:11 you clearly see he got a lighter. It had been stupid if he suddenly ask "did anyone bring a lighter".

[@Shawtybackstage]

They get to the top, people start playing massive Jenga at the bottom

[@vikinnorway6725]

Its 300 tons, would be hard to pull

[@qkings_Roblox]

@@vikinnorway6725 150

[@madman1194]

What about the boats😂😂