Fadingpain Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 This cowboy makes Evel Knievel look like a girl scout.
Augie Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 I jumped from 14,000 feet....WITH a parachute. Even that was kinda crazy. The oddest thing to me was how much colder it was up there. Should have been obvious, but it surprised me. Now, congrats to this guy for NOT being the worst smushed parent ever. His wife and kid(s) were there, and that would be pretty horrific if he failed. Maybe it’s like some silly parlor trick that looks crazy, but is actually a slam dunk....oohh, make that a piece of cake.
Happy Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 How was he able to hit the net? It can't be pure physics calculations, since if any calculations are a little off, the result will not be good.
Buffalo_Gal Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Ok, not only is he crazy, but... WTH would want to be in the stands for that!? "He's in...AND he's kicking and moving!" If they expected him not to in, or not to be kicking and moving, were people observing this just to see a guy go splat? 1
Augie Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 7 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said: Ok, not only is he crazy, but... WTH would want to be in the stands for that!? "He's in...AND he's kicking and moving!" If they expected him not to in, or not to be kicking and moving, were people observing this just to see a guy go splat? Again, the wife and KID(s) were present. What are the therapy bills if THAT goes wrong?
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 (edited) Notice the three other skydivers guiding him... He can bail with them if they don't guide him to the drop zone (DZ) properly. But, once their chutes go, he's on his own the last 1,000 feet. One of the three hangs around to the very end before pulling their chute. Notice the three were guiding him with jet on the foot... I assume keeping within the three. Not sure what the mechanics, physics is there to guide him to the DZ. I am still impressed! Edited August 23, 2018 by ExiledInIllinois
BringBackFergy Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Big deal. Call me when this guy can throw 5 INT’s in one half of football. 5
Fadingpain Posted August 23, 2018 Author Posted August 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said: Ok, not only is he crazy, but... WTH would want to be in the stands for that!? "He's in...AND he's kicking and moving!" If they expected him not to in, or not to be kicking and moving, were people observing this just to see a guy go splat? Probably. 1 hour ago, BringBackFergy said: Big deal. Call me when this guy can throw 5 INT’s in one half of football. That's easy. I'm sure I could throw more. 1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Notice the three other skydivers guiding him... He can bail with them if they don't guide him to the drop zone (DZ) properly. But, once their chutes go, he's on his own the last 1,000 feet. One of the three hangs around to the very end before pulling their chute. Notice the three were guiding him with jet on the foot... I assume keeping within the three. Not sure what the mechanics, physics is there to guide him to the DZ. I am still impressed! Those guys know how to steer their bodies just using air pressure. I assume they were just eyeballing it and staying on course, but maybe it was more scientific than that. You can call this guy crazy, and I guess he is, but he also has enormous balls.
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: Probably. That's easy. I'm sure I could throw more. Those guys know how to steer their bodies just using air pressure. I assume they were just eyeballing it and staying on course, but maybe it was more scientific than that. You can call this guy crazy, and I guess he is, but he also has enormous balls. Yep... But if something went off target... He would have no doubt chuted with them. The spotters that is. Still takes balls of steel and being an expert jumper!
boyst Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 10 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said: Ok, not only is he crazy, but... WTH would want to be in the stands for that!? "He's in...AND he's kicking and moving!" If they expected him not to in, or not to be kicking and moving, were people observing this just to see a guy go splat? I can confirm I went to the end and skipped the middle just for this. But, I'd totally do this.
Cripple Creek Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 I hate heights. I’m ok, generally, until I look down. I almost passed out a few months ago while looking down from the top of a fairly tall building. Still, many years ago I told my kids that if they ever wanted to skydive I’d go with them. I know I’m safe with one of them, but the other two have me worried. I’m afraid that they’ll do it and make me go out of spite. ?
Soda Popinski Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Nope. We stayed on the 36th floor of a hotel in Panama City Beach back in 2005 and I couldn't go out on the balcony. NO flippin way am i jumping out of an airplane that's not on fire or crashing.
Marv's Neighbor Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 12 hours ago, Augie said: I jumped from 14,000 feet....WITH a parachute. Even that was kinda crazy. The oddest thing to me was how much colder it was up there. Should have been obvious, but it surprised me. Now, congrats to this guy for NOT being the worst smushed parent ever. His wife and kid(s) were there, and that would be pretty horrific if he failed. Maybe it’s like some silly parlor trick that looks crazy, but is actually a slam dunk....oohh, make that a piece of cake. Have you ever gone by the name DB Cooper?
Augie Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 41 minutes ago, Marv's Neighbor said: Have you ever gone by the name DB Cooper? I’ll take the fifth on that one.....
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 24, 2018 Posted August 24, 2018 How to survive a 10,000-foot fall. In WWII, Alan Magee survived a 20,000-foot fall by landing on a glass roof of French train station! https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/08/24/641395468/surviving-a-big-fall "Author Jim Hamilton has compiled dozens of these stories. For instance, Alan Magee survived a 20,000-foot fall from his plane during World War II and survived by landing on the glass roof of a French railroad station. And Serbian flight attendant Vesna Vulović holds the Guinness world record for the longest survived fall — over 30,000 feet — after her plane blew up in the 1970s, though some cynics think the real height of Vulović's fall was a mere 2,600 feet." "But how exactly do you survive such an extraordinary event? Rhett Allain, associate professor of physics at Southeastern Louisiana State University, says that experimental evidence on the subject is thin because it's unethical to throw people out of airplanes for science. "Fortunately, we don't have enough data to make a trend line," Allain says."
Philly McButterpants Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) On 8/22/2018 at 8:33 PM, Buffalo_Gal said: Ok, not only is he crazy, but... WTH would want to be in the stands for that!? "He's in...AND he's kicking and moving!" If they expected him not to in, or not to be kicking and moving, were people observing this just to see a guy go splat? Isn't that why most folks watch auto-racing? And WRT this guy . . . I get being an adrenaline junkie, but my God man . . . Buy a motorcycle or something. Edited August 25, 2018 by Philly McButterpants
Fr. Jerk Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 If this guy wants a thrill he should come to my block around 1:30 Saturday morning, ya dig?
Saxum Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 On 8/22/2018 at 9:23 PM, BringBackFergy said: Big deal. Call me when this guy can throw 5 INT’s in one half of football. Any QB can do that all he needs is to find a coach not willing to pull him with INT 4.
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