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Gildash  3 stars
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Registered: 2001-4-26 16:26:13
_Elwood_ posted:

looks impressive but its as simple as some physics calculations to figure out if he can make it or not..



Lol wut?

You aren't serious are you?

 

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Gildash  3 stars
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deadcactus posted:

Gildash posted:

Yeah been seeing this one fora while. Guy is pretty ballsy.

I skydive, and my ultimate goal is to progress into a wingsuit. Not even on the horizon, but maybe someday.

That said, I'll never ever come close to that guy....the ground man.....the ground!



I keep playing with the idea of getting the license. I can't imagine putting enough time and risk into it to get to that guy's level though. Wing-suits must be amazing though.



Highly recommend it. Its remarkable how fast you can progress once you commit to it. Fork over the aprox. 1200 for your ground school+ 7 instructor jumps and you can be cleared for solo within a week easily.

From there, $20 jumps and you just keep getting better.

 

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-Darkfire-  3 stars
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Registered: 2002-4-21 13:17:30
awolnation is amazing good.

wanna watch a real cool skydiving video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?featurelayer_embedded&v=_9fHrJbj1SY

the pov of him adds a real good effect to his spinal cord injury that leaves him paralyzed

 

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Gildash  3 stars
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-Darkfire- posted:

awolnation is amazing good.

wanna watch a real cool skydiving video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?featurelayer_embedded&v=_9fHrJbj1SY

the pov of him adds a real good effect to his spinal cord injury that leaves him paralyzed



Are you trying to make a point or just general sarcasm?

 

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AkagiyamaMissile  4 stars
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Watched the vid of him crashing into table Top Mountain. YEESH!

This vid in the OP is still amazing to watch.

 

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winga  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-4-27 15:46:32
Crazy indeed. Doubt I'd have it in me to ever do that though.
Malik_Gynax  1 star
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Man those times where he's inches/feet away from the ground. He's so close to death.

 

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Surge_MT  1 star
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If base jumping is on your bucket list, make sure it's the last one you check off if you actually want a chance at doing the other items.

 

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Batman.

 

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Surge_MT posted:

If base jumping is on your bucket list, make sure it's the last one you check off if you actually want a chance at doing the other items.



i think the man makes sense

 

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