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He,s going to get killed like a good friend of his a couple of years ago. I hope not but it wouldn,t supprise me.
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crazzzzeeeeeee! How do you learn how to do that, without getting dead in the proccess?
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BASE jumpers are beyond crazy.
They are true adrenalin junkies. They have to keep escalating the danger level to get their "fix", and inevitably they either get treatment or they die.
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This guy is out of his mind; skillful, yes, but out of his mind. At 1:19, 1:26, 1:40, etc. he barely clears the ground. There is no way that he could have predicted how close he was going to come to the ground nor climb if needed.
I made over 570 freefalls (in the mid 1960's and I know that gear has come a long way, but there is no way hhe could climb, if needed to clear an obstacle.
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I just read a Popular Mechanics article about this kind of stuff. They have a list of men who'd made advancements in equipment and technique. Even more impressive is how many of them are now deceased at a premature age.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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was watching an interview of one of these guys a few weeks back......he held up a picture of about 15 buddies and him taken 18 months before that all love to do this kind of stuff.....half of them were now in the ground....
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I'd say he now needs to whipe his crack!
I bet there is a brown streak just past the place where guy with the baloons is !
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was watching an interview of one of these guys a few weeks back......he held up a picture of about 15 buddies and him taken 18 months before that all love to do this kind of stuff.....half of them were now in the ground.... That is a pretty high rate of attrition. Sounds even more dangerous than base jumping, though I have to admit, it looks like one heck of a lot of fun.
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Life insurance rates must be very high for these guys, or unavailable.
Steve
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Campfire Kahuna
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Back in the heartland, Thank God!
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I think I almost died just watching it! 
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Isn't using a parachute kinda cheating.... I figured he was going for a splash down landing in that lake 
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Life insurance rates must be very high for these guys, or unavailable.
Steve Probably just a little higher than an accountant!
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I just read a Popular Mechanics article about this kind of stuff. They have a list of men who'd made advancements in equipment and technique. Even more impressive is how many of them are now deceased at a premature age. Do you think there could be a connection?
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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And my wife says I need to wear a friggin helmet, sh needs to see these idiots. 
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Isn't using a parachute kinda cheating.... I figured he was going for a splash down landing in that lake A suit that can be controlled for a landing is still on the drawing boards last I heard. The glide rate of the current suits is too high. If you compare the surface area of the suit to a chute, you can see that he's falling MUCH faster than a chute.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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Never saw a flying squirrel with a parachute  I'll grind the crack from time to time but I never jumped off a cliff to do it 
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