Skydiving from the edge of space
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John K
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Skydiving from the edge of space
That's got to be the most insane thing anyone has ever done. I get sort of a flutter in my heart every time I see that video. When he leaps off the steps of that capsule, I'm thinking "dude...you are one crazy m*****f*****"!! I actually did some skydiving when I was at MSU...made 5 jumps. But I just can't even fathom jumping from 120,000 plus feet. We jumped from 3,000 feet, which scared the bejeezus out of me. And then breaking the sound barrier just with your body, without actually being in a vehicle of some sort!! I mean, holy s**t...can you imagine what that must have been like? IMHO, heli-skiing is a walk in the park compared to what that guy did.
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allcat
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Re: Skydiving from the edge of space
Probably not related, but I liked the jumpers last year, did they quit becuase of the guy in missoula?John K wrote:That's got to be the most insane thing anyone has ever done. I get sort of a flutter in my heart every time I see that video. When he leaps off the steps of that capsule, I'm thinking "dude...you are one crazy m*****f*****"!! I actually did some skydiving when I was at MSU...made 5 jumps. But I just can't even fathom jumping from 120,000 plus feet. We jumped from 3,000 feet, which scared the bejeezus out of me. And then breaking the sound barrier just with your body, without actually being in a vehicle of some sort!! I mean, holy s**t...can you imagine what that must have been like? IMHO, heli-skiing is a walk in the park compared to what that guy did.
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John K
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Re: Skydiving from the edge of space
I was wondering about that myself. I too liked the skydivers last season. I would presume that's the reason, but I don't know that for certain.allcat wrote:Probably not related, but I liked the jumpers last year, did they quit becuase of the guy in missoula?John K wrote:That's got to be the most insane thing anyone has ever done. I get sort of a flutter in my heart every time I see that video. When he leaps off the steps of that capsule, I'm thinking "dude...you are one crazy m*****f*****"!! I actually did some skydiving when I was at MSU...made 5 jumps. But I just can't even fathom jumping from 120,000 plus feet. We jumped from 3,000 feet, which scared the bejeezus out of me. And then breaking the sound barrier just with your body, without actually being in a vehicle of some sort!! I mean, holy s**t...can you imagine what that must have been like? IMHO, heli-skiing is a walk in the park compared to what that guy did.