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Skydiving from the edge of space

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:13 pm
by John K
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.

Re: Skydiving from the edge of space

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:20 am
by allcat
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.
Probably not related, but I liked the jumpers last year, did they quit becuase of the guy in missoula?

Re: Skydiving from the edge of space

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:25 am
by John K
allcat wrote:
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.
Probably not related, but I liked the jumpers last year, did they quit becuase of the guy in missoula?
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.