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A 25,000' freefall without a chute. There's no limit to how stupid some thrill seekers can be. This was a few years ago and I think it's been done more times since then.
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Negative! Ain't a good enough reason.
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Darwin Award candidate ?........... I can't think of anything else other than WTF ???
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He's either real beefy, or he's got a chute strapped ta his chest.
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Looks like he had a chute on and if he was off target probably would have pulled it. Not saying it’s not insane, though...especially with a wife and kid in his life. I find skydiving fascinating, but pretty sure my time on the big blue marble will pass without ever having done it. 🐔
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I don't even like working up on the roof lol.
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Darwin Award candidate ?...........
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As close to the ground that net was, his chute wouldn’t have deployed even if he had one.
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IIRC this was shown live on TV
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Sky diving next best thing to sex, everyone should try it.__
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He's either real beefy, or he's got a chute strapped ta his chest.
It's the air blowing up his jacket. They stated no parachute, and no wingsuit either.
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A 25’ tree stand gives me the hee bee jeebys.
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He didn't get the net by much either.
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Sooner or later a puff of wind make one of those crazies into a stain.
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That could have just as easily been, Oops, “missed it by THAT much!” 😮
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He's either real beefy, or he's got a chute strapped ta his chest.
It's the air blowing up his jacket. They stated no parachute, and no wingsuit either.
Not from underneath, it ain't.
The chute's strapped ta his chest, not his back.
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He's either real beefy, or he's got a chute strapped ta his chest.
It's the air blowing up his jacket. They stated no parachute, and no wingsuit either.
Right, but he looked beefy while high fiving and standing around. No air blowing then.
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If I ever lose my mind and decide to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, with a parachute of course, now I’ll insist they put out a net too.
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