Have a friend that worked on cell phone towers. I've worked 5 stories and that's my limit. He told me if you fall form 50 feet or 400 dead is dead. Only difference is you got time to catch your breath before you start screaming again.
Hi Irish!!!!!, Yup, Leave it to "B.A.S.E." Jumpers!!!!! They'll jump from "anything" high enough to give them enough altitude to secure a good Parachute opening!!! and the "Low Altitude GROUND RUSH!!!" that goes with it!!!!!! Blue skyz, skybill
It's amazing how you feel the natural vertigo even though you know they are "secure", and it immediately goes away when they jump. The mind is a strange and wonderful thing.
There was a study done years ago on people who participate in high risk sports, aka "adrenaline junkies." The psychologists who wrote the study indicated that their predisposition was that the participants "had a death wish". What they found was the complete opposite: the participants wanted to live life to the fullest and none of them wanted to die.
As someone who participated in high risk activities for decades, I can attest to feeling more alive while racing motorcycles, climbing 10,000 foot mountains, or flying a hang glider at 18,000 feet that I ever did watching a football event, attending a concert, or catching fish. And I've done all of those and more!
I learned aerobatics in a Bellanca Super Decathlon. I rode a tricked-out Yamaha Virago fighting scary freeway traffic and stupid drivers for years. And I would have to agree that it beat watching sporting events. However, I would draw the line at that parachuting stunt. That was over-the-top and a stupid, dangerous way to get attention on social media.
Anon@108 That was my immediate thought when the viewpoint shifted. And, what's with the distortion? Anyone know how much weight the blade can support when the weight is concentrated way out there by the tip rather than evenly distributed along the length of the blade? Also, how strong is the brake, if any?
Used to drive across Kansas and we would wonder why sometimes quite a few would not be spinning. Broken? Demand low that day? Kinda cool at night to see their red lights-dozens and dozens of 'em.
Have a friend that worked on cell phone towers. I've worked 5 stories and that's my limit. He told me if you fall form 50 feet or 400 dead is dead. Only difference is you got time to catch your breath before you start screaming again.
ReplyDeleteOn the way down he told somebody on each floor, so far so good.
DeleteWell, at least it was a parachute instead of one of those wing suits. Crazy. Count me out.
ReplyDeleteI would have laughed like hell if he picked a bad blade and his foot went through the fiberglass.
ReplyDeleteHe'll eventually get one named after him.
ReplyDeleteBullshit. The propeller shape curvature of a blade would send him falling towards the end
ReplyDeleteHe's got a chute on so is not going to get hurt. I'd love to do that.
ReplyDeleteAnd shit for brains. . .
ReplyDeleteHi Irish!!!!!,
ReplyDeleteYup, Leave it to "B.A.S.E." Jumpers!!!!! They'll jump from "anything" high enough to give them enough altitude to secure a good Parachute opening!!! and the "Low Altitude GROUND RUSH!!!" that goes with it!!!!!!
Blue skyz,
skybill
It's amazing how you feel the natural vertigo even though you know they are "secure", and it immediately goes away when they jump. The mind is a strange and wonderful thing.
ReplyDeletebarf!
ReplyDeleteLong walk to the edge
ReplyDeletethose power lines
ReplyDeleteIt's not a death wish. It's a life wish.
ReplyDeleteThere was a study done years ago on people who participate in high risk sports, aka "adrenaline junkies." The psychologists who wrote the study indicated that their predisposition was that the participants "had a death wish". What they found was the complete opposite: the participants wanted to live life to the fullest and none of them wanted to die.
As someone who participated in high risk activities for decades, I can attest to feeling more alive while racing motorcycles, climbing 10,000 foot mountains, or flying a hang glider at 18,000 feet that I ever did watching a football event, attending a concert, or catching fish. And I've done all of those and more!
I learned aerobatics in a Bellanca Super Decathlon. I rode a tricked-out Yamaha Virago fighting scary freeway traffic and stupid drivers for years. And I would have to agree that it beat watching sporting events. However, I would draw the line at that parachuting stunt. That was over-the-top and a stupid, dangerous way to get attention on social media.
DeletePreach it Brother. You are 100% correct.
DeleteWho or what is recording? A drone? Seems awful stable for a drone flying around his head, front and rear. AI?
ReplyDeleteAI folks take second look at helmet.
ReplyDeleteAnon@108 That was my immediate thought when the viewpoint shifted. And, what's with the distortion?
ReplyDeleteAnyone know how much weight the blade can support when the weight is concentrated way out there by the tip rather than evenly distributed along the length of the blade? Also, how strong is the brake, if any?
I prefer the more Earth-bound but crazy forms of relaxation.
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ReplyDeleteUsed to drive across Kansas and we would wonder why sometimes quite a few would not be spinning. Broken? Demand low that day? Kinda cool at night to see their red lights-dozens and dozens of 'em.
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