Skydiver makes history by jumping 25,000 feet into a net without a parachute

[pondus]

Mad man  >  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/31/luke-aikins-makes-history-as-skydiver-jumps-25000-feet-into-a-ne/

 

 

 

 

[daledoc1]

Yes, I saw that on another news site.

Pretty amazing crazy.  Thankfully for his family and young child, it ended well*.

I found the idea of the on-site "medical team" comical.  It was basically a paramedic with a "go bag".  Had anything gone wrong, all that would have been needed would have been a Dyson Animal or a giant spatula. 

(*Having said that, it's still possible he might have suffered internal injuries due to the deceleration mechanism.  Think of crashing your car at high speed into a bridge abutment, without seat-belts or airbags....  He hit the net at terminal velocity.  I hope we do not see another news item in the coming days with a less sanguine outcome.)

[Mark]

These *people* fascinate me. No fear, or perhaps just a never ending quest for more adrenaline. Either way, very little margin for error. Saw next video a few months ago (it's from 2012 though) and shows a unique perspective on how you need to be well prepared. To live. Yikes...

 

Edited July 31, 2016 by Mark
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[daledoc1]

Yup.

And, of course, there's Felix Baumgartner's feat.

 

[pondus]

Water landing

 

[Aura]

Meanwhile, I choke from a simple "Tree to tree" activity because it's too high...

Props to that guy.