The video of this maniac went online last April and somehow we all missed it. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth your time leet me assure you. Wow. This is the guy working on the development of a “wing suit” that lets you jump without a parachute. See it here.
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Probably why my wife told me:
“You can skydive all you want, but no base jumping!”
I know a few skydiving BASE jumpers…..
Some alive, and a few dead!
BASE, the darkside of skydiving!
BSBD
It looks like he waits till the last second to deploy in some of those. Absolutely incredible. I did a couple static line jumps in the 80’s. Scared the shit out of me. Not for me.
This is pretty freaky that’s for sure. But I just saw a video that puts all these BASE jumpers to shame. I mean, there is NO way I would ever do this:
http://tinyurl.com/3cstmz
Google video link.
I’ve seen that before.
Amazing video!
But I’ll stick to jumping from airplanes.
Lots of altitude to worry about.
My memory from high school physics class is that a wing suit will never work since you could just never get enough surface area for the loft you needed, even for a light person.
You could improve glide — which maybe all he’s going for.
There has always been the theory of landing a wingsuit on a ski-slope.
Fly down the slope, just above the ground, and slowly “land” using your toes as skids.
Something I have heard talked about…………
Just can’t wait till it happens. Unfortunatly, once it does happen, so many others will be killed trying to do the same thing.
Some one already did that and it’s just about the craziest thing I have ever seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqW6O_dcF2M
That is just totally badass. Until he splats, he’s my hero.
“McGuiness! That suit is my property. Bring it back NOW.”
“Damn you old man!”