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Some people are just nuts
#392120 04/18/13 06:21 AM
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Splat?

Its gonna happen some day...


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fredk #392129 04/18/13 02:28 PM
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Fred, your diagnosis in the title of this post is dead on.

Dead on a cliff one day, methinks.


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fredk #392146 04/18/13 06:52 PM
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And I thought that this guy was nuts....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFmvMHPQ1k8


Or these guys. Their video is longer, but nothing like flying between trees....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W36TWiSKaI


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fredk #392151 04/18/13 08:12 PM
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Splat is right. From Wikipedia (WiSBASE - Wing Suit Base Jumping):

'One technique is proximity flying, which is flying close to the faces and ridges of mountains. Ten people died WiSBASE jumping in 2011.'

These things glide like a Simonized Crowbar. Then they expect emergency personnel (like me in my previous life) to put our butts on the line to retrieve what's left of their sorry, broken or dead a$$es...

TAM

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medic8r #392158 04/19/13 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted By: medic8r
Fred, your diagnosis in the title of this post is dead on...

Ooooh! Can I be Dr. Fred now? grin

These guys must know on some level that they are going to live short lives. Its better to burn out, than it is to fade.


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fredk #392160 04/19/13 02:38 AM
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Myself, I'm a fading kinda guy - the longer, the better...

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