“The hardest problem to solve was that we couldn’t bolt the bridge at all,” Lievaart says. “Nothing we installed could be permanent. No bolts, no drilling, no marks left behind. Once we solved that, everything else became workable.”
“We’ve got two completely independent points of safety,” he explains. “One is a rail system strapped to the truss. The other is a separate line running directly to Thomas, with no connection to the truss at all. If one system ever failed, the other is still there.”
“It’s a big responsibility, building something you know someone is going to trust with their life,” Lievaart says. “I’ve climbed with Thomas for years. My job is simple: he does what he came to do, and he goes home safely to his family. Safety is not a compromise here.”
