07-31-2016, 04:40 PM
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Self-Suspension
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The hard part would be not passing out from terror
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07-31-2016, 04:42 PM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Originally Posted by Buster
I was reading about how he navigated.
He practiced quite a bit, and hooked up a GPS unit he wore to groundlights. So when he was not directly over the net, the lights would light up red.
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Originally Posted by wwkayaker
In an article I read, a test dummy did rip through a net during a trial. The skydiver's response was basically hey, that is why we do tests.
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See, no navigating required. The dummy hit the net. Dropped like a rock.
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07-31-2016, 04:48 PM
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Had an idea!
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How much experience does it take to pull off something like that?
He's jumped 18,000 times since the age of 12.
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07-31-2016, 05:01 PM
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#24
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So this guy has jumped 600 times per year for 30 years, I guess his wife is a skydiving "widow".
Crazy, I wonder what he does to top this.
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07-31-2016, 07:00 PM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by bc-chris
i've jumped out of a perfectly good airplane... twice!
both times were tandem jumps from i think 10,000 feet - soooo much fun!!!!
what aikins did... ummmm - nope! not a chance!
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I did about 200 jumps in my life, none of them Tandem ( I refuse to ride to my death strapped to another dude).
The precision landing that he pulled off from that Altitude alone is amazing. The fact that he did the very un human act of turning his back to the ground is amazing.
I would never ever consider that kind of jump, just to say I could do it.
From the video's it almost looked like he was jumping into a glass of water from a few miles up.
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Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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07-31-2016, 07:05 PM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Originally Posted by bc-chris
i've jumped out of a perfectly good airplane... twice!
both times were tandem jumps from i think 10,000 feet - soooo much fun!!!!
what aikins did... ummmm - nope! not a chance!
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07-31-2016, 07:09 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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I guess he gets an adrenaline rush out of it but I can think of better and more practical ways.
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07-31-2016, 08:55 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Montréal, QC
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I guess he gets an adrenaline rush out of it but I can think of better and more practical ways.
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Can you think of better and more practical ways to get famous in the process?
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These guys come in and it’s always a nice polite one. You serve them because you dont want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too.
And THEY bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh, this is a Nazi bar now. And its too late because they’re entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down.
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08-01-2016, 12:07 AM
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#29
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Originally Posted by Party Elephant
Can you think of better and more practical ways to get famous in the process?
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My aim in life isn't to achieve fame but if that's what you're after, go for it. I'm not suggesting you do what this guy did though.
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08-01-2016, 12:50 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Nanaimo
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Originally Posted by Party Elephant
Can you think of better and more practical ways to get famous in the process?
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Just a few examples of acxhieving fame without risking your life.
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08-01-2016, 01:20 AM
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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So my options are crazy daredevil skydiver, safety inspector at a derelict and crumbling power plant, pizza boy frozen and woken up in future who meets robot devil and sleeps with his own grandmother or space explorer who frequently faces evil aliens hellbent on destroying the earth/Galaxy/universe?
I think the skydiver job actually isn't that crazy when you put it that way.
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08-01-2016, 12:14 PM
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#32
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Self-Suspension
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Is this a joke or some 5th level meta I'm missing?
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08-03-2016, 09:29 AM
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#33
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Pretty amazing. I remember reading the buildup to this story and I thought for sure this dude was going to die live on national TV.
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08-03-2016, 05:17 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: DeWinton
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Crazy. But didn't Johnny Utah pull this stunt off 25 years ago. Or something close to it.
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08-03-2016, 05:23 PM
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#35
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
So my options are crazy daredevil skydiver, safety inspector at a derelict and crumbling power plant, pizza boy frozen and woken up in future who meets robot devil and sleeps with his own grandmother or space explorer who frequently faces evil aliens hellbent on destroying the earth/Galaxy/universe?
I think the skydiver job actually isn't that crazy when you put it that way.
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Yeah I'm not really sure what he was getting at either. Maybe "create a successful and beloved television series"? But then that wouldn't exactly give someone an adrenaline rush.
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