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Re: Cool freefall

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I saw this when they did it on Nitro circus
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yeah... I guess I'm getting old, cause I saw that on Nitro too and all I could think is maybe you're a little too comfortable, maybe a touch overconfident. because for me, I can't mitigate that risk low enough to accept it, no chute. as cool as it looks, jumping no chute is too stupid, too risky. for me.

and I thought, there is no fucking way I would even fly that bird to put them out. there have been some other flight stunts, where I just shook my head and said, nope, can't convince me to fly that for you. and I'm not the smartest monkey in this flying game either.
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I wonder if that's the kind of jump LRRP/Ranger Steadfast has in mind for Rendezvous?
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Re: Cool freefall

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KW Driver wrote:yeah... I guess I'm getting old, cause I saw that on Nitro too and all I could think is maybe you're a little too comfortable, maybe a touch overconfident. because for me, I can't mitigate that risk low enough to accept it, no chute. as cool as it looks, jumping no chute is too stupid, too risky. for me.
So you are saying the Jumpers with parachutes and jumpers without parachutes are not equal?

Just busting nuts.

You know that his heart was racing, because the hook up took a little longer than I thought it should.
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Im guessing this is the video of Travis Pastrana trying to kill himself again? If so, they kicked him out of the USPA over it. There's a fine line between hard and stupid.


There's another video of Luigi Cani flying a 37 sq ft square canopy. His rate of descent under canopy is the same as someone in freefall in a wing suit. Crazy shit. One very small mistake in judgement and he is a dead man.

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Sharky wrote:Im guessing this is the video of Travis Pastrana trying to kill himself again?

Yes it is...it's a nice break from him trying to back flip EVERYTHING!
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The guy in the first link is not Travis Pastrana, it is Scott Palmer in Jackass 3. Travis Pastrana did a similar stunt for Red Bull though.
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Re: Cool freefall

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Ranger Bill wrote:I wonder if that's the kind of jump LRRP/Ranger Steadfast has in mind for Rendezvous?

No way Jose.

It's prolly 39+ years since my last jump. I'm doing it like George Bush Senior (88 years old) did recently (today or yesterday).
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