Rock it is such a short fall if that Shute doesn’t open as soon as they throw it there dead. Also the prevailing wind seem to push you towards shore and the trees.
I remember a suicide jumper a few years ago jumped probably thinking he would hit the water and the wind pushed him onto dry land. Splat...
It is not that they do not fear death. It is that they fear not living more. If you understand that, you will know why they do it. If not, you will never understand.
Oh, brother!
I live more by hearing an elk bugle, or even a coyote howl than by jumping off a bridge with an elastic rope tied to my feet. I live more by hugging my kids than by seeing Machu Picchu. I live more by helping an elderly neighbor keep her yard up than I ever would jumping off a stupid bridge.
Base jumping is self absorbed hedonism taken to the extreme. It's a free country, so have at, but don't tell me it's a better way of living.
Back when bungee jumping was all the rage, it was illegal off this bridge. A couple guys decided to try it anyway and came up with a plan. One was going to jump and the other was going to pull him back up before the cops arrived. He jumped but whatever they had planned to pull him back up didn't work. He was hanging upside down 200' below the bridge. It took the rescue guys several hours to get him up. I'd be a bit on the dizzy side by then.
“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.
I know they're dumbasses and all, but I just have a hard time watching those failed base jumping and wing suit videos. It is a human life after all.
Mike
That's funny, I don't feel that way at all. I kinda wish they all would have to use a camera suspended above them (and especially hardened), so that it captures their moment of impact...
What do you find to be human in inhuman and if something, who do you believe put it there?
We may know the time Ben Carson lied, but does anyone know the time Hillary Clinton told the truth?
Immersing oneself in progressive lieberalism is no different than bathing in the sewage of Hell.
We have legal BASE jumping off the local 480' bridge. Every year, 1 or 2 of them don't make it down in 1 piece. Another one died this afternoon when his chute didn't fully open. He and his wife jumped at the same time so she could watch him feed the fish. Her chute opened correctly. 38 years old, from CA.
It's a very dangerous sport because there is no time to compensate for error. You have 1 shot and it something goes wrong, it's by-by. To the right, just out of sight in this photo, is a flat, open area where they land. The wind usually takes them right in. Usually. I know we're supposed to feel sorry for them when something goes wrong, but they know the risks and life seems to mean little to them. They don't care, let their families deal with it.
And the last thing to go through his mind was his arse.
Sad to say but this was taken a few days ago, Aug 31. She's the one that pulled him from the water and performed CPR, unsuccessfully. That's a real bitch of honeymoon.
“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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