Incredible, Frightening Two-Man BASE Jump From Kuala Lampur Tower

I found the video below and have been googling to find out where this took place.

Apparently Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, permits -- even invites -- parachuters to come and jump from its KL Tower.

Daredevils from 25 countries just jumped from the tower.

Mohd Akmal was among 103 jumpers participating in the Kuala Lumpur Tower International Jump Malaysia (KLTIJM) 2019 event.
Now 34, the Movie Animation Park Studios stunt performer said he felt "reborn" after his first jump from the 300m-high sky deck.

Malaysia is, it seems, sort of a haven for legalized daredeviltry:

KLTIJM is the last of a series of BASE jump events in Malaysia this year. The other locations for the events were the Alor Star Tower, Gua Damai Xpark in Batu Caves and Wisma Sanyan in Sibu.

Watch this jump. As one viewer said: "It's a rollercoaster of emotions." Indeed.

Watch closely...omg pic.twitter.com/sNK2r6BCyC
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 15, 2019

Some other jumps from the event which just took place in late September or earlu October:

Here are some highlights from the 2018 jumps:

If you want to start planning your 2020 basejump vacation in Kuala Lampur, go here.

Apparently they let novices jump. That page notes that the crew supervising these jumps sometimes takes a "Who cares?" attitude about jumping in bad winds.

And sometimes novices crash into the building and get hurt.

In a picture, you can see the jumpers queued up nuts to butts waiting to jump. They look like they're being rushed on to the jumping platform. It's got a fast-food base jumping look to it.

Still: Pretty great.

One of the top suspects is a 68-year-old former Army ranger.

I'm not at all sure, but this video matches some of the details offered in the article:

So trying to track down the KL Tower jump, I came across other base jump videos. Here's a good one.

This looks like an actual nightmare.

Okay, here are 50 city base jumps in less than five minutes.

Click to 1:28 if you just want to see some real Ethan Hunt shit. It's a guy climbing up on top of an external elevator, and then jumping when it gets to the top of the hotel.

By the way: You know what's more dangerous than base jumping?

Being a shepherdess to an ornery ram who's just had it up to here with being bossed.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 02:16 PM

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Posted by: Linn Ridge at October 15, 2019 02:15 PM (ECrgQ)

2 Yay! Now to read the content.

Posted by: Linn Ridge at October 15, 2019 02:16 PM (ECrgQ)

3 not first

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 02:16 PM (q80AH)

4 Go ahead and Jump.

I'll hold your beer. Trust me, I won't drink a drop.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 15, 2019 02:17 PM (Z4rgH)

5 Come for the scenery

Stay for the Darwin Award winners

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 15, 2019 02:17 PM (J/VKP)

6 That's the tower Tom Cruise made a home movie on and called Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, isn't it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 02:17 PM (q80AH)

7 Okay, skimmed the content. Gonna have nightmares for days.

I'll wait for the next thread....

Posted by: Linn Ridge at October 15, 2019 02:17 PM (ECrgQ)

8 That is not on my bucket list.

Posted by: Moki at October 15, 2019 02:17 PM (mFoNl)

9 I have such a fear of heights I have a really hard time watching these vids.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2019 02:17 PM (ptqGC)

10 No thanks. The only good thing to jump from is an aircraft while in flight...and loaded with lots of ammo.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 15, 2019 02:18 PM (axyOa)

11 That's nothing. There are daredevil videos on-line of people doing random shots at dive bars in the Dominican Republic.

Posted by: Roy at October 15, 2019 02:18 PM (2SB+z)

12 Can I just pee over the edge instead?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 15, 2019 02:19 PM (Boy/L)

13 1. What exactly is the point of jumping off a perfectly good building?

2. That doesn't look like Fairfax but could very well be Arlington.

3. Seriously, life isn't dangerous enough that you've got to parachute off of things?

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at October 15, 2019 02:19 PM (RD7QR)

14 I'm terrified of heights so no thanks. Have fun, though!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 15, 2019 02:19 PM (E+OcO)

15 I am less interested in the shepherdess being "rammed" (although I hope she's o.k. Sounds like she could really get hurt that way) than in the fact that Albania looks lovely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2019 02:20 PM (j0JAA)

16 It's only a fractured skull. She will be fine after some duct tape.

Posted by: strong pimp paw mcclaws at October 15, 2019 02:20 PM (ev02w)

17 That's crazy. I've been up tower 1. Yikes.

Posted by: IanDeal at October 15, 2019 02:20 PM (vgGyZ)

18 Rooftopping. Whoopsie doodle.

https://youtu.be/BLofPwCfQYc

Posted by: 13times at October 15, 2019 02:20 PM (K3B2k)

19 Don't they do something like that in Iran but with gays only???

Posted by: andycanuck at October 15, 2019 02:20 PM (Dh1wo)

20 I like how the hero with the camera just keeps trying to go past. Wow that looks like that really hurt that girl. Well I got places to be, meh.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 15, 2019 02:21 PM (KZzsI)

21 We had a ram on the farm.

First lesson of Ram, never turn your back on the Ram.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2019 02:21 PM (ZLI7S)

22 top 30

Posted by: FrodoB, reloading at October 15, 2019 02:21 PM (NTkSq)

23 Nope, not going to watch, I need to sleep sometime tonight.

(I had a *great* dream the other night where I was wing-walking on a WWI biplane, clinging to the strut, and there was no one at the controls. Yeah, I got back to sleep after that - well after.)

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Transition from a Fugue to Enlightenment With an SJW Kit from the Outrage Outlet! at October 15, 2019 02:21 PM (hLRSq)

24 Why?

Also, it is not on my list of things to do while dying to be clutching another dude while he forward spoons me.

I guess I am just a hater of the Extreme.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2019 02:21 PM (ycWCI)

25 That's nothing. There are daredevil videos on-line of people doing random shots at dive bars in the Dominican Republic.

Posted by: Roy at October 15, 2019 02:18 PM (2SB+z)

A Shep! specialty. You think that's brave, try getting your kid immunized in a Cuban clinic. Two dead and 24 hospitalized, before the censors clamped down.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (Z4rgH)

26 Speaking of dare devil acts, I didn't see the movie but I did recently see the documentary on the guy who covertly set up his tightrope walk across the twin towers.

The set up was almost as exciting as the walk.

Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (zdltJ)

27 Don't jump, Ace!!! Don't jump!!!

Posted by: andycanuck at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (Dh1wo)

28 I've already been "reborn" or born again. I don't need to jump off a tower to have that happen again.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (j0JAA)

29 The Perrine Bridge over the Snake River is popular for base jumping.

Saw a couple of guys prepping for a jump when we were in Twin Falls earlier this year.

Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (qC1Sy)

30 I hope those two dudes jumping together are good friends.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (axyOa)

31 nope. nope nope nope. not gonna.

Posted by: mr wolf at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (Mxv9c)

32
Also, it is not on my list of things to do while dying to be clutching another dude while he forward spoons me.

Funny, because according to the old gypsy woman that's exactly how I'll die.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (wCmLp)

33 Kuala Lampor is way overdue for an earthquake.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (yRAFu)

34 21 We had a ram on the farm.

First lesson of Ram, never turn your back on the Ram.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2019 02:21 PM (ZLI7S)

That's what all the Ewes say.
-The Ram

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (ycWCI)

35 I had a *great* dream the other night where I was wing-walking on a WWI biplane, clinging to the strut, and there was no one at the controls.

So, let's talk more about the days when Ace shows up late...

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (Boy/L)

36 >>>26 Speaking of dare devil acts, I didn't see the movie but I did recently see the documentary on the guy who covertly set up his tightrope walk across the twin towers.

yeah, awesome documentary. total Ethan Hunt mission impossible set-up.

Posted by: ace at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (PbpT7)

37 Joey Bidet could really prove how tough he is if he took such a jump....

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (J/VKP)

38 15 I am less interested in the shepherdess being "rammed" (although I hope she's o.k. Sounds like she could really get hurt that way) than in the fact that Albania looks lovely.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Husband went there for work and said it was very lovely.

I stuck a foot over the border when it was closed to Americans, because that's as edgy as I get. That side of the border was indeed very nice. (To be honest, it looked like the side of the border I was allowed to be on.)

Posted by: Moki at October 15, 2019 02:23 PM (mFoNl)

39 Oh man, the ram video is brutal.

Posted by: WisRich at October 15, 2019 02:23 PM (G0vdT)

40 26 Speaking of dare devil acts, I didn't see the movie but I did recently see the documentary on the guy who covertly set up his tightrope walk across the twin towers.

The set up was almost as exciting as the walk.
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (zdltJ)

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The documentary is really good. The movie version was made by Robert Zemeckis and it's finally almost at the top of my Netflix DVD queue.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 02:23 PM (q80AH)

41 Now I'm craving a Mountain Dew and Red Bull!

TO THE EXTREME!

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 15, 2019 02:23 PM (1ISKN)

42 The way that chicks head hit the pavement makes me think she might either be dead or seriously brain damaged.

Moral of the story, never turn you back on sheep.

The only thing that's a bigger dick head than a sneeky ass sheep is John Bolton

Posted by: Gossamer Penguin at October 15, 2019 02:23 PM (gaSfV)

43 41 Now I'm craving a Mountain Dew and Red Bull!

TO THE EXTREME!
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 15, 2019 02:23 PM (1ISKN)

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You're not extreme until you've got a Monster in your hands.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 02:24 PM (q80AH)

44 i'm not even going to bother with the movie. The documentary was pretty much a movie.

Posted by: ace at October 15, 2019 02:24 PM (PbpT7)

45 This who cares attitude is pretty much everywhere in the world....except here.

I once rented a boat in the Czech Republic. I was expecting the 72 page rental agreement typical in the US, where I have to initial 16 times and sign and date 8 times.

Instead, I signed a 1 paragraph agreement that said I'd fill it up with gas and have it back by 7pm. And off I went.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at October 15, 2019 02:24 PM (FiUMj)

46 and I'm Army Airborne. i have ZERO desire to BASE jump. There is a huge diff doing it from an airplane and doing it from say, a building or cliff.

i just MIGHT have a reason to bail out of an aircraft. Jump out a 100-story window? Drop off a cliff? Um, no...

Posted by: mr wolf at October 15, 2019 02:24 PM (Mxv9c)

47 Didn't we nuke the penguins in another thread?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 15, 2019 02:24 PM (J/VKP)

48 39 Oh man, the ram video is brutal.
Posted by: WisRich at October 15, 2019 02:23 PM (G0vdT)

They don't show the end of that video where you see the shepherdess loading up her freezer with help from the butcher.

Posted by: Roy at October 15, 2019 02:24 PM (2SB+z)

49 (I had a *great* dream the other night where I was wing-walking on a WWI biplane, clinging to the strut, and there was no one at the controls. Yeah, I got back to sleep after that - well after.)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Transition from a Fugue to Enlightenment With an SJW Kit from the Outrage Outlet! at October 15, 2019 02:21 PM (hLRSq)

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Vell, the sexual component of zat dream is qvuite obvious.

Virst, notice the horizontal aspect of the wing. Then, notice the lack of control as von works zee horizontal plane of zee ving...

Posted by: Siggy Freud
at October 15, 2019 02:24 PM (qC1Sy)

50 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge at October 15, 2019 02:24 PM (Zz0t1)

51 kinda shocked that Tom Cruise hasn't demanded a slackline scene in a M:I movie already.

Posted by: ace at October 15, 2019 02:25 PM (PbpT7)

52 I am less interested in the shepherdess being "rammed" (although I hope she's o.k. Sounds like she could really get hurt that way) than in the fact that Albania looks lovely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2019 02:20 PM (j0JAA)

Mutton.....tonight.

Posted by: BignJames at October 15, 2019 02:25 PM (X/Pw5)

53 >>I am less interested in the shepherdess being "rammed" (although I hope she's o.k. Sounds like she could really get hurt that way) than in the fact that Albania looks lovely.

A good friend of mine moved there last year. Yes really. He loves it.

He's got about as much money as Scrooge McDuck but he is the cheapest bas ... very thrifty and he's constantly telling me how beautiful it is and how incredibly cheap it is to live there.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2019 02:25 PM (ZLI7S)

54 You're not extreme until you've got a Monster in your hands.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 02:24 PM (q80AH)

Phrasing!

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Transition from a Fugue to Enlightenment With an SJW Kit from the Outrage Outlet! at October 15, 2019 02:25 PM (hLRSq)

55 Don't they do something like that in Iran but with gays only???

Posted by: andycanuck at October 15, 2019 02:20 PM (Dh1wo)

Parachutes are haram in that situation. But it's the ISIS/Al Queada way; in Iran, they prefer to hang them from construction cranes.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 15, 2019 02:25 PM (Z4rgH)

56 That ram made a good stew meat, later that afternoon.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at October 15, 2019 02:25 PM (NVYyb)

57 Still waiting for somebody to base jump from the international space station.

Posted by: strong pimp paw mcclaws at October 15, 2019 02:25 PM (ev02w)

58 Holy shit!

I've jumped out of an airplane and bungee jumped off a bridge.

There is no way in hell I would jump off a building.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 15, 2019 02:25 PM (d7Ww2)

59 Rudy Giuliani is parting ways with the personal attorney representing him so far in matters related to the impeachment inquiry. Giuliani confirmed to CNN Tuesday that his current attorney, Jon Sale, is ending his representation of the former New York City mayor shortly.

Posted by: Derp State is in Deep Shit at October 15, 2019 02:25 PM (BqBId)

60 My new favorite is Asians saying OMG!!!!

My previous favorite was Asians saying "Godzirra..."

Posted by: Sponge at October 15, 2019 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)

61 pikers

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at October 15, 2019 02:26 PM (FZYNt)

62 Funny, because according to the old gypsy woman that's exactly how I'll die.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 15, 2019 02:22 PM (wCmLp)
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Yeah, well, a fortune teller told Scarlett O'Hara she was going to marry a man with dark hair and we all know how that turned out.

Posted by: Linn Ridge at October 15, 2019 02:26 PM (ECrgQ)

63 51 kinda shocked that Tom Cruise hasn't demanded a slackline scene in a M:I movie already.
Posted by: ace at October 15, 2019 02:25 PM (PbpT7)

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Well, he's done running around on the side of a building, clinging to a plane taking off, halo jumping, and kissing Michelle Monaghan.

That not enough for you?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 02:26 PM (q80AH)

64 Here's a real daredevil act: men still have sex with Madonna

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 15, 2019 02:26 PM (KZzsI)

65 Posted by: Mikey NTH - Transition from a Fugue to Enlightenment With an SJW Kit from the Outrage Outlet! at October 15, 2019 02:21 PM (hLRSq)

I had a dream I was flying a Piper cub with a couple of passengers but was aware I didn't know how to land but kept it to myself and calmly was going to attempt the landing before I woke up. I had a feeling of some self satisfaction that I stayed calm in my dream. You take self affirmation whenever and from wherever you can.

Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at October 15, 2019 02:26 PM (zdltJ)

66 No thank you! I'll stick with Bolivian snow and hookers!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at October 15, 2019 02:27 PM (1ISKN)

67 >>>57 Still waiting for somebody to base jump from the international space station.

well there are videos of extreme jumps from (sorta?) low earth orbit. They take up a hot air balloon as high as it will go and then jump.

I don't think you can get into what they'd call "space" that way but they do get rilly rilly far from earth.

Posted by: ace at October 15, 2019 02:27 PM (PbpT7)

68 and I'm Army Airborne. i have ZERO desire to BASE jump. There is a huge diff doing it from an airplane and doing it from say, a building or cliff.

i just MIGHT have a reason to bail out of an aircraft. Jump out a 100-story window? Drop off a cliff? Um, no...

Posted by: mr wolf at October 15, 2019 02:24 PM

This.

All The Way!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 15, 2019 02:28 PM (axyOa)

69 I'd kill that fucking sheep, boom

Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 15, 2019 02:28 PM (M+Lyo)

70 67 >>>57 Still waiting for somebody to base jump from the international space station.

well there are videos of extreme jumps from (sorta?) low earth orbit. They take up a hot air balloon as high as it will go and then jump.

I don't think you can get into what they'd call "space" that way but they do get rilly rilly far from earth.
Posted by: ace at October 15, 2019 02:27 PM (PbpT7)

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Is that where NASA does it's Muslim outreach?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 02:28 PM (q80AH)

71 Well, he's done running around on the side of a building, clinging to a plane taking off, halo jumping, and kissing Michelle Monaghan.

That not enough for you?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 02:26 PM (q80AH)

The hot redhead is a good compensation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2019 02:28 PM (ycWCI)

72 Does Stedman really fuck Oprah?

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:28 PM (yRAFu)

73 There's also that nut that launched himself in a home made rocket.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 15, 2019 02:28 PM (1ISKN)

74 64 Here's a real daredevil act: men still have sex with Madonna
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 15, 2019 02:26 PM (KZzsI)

Hopefully while wearing three condoms.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at October 15, 2019 02:29 PM (RD7QR)

75 Still waiting for somebody to base jump from the international space station.
Posted by: strong pimp paw mcclaws at October 15, 2019 02:25 PM (ev02w)

There was a guy who jumped from the stratosphere from a balloon IIRC. Off to google.

Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at October 15, 2019 02:29 PM (zdltJ)

76 "space jump" world record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvbN-cWe0A0

Posted by: ace at October 15, 2019 02:29 PM (PbpT7)

77 Didn't we nuke the penguins in another thread?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 15, 2019 02:24 PM (J/VKP)

Insufficient megatonnage.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 15, 2019 02:29 PM (Z4rgH)

78 Felix Baumgartner did a 102 thousand foot jump. That's the edge of space.

Posted by: Roy at October 15, 2019 02:29 PM (2SB+z)

79 Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:28 PM (yRAFu)

Stop that. I will pull the blog over and there will be beatings.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 15, 2019 02:29 PM (Boy/L)

80 68 and I'm Army Airborne. i have ZERO desire to BASE jump. There is a huge diff doing it from an airplane and doing it from say, a building or cliff.
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How are your knees and hips these days? You do know we have helicopters?

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:29 PM (yRAFu)

81 I talked my husband out of bungee jumping Victoria Falls. Actually, someone told us about a young Australian woman who survived her bungee cord breaking, and landing in the Zambezi River. Which has crocodiles. She "only" suffered a broken shoulder.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2019 02:29 PM (ptqGC)

82 I notice the article about the Maylasia base jump doesn't include any casualty figures.

Considering how dangerous base jumping is, I find it to be a curious omission.

Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at October 15, 2019 02:30 PM (qC1Sy)

83
When I was a kid, my mom had a super annoying friend that none of us liked.

We also had a yuuuge French Alpine billy that was our (or perhaps anyone's) meanest goat.

One day we convinced this guy to go into the enclosure with Mustafa.

He of course immediately attacked and rammed him, as he did with anyone who didn't routinely feed his crazy ass sweet grain. Usually, the other goats would just watch. But this time... they must have been able to sense the douche on this guy, because they all just piled on.

Good times.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 15, 2019 02:30 PM (AzW6q)

84 There's also that nut that launched himself in a home made rocket.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 15, 2019 02:28 PM

I've always been intrigued by the dudes who tie a bunch of balloons to a yard chair and go aloft.
Stupid, but it sounds kinda fun.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 15, 2019 02:30 PM (axyOa)

85 72 Does Stedman really fuck Oprah?
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:28 PM (yRAFu)

No, not even with ace's dick. That was mutual bearding all the way.

Posted by: Steadman at October 15, 2019 02:30 PM (RD7QR)

86 Posted by: ace at October 15, 2019 02:27 PM (PbpT7)

I think it's those gas balloons.

Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at October 15, 2019 02:30 PM (zdltJ)

87 82 I notice the article about the Maylasia base jump doesn't include any casualty figures.

Considering how dangerous base jumping is, I find it to be a curious omission.
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Asia ain't much on lawsuits.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:30 PM (yRAFu)

88 87 I notice the article about the Maylasia base jump doesn't include any casualty figures.

Considering how dangerous base jumping is, I find it to be a curious omission.
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Asia ain't much on lawsuits.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:30 PM (yRAFu)

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"How about laws protecting children? Asking for a friend."
-Jeffrey Epstein, circa 1985

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 02:31 PM (q80AH)

89 I find these incredibly hard to watch as I feel instant vertigo and fear. Yikes.....I'm mellowing in my old age.

Posted by: Cheri at October 15, 2019 02:32 PM (oiNtH)

90 Russia reportedly moving new troop deployments into northern Syria. This instead of providing food for ordinary Russians, or something.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at October 15, 2019 02:33 PM (NVYyb)

91 Related: Apparently there is a gang of base jumpers operating (illegally) in Fairfax, Virginia, right outside of Washington, DC.

Why should the guys inside DC have all the illegal fun?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 15, 2019 02:33 PM (axyOa)

92 We need to convince nitwits to drop their Tide Pods and take up base jumping.

Sometimes Darwin just needs to be lifted by his sagging shorts.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 02:33 PM (O9H6c)

93 All your base jumpers are belong to us.

Posted by: CATS at October 15, 2019 02:33 PM (pPNCa)

94 Why should the guys inside DC have all the illegal fun?
Posted by: Diogenes at October 15, 2019 02:33 PM (axyOa)
++++++++++++++
Allowing illegal fun outside of DC would represent unfair competition.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 15, 2019 02:33 PM (I2dne)

95 "Watch closely...OMG"

They doing the nasty.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2019 02:33 PM (Qq3ZN)

96 You can't get into space by balloon. The buoyant force is equal to weight of the displaced volume. (minus you, of course)

As the atmosphere thins this net force approaches zero.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 15, 2019 02:34 PM (1ISKN)

97 I saw a porno once that had a dude and chick jump out of an airplane. She didn't have a chute, so she hung on to him for dear life, then 69'd because, well, isn't that what you do?

Posted by: Sponge at October 15, 2019 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)

98 He of course immediately attacked and rammed him, as he did with anyone who didn't routinely feed his crazy ass sweet grain. Usually, the other goats would just watch. But this time... they must have been able to sense the douche on this guy, because they all just piled on.

Good times.
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Had a cowboy friend out in Colorado, back when Colorado knew nothing of Broke Back Mountains, whose cattle dog Willy could pick out the squirrel in any group of people and immediately take them down. All it took for Willy to go off was for my friend to say "fruity people Willy'. It never failed to entertain.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:34 PM (yRAFu)

99 Man, that ram video.... That girl was pretty seriously injured, I think. If she's still alive. She spent a lot of time writhing in pain before the sheep slammed her head onto the pavement. Not sure she moved after that.

Someone needs to make a video... with the sheep having "Trump" and the girl labeled CNN or something.

Posted by: Vance at October 15, 2019 02:34 PM (KbgjX)

100 I think there only a couple of legal BASE jumping bridges in the US and they're in Idaho.

Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at October 15, 2019 02:34 PM (zdltJ)

101 OT-Prayer request

A woman in my congregation had valve replacement surgery on Thursday. She went to rehab,but apparently is having trouble walking. If you could please keep Arlene in prayer for healing and strengthening it would be much appreciated. Thanks very much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2019 02:35 PM (j0JAA)

102 Related: Apparently there is a gang of base jumpers operating (illegally) in Fairfax, Virginia, right outside of Washington, DC.

One of the top suspects is a 68-year-old former Army ranger.

Highly unlikely he will become a 69-year old former Army Ranger.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 15, 2019 02:35 PM (axyOa)

103 Done, Fen.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2019 02:35 PM (ptqGC)

104 Hopefully while wearing three condoms.

Get one of those full-body condoms from Naked Gun

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 15, 2019 02:36 PM (KZzsI)

105 Felix Baumgartner did a 102 thousand foot jump. That's the edge of space.
Posted by: Roy at October 15, 2019 02:29 PM (2SB+z)
*******
& black as coal, I watched that ! that guy was legit Bonkers to me

Posted by: Derp State is in Deep Shit at October 15, 2019 02:36 PM (BqBId)

106 I notice the article about the Maylasia base jump doesn't include any casualty figures.

Considering how dangerous base jumping is, I find it to be a curious omission.
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Asia ain't much on lawsuits.
Posted by: Puddin Head

Ain't much on ambulance chasers either.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2019 02:36 PM (Qq3ZN)

107
Willy could pick out the squirrel in any group of people and immediately take them down. All it took for Willy to go off was for my friend to say "fruity people Willy'. It never failed to entertain.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:34 PM (yRAFu)

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Huh... Maybe that's why. This guy was a raging, flaming queen. Like "makes Liberace look like Rambo" gay.

I don't know why animals would be able to sense that, or why it would make them angry, but... weird.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 15, 2019 02:37 PM (AzW6q)

108 One of the top suspects is a 68-year-old former Army ranger.

Highly unlikely he will become a 69-year old former Army Ranger.
Posted by: Diogenes

ISWYDT.
Golf clap.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2019 02:37 PM (Qq3ZN)

109 105 Felix Baumgartner did a 102 thousand foot jump. That's the edge of space.
Posted by: Roy at October 15, 2019 02:29 PM (2SB+z)
*******
& black as coal, I watched that ! that guy was legit Bonkers to me
Posted by: Derp State is in Deep Shit at October 15, 2019 02:36 PM (BqBId)
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I believe he is quoted as saying something along the lines of, "Never again."

Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at October 15, 2019 02:38 PM (qC1Sy)

110 Asia ain't much on lawsuits.
Posted by: Puddin Head

Ain't much on ambulance chasers either.
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Usually the ambulance is a Jeepney with family members aboard. The family members are needed to run across the street to buy the supplies and drugs that the doctor orders. There is no credit at Asian hospitals. Everything is cash and carry.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:38 PM (yRAFu)

111 I think there only a couple of legal BASE jumping bridges in the US and they're in Idaho.

Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at October 15, 2019 02:34 PM (zdltJ)

New River Gorge in W.Va......3rd Sat in Oct. ...you still have time!

Posted by: BignJames at October 15, 2019 02:38 PM (X/Pw5)

112 I saw a porno once that had a dude and chick jump out of an airplane. She didn't have a chute, so she hung on to him for dear life, then 69'd because, well, isn't that what you do?
Posted by: Sponge

You definitely don't want to hit the ground with it in her mouth...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2019 02:39 PM (Qq3ZN)

113 Years ago, I went with some guy friends to watch them parachute for the first time. I was standing near the landing zone, when one of the guys completely forgot how to land, and landed stiff legged.

I heard the bone snap. {{shudder}}

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2019 02:39 PM (ptqGC)

114 Falling at 729mph.

Posted by: strong pimp paw mcclaws at October 15, 2019 02:39 PM (ev02w)

115 Felix Baumgartner did a 102 thousand foot jump. That's the edge of space.
Posted by: Roy at October 15, 2019 02:29 PM (2SB+z)
*******
& black as coal, I watched that ! that guy was legit Bonkers to me
Posted by: Derp State is in Deep Shit at October 15, 2019 02:36 PM (BqBId)
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I believe he is quoted as saying something along the lines of, "Never again."
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at October 15, 2019 02:38 PM (qC1Sy)

He damn near died. Uncontrolled spin at one point almost blacked him out.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 15, 2019 02:40 PM (Boy/L)

116 89 I get that same feeling.
In the late 70's three of us climbed the cable ladder to the top of Half Dome. The best I could do was crawl to the edge and look out over the valley - a friend had no problem walking up to the edge. Though I've seen him do the same idiotic thing at Pinnacles national park.

I think it foolish because wind gusts happen.

Posted by: 13times at October 15, 2019 02:40 PM (K3B2k)

117 that last video of the ram attacking the shepherdess is remarkable. who knew? albanians have cars!

Posted by: mjc at October 15, 2019 02:40 PM (Pg+x7)

118 That ram fucked her shit up. And driver just sat there. Some people just don't have the "do something" gene.

Posted by: Xander Crews at October 15, 2019 02:40 PM (T434o)

119 What gets me worse than base jumping vids are the videos of guys climbing radio towers for maintenance. Whatever they get paid, it's not enough.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at October 15, 2019 02:40 PM (sWM8x)

120 The problem with base jumping and the reason it's so deadly is that there is no reserve 'chute.

It's one and pray proposition.

Fun fact:

The base jumping mortality rate is 1 in 60.

Parachuting is 1 in 100,000.

wing suits is something like 1 in 25

Posted by: Gossamer Penguin at October 15, 2019 02:40 PM (gaSfV)

121 OT:

These Criterion flash sales are always at the most inconvenient times...

Decisions, decisions...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 02:41 PM (q80AH)

122 You know, I thought base jumping was crazy, but then realized it's not all that different from parachuting, and I've did that once.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 02:41 PM (O9H6c)

123 No.
No thank you.
No.

Posted by: Nom de Blog at October 15, 2019 02:41 PM (hYUjK)

124 Prayers up for Arlene, Fen.

Posted by: Moki at October 15, 2019 02:41 PM (mFoNl)

125 You know, I thought base jumping was crazy, but then realized it's not all that different from parachuting, and I've did that once.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 02:41 PM (O9H6c)

This may not make the point you think it does.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 15, 2019 02:42 PM (Boy/L)

126 when one of the guys completely forgot how to land, and landed stiff legged.
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This is caused by looking down. Always focus on the horizon.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:42 PM (yRAFu)

127 Seem like it was all white dudes. Looks like we ruined something else, guys.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 15, 2019 02:42 PM (xfb67)

128 118 That ram fucked her shit up. And driver just sat there. Some people just don't have the "do something" gene.
Posted by: Xander Crews at October 15, 2019 02:40 PM (T434o)

To be fair so did the sheep dog. The dog just ran off with a "not my problem honey" look on him.

Posted by: moon_over_vermont at October 15, 2019 02:42 PM (kUmUV)

129 I heard the bone snap. {{shudder}}
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2019 02:39 PM (ptqGC)

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The sound of a bone snapping is unmistakable.

We won't discuss how I know.

Mainly because it's kind of stupid.

However, I did finish trimming the crape myrtles before heading to urgent care.

Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at October 15, 2019 02:42 PM (qC1Sy)

130 The problem with base jumping and the reason it's so deadly is that there is no reserve 'chute.

Ah, there's the difference.

Fun fact:

The base jumping mortality rate is 1 in 60.

Parachuting is 1 in 100,000.

What is the unit of the rate? Number of people, or number of jumps?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 02:43 PM (O9H6c)

131 wing suits is something like 1 in 25
Posted by: Gossamer Penguin

Needs brakes.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2019 02:43 PM (Qq3ZN)

132
Baa Ram -whiplash!

Posted by: Glenn John at October 15, 2019 02:43 PM (LilNs)

133 119 What gets me worse than base jumping vids are the videos of guys climbing radio towers for maintenance. Whatever they get paid, it's not enough.
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I bet they have great cardio fitness.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:43 PM (yRAFu)

134 Lots of videos out of Dubai, including a serious zip line like this one. And jumping straight down the side of the building. Oye: https://youtu.be/bXL3DmJDpUs

Posted by: Flubnut at October 15, 2019 02:43 PM (CRlUY)

135 120 gossamer penguin:

wing suits 1/25

base 1/60

parachute 1/100,000

wowsers.

Posted by: mjc at October 15, 2019 02:43 PM (Pg+x7)

136 Moral of the story, never turn you back on sheep.

Posted by: Gossamer Penguin at October 15, 2019 02:23 PM

Yeah? How do you like it now, bitchez? Not a lot of fun is it, huh, Mohamed?!

Posted by: The sheep cheering on the ram at October 15, 2019 02:44 PM (ejd/p)

137 Years ago, I went with some guy friends to watch them parachute for the first time. I was standing near the landing zone, when one of the guys completely forgot how to land, and landed stiff legged.

I heard the bone snap. {{shudder}}
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2019 02:39 PM (ptqGC)

Woman that lived across the street years ago got into skydiving after her husband died. She kinda lost her mind a bit because he had a brain tumor and the end of his life was pretty terrible.

She shattered her femur landing once, but wanted to keep doing it. Dr. told her "never again" because they had to put a steel rod in to repair it and he told her if she ever landed wrong again, that rod would ram up through her pelvis and rip through her insides, likely killing her.

But her choice. She bought a motorcycle instead and started dating a Harley rider that played poker for a living.

Posted by: Sponge at October 15, 2019 02:44 PM (Zz0t1)

138 Holy crap! I thought he dropped the guy!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 15, 2019 02:44 PM (so+oy)

139 The most dangerous thing they did was fly their on a Malaysian Air flight.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 15, 2019 02:44 PM (xfb67)

140 Why do they wear helmets? If the chute does not open, it won't help.

Posted by: Bill at October 15, 2019 02:44 PM (8ZyFF)

141 Hard. Fucking. PASS.

Posted by: DocJ at October 15, 2019 02:44 PM (77WPm)

142 Anyone that jumps out of a perfectly functioning airplane...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2019 02:44 PM (Qq3ZN)

143 -
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Felix Baumgartner did a 102 thousand foot jump. That's the edge of space.

Posted by: Roy at October 15, 2019 02:29 PM

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When he started spinning I said "We are watching this guy die"

Posted by: irright at October 15, 2019 02:44 PM (pMGkg)

144 In Soviet Russia, ram herd you.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 15, 2019 02:45 PM (jYnPD)

145 In Soviet Russia, ram herd you.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 15, 2019 02:45 PM (jYnPD)

Hard.

Posted by: Sponge at October 15, 2019 02:46 PM (Zz0t1)

146 >>When he started spinning I said "We are watching this guy die"

Listening to an interview with him after the jump I got the impression he was thinking the exact same thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2019 02:46 PM (ZLI7S)

147 Damn, that ram really gets her the 2nd time - must've really slammed her head. Why was the doggy not getting in there to protect her?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 15, 2019 02:46 PM (bDqIh)

148 I've seen a student jumper commit suicide on his first jump. Not a pretty thing.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:46 PM (yRAFu)

149 Thanks to the fun little video cams, we get a close-up view of whatever happens.

Posted by: klaftern at October 15, 2019 02:46 PM (RuIsu)

150 >> Why do they wear helmets? If the chute does not open, it won't help.

Maybe help if they crash into buildings on the way down?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 15, 2019 02:47 PM (bDqIh)

151 You know those dreams about falling? I've gotten them occasionally and they're always sort of fun. Weirdly, sometimes in those dreams I actually hit the ground and the dream continues, it's like cartoon logic, and I'm fine.

Don't think I'd ever do something like this in real life, though.

Posted by: Pope Francis at October 15, 2019 02:47 PM (KUaJL)

152 Base jumping is getting like getting a face tattoo

absolutely stupid

Posted by: REDACTED at October 15, 2019 02:47 PM (AQBtr)

153 140
Probably in the event they bash their head after touching down.

Posted by: 13times at October 15, 2019 02:47 PM (K3B2k)

154 -
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When he started spinning I said "We are watching this guy die"

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Listening to an interview with him after the jump I got the impression he was thinking the exact same thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2019 02:46 PM

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I was really impressed that he got that under control.

Posted by: irright at October 15, 2019 02:48 PM (pMGkg)

155 Prayers up for Arlene, Fen.

+1. Please keep us posted about her health.

Posted by: Basement Cat at October 15, 2019 02:48 PM (pPNCa)

156 82 I notice the article about the Maylasia base jump doesn't include any casualty figures.

Considering how dangerous base jumping is, I find it to be a curious omission.
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Interesting story. Made a stop Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland on vacation a few years ago. Apparently it's one the top spots for base jumping due to the shear cliffs and proximity of cable cars from the landing spots to the jump spots.

Anyway, we have an excursion planned and guy in a van picks us up. The family starts talking with the driver and it turns out he's a base jumper.

We get all "Ooh,wow, cool". He tells us about his family (wife and two small kids) then says he thinking about retiring from base jumping.

We asked why?

He say's: "Well, I really liked doing it with all my friends but they're all dead. It's no fun doing it alone"

After an awkward silence, I asked why are there were many deaths.

He said "Youtube. Everyone is trying to get the most extreme video posted on the internet"

Posted by: WisRich at October 15, 2019 02:48 PM (G0vdT)

157 Why do they wear helmets? If the chute does not open, it won't help.

That's pretty much the case with motorcycles as well. If I get into a crash on a motorcycle, I'm probably gonna wish I didn't protect my head.

Why was the doggy not getting in there to protect her?

He's bred and trained to herd, not protect. He's keeping the sheep in order.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 15, 2019 02:49 PM (KZzsI)

158
Jumping: mostly okay
Jumping into fog: definitely insane

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 15, 2019 02:49 PM (YtZB9)

159 150 >> Why do they wear helmets? If the chute does not open, it won't help.

pretending they actually have some gray matter to protect

Posted by: REDACTED at October 15, 2019 02:49 PM (AQBtr)

160 Sidebar: "they're going to their Plan B -- accusing the film of being about a White Man. Which, yes, is now apparently a crime."

If you've followed NYT editorials for the last ten years, then you should already know it is a crime simply to BE a white man.

Posted by: gp, Kwakwaka'wakw Carver/Artist at October 15, 2019 02:49 PM (mk9aG)

161 Nope. Nope nope nope. Taking the nope train to Fuckthatville.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 15, 2019 02:49 PM (NWiLs)

162 150 >> Why do they wear helmets? If the chute does not open, it won't help.
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So you don't knock yourself out when exiting the plane. I did all my jumps on a Cessna. We had to climb out of the plane with one foot on a pad and two hands on the strut and await our slap on the leg to push off. Accidents happen. You have to be conscious to pull the ripcord.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:50 PM (yRAFu)

163 Swiss Yorkie, smarter than Chris Wallace.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxn4tcbm

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 15, 2019 02:50 PM (jYnPD)

164 161 Nope. Nope nope nope. Taking the nope train to Fuckthatville.
Posted by: Insomniac at October 15, 2019 02:49 PM (NWiLs)

===========

I've been to Fuckthatville. The local grocery store is well built, but full of spiders.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 02:50 PM (q80AH)

165 I can't watch videos like these. I am ridiculously terrified of heights. Will not go above the second step on a ladder, will not go on ski-lifts, or gondolas, although I have, and swore never again. Cannot stand to see guys up on cherry-pickers doing line maintenance. I turn my head away.

Posted by: washrivergal at October 15, 2019 02:50 PM (sIyWR)

166 Dayum! I don't think I've ever been hit as hard as that shepherdess was and I've fought redheads hand to hand.

Wow.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 15, 2019 02:51 PM (Y4EXg)

167 YouTube and GoPro. Darwinning folks as we speak.

Posted by: klaftern at October 15, 2019 02:51 PM (RuIsu)

168 Why was the doggy not getting in there to protect her?

He's bred and trained to herd, not protect. He's keeping the sheep in order.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

"Everyone line up! Line. Up! You'll get your turn. One at a time! Ladies! Behave! Settle down!"

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2019 02:52 PM (Qq3ZN)

169 OT: I see Hunter Biden went on TV for some reason. Maybe his handlers should have warned him to stay off the drugs before going on-air, because his pinhole pupils tell me that he didn't.

Posted by: gp, Kwakwaka'wakw Carver/Artist at October 15, 2019 02:52 PM (mk9aG)

170 After an awkward silence, I asked why are there were many deaths.

He said "Youtube. Everyone is trying to get the most extreme video posted on the internet"

Posted by: WisRich at October 15, 2019 02:48 PM (G0vdT)

Wrong answer. Darwin.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 15, 2019 02:52 PM (jYnPD)

171 Years ago, I went with some guy friends to watch them parachute for the first time. I was standing near the landing zone, when one of the guys completely forgot how to land, and landed stiff legged.

This may not make the point you think it does.

Maybe not, but before jumping I practiced extensively. I practiced cutting away the main canopy until the ability to do so was second nature, and I practiced landing (ankles together, knees flexed, eyes focused on the horizon) over and over off a platform.

This was in grad school, and four of us drove up to the parachute place in Napa Valley for several days running, but weren't allowed to jump because it was too windy. So we drove back, and repeated this for three days.

Finally, we said, "Fuggit. I can't stand the ups and downs. I'm not leaving until we jump." We slept overnight in the parking lot, because it's usually calm at dawn.

The funny part is that up in the plane I couldn't wait to get out and jump. Fumes from the airplane engine were drawn into the open door and making me nauseous, and I didn't want people to think I was about to hurl from fear. So I pretty much clawed my way out onto the wing strut just to get some fresh air.

Jumping was fun, but very expensive for a grad student, costing almost a week's pay, so that was that.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 02:52 PM (O9H6c)

172 Can we take up a collection for Adam Schiff to do this, except secretly mess with his parachute?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at October 15, 2019 02:52 PM (sy5kK)

173 "Why do they wear helmets? If the chute does not open, it won't help."

Makes cleanup easier.

Posted by: gp, Kwakwaka'wakw Carver/Artist at October 15, 2019 02:52 PM (mk9aG)

174 67 >>>57 Still waiting for somebody to base jump from the international space station.

well there are videos of extreme jumps from (sorta?) low earth
orbit. They take up a hot air balloon as high as it will go and then
jump.

I don't think you can get into what they'd call "space" that way but they do get rilly rilly far from earth.

Posted by: ace at October 15, 2019 02:27 PM (PbpT7
Alan Eustace did it in 2014
Jump elevation - 135,908 feet
free fall distance - 123,334 feet

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 15, 2019 02:53 PM (5l6gb)

175 New River Gorge in W.Va......3rd Sat in Oct. ...you still have time!
Posted by: BignJames at October 15, 2019 02:38 PM (X/Pw5)

Thanks .

Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at October 15, 2019 02:53 PM (zdltJ)

176 Son has zero fear of heights, and working for his dad, that's a plus.

However, spiders are another thing. He inherited that from me.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2019 02:53 PM (ptqGC)

177 yeah.... no.

FTS.

Posted by: redc1c4 at October 15, 2019 02:53 PM (tjNqg)

178
That said, while backpacking on the Appalachian Trial in Shenandoah NP this past weekend, I tripped, fell, and did my best face plant ever. A trip to the ER was in order and I have six stitches above my right eye from where the hinge on my eyeglasses dinged me.

My scouts think that I should qualify for a Stitches & Staples merit badge as this is my third head injury requiring them in the last three years.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 15, 2019 02:54 PM (YtZB9)

179 Why do they wear helmets? If the chute does not open, it won't help.

The chin strap makes a convenient handle for scooping up the wet mess.

Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at October 15, 2019 02:54 PM (qc+VF)

180 Willowed from below:

Master Sgt. Mark Allen died at age 46 from complications from being shot in the head in 2009 while searching for Beau Bergdahl in Afghanistan. His injuries left him mostly paralyzed, unable to speak, and required over 20 surgeries.

Happy Obama? How about you Bergdahl's father?

Posted by: Cheri at October 15, 2019 02:54 PM (oiNtH)

181 Jumping was fun, but very expensive for a grad student, costing almost a week's pay, so that was that.
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I did it in the seventies for $20 a jump. I stopped jumping after about $100 bucks. I was a student as well. And liked beer.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:55 PM (yRAFu)

182 My scouts think that I should qualify for a Stitches & Staples merit badge as this is my third head injury requiring them in the last three years.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 15, 2019 02:54 PM (YtZB9)

Maybe you should wear a helmet. The head is an important body part.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2019 02:55 PM (ycWCI)

183 That's pretty much the case with motorcycles as well. If I get into a crash on a motorcycle, I'm probably gonna wish I didn't protect my head.

When I was like 21, a guy in a station wagon didn't see me on my 750 and forced me into the median.
Luckily, I was wearing a bright orange Bell helmet. Took a purty good chunk out of it.
Better it than me. Never been on another bike

Posted by: REDACTED at October 15, 2019 02:55 PM (AQBtr)

184 I used to have no fear of heights, but the last time I got on the roof to clear moss and clean the gutters I almost couldn't climb back down that ladder. All I could see is me falling and breaking something.

I have literally fallen off the roof in my 20s, landed on the lawn and all it did was knock the breath out of me. But I'm a bit older now and don't trust myself like I used to.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 15, 2019 02:55 PM (KZzsI)

185 Being a shepherdess to an ornery ram who's just had it up to here with being bossed.

Poor gal. If she survived, she should've had that bastard on the end of a fork that night.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 02:56 PM (O9H6c)

186 @169

What Hunter Biden said or didn't say is immaterial.

He came out of hiding, did his friendly interview, now the narrative will be, nothing to see here, this is all old news.

Move along, move along.

Posted by: Gossamer Penguin at October 15, 2019 02:56 PM (gaSfV)

187 Megadeth- Did a song for BASE Jumpers High Speed Dirt

Posted by: Derp State is in Deep Shit at October 15, 2019 02:56 PM (BqBId)

188 "Ow my balls!" - the guy who didn't secure his harness correctly

Posted by: wth at October 15, 2019 02:56 PM (v0R5T)

189
"Why do they wear helmets? If the chute does not open, it won't help."

Makes cleanup easier.
Posted by: gp, Kwakwaka'wakw Carver/Artist at October 15, 2019 02:52 PM (mk9aG)

It holds the Go-Pro camera. One must record one's folly.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 15, 2019 02:56 PM (YtZB9)

190 180
Willowed from below:

Master Sgt. Mark Allen died at age 46 from complications from being
shot in the head in 2009 while searching for Beau Bergdahl in
Afghanistan. His injuries left him mostly paralyzed, unable to speak,
and required over 20 surgeries.

Happy Obama? How about you Bergdahl's father?

Posted by: Cheri at October 15, 2019 02:54 PM (oiNtH)

F them both with a pineapple wrapped in rusty barbed wire. Neither of them are worth the piss of this guy who sacrificed himself for that traitor.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 15, 2019 02:56 PM (jYnPD)

191 Helmet is a camera mount.

Posted by: klaftern at October 15, 2019 02:56 PM (RuIsu)

192 Felix Baumgartner Space Jump World Record 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvbN-cWe0A0

What's amusing is that he had to be told twice to release his seatbelt.

Posted by: SMH at October 15, 2019 02:57 PM (RU4sa)

193 I have a really, really hard time being on a ladder to decorate the Christmas tree.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2019 02:57 PM (ptqGC)

194 161 Nope. Nope nope nope. Taking the nope train to Fuckthatville.
Posted by: Insomniac at October 15, 2019 02:49 PM (NWiLs)

IKR

Posted by: REDACTED at October 15, 2019 02:57 PM (AQBtr)

195 Luckily, I was wearing a bright orange Bell helmet. Took a purty good chunk out of it.
Better it than me. Never been on another bike
Posted by: REDACTED at October 15, 2019 02:55 PM (AQBtr)

If I could have empty freeways and roads with no drivers, I would always ride a motorcycle.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2019 02:57 PM (ycWCI)

196 159 150 >> Why do they wear helmets? If the chute does not open, it won't help.

pretending they actually have some gray matter to protect
Posted by: REDACTED at October 15, 2019 02:49 PM (AQBtr)

It's for the edge cases, like when a gust of wind catches your chute and drags you along the ground, or you catch a tree or flagpole and get slammed into a trunk or a building, or when the chute doesn't fully open (it's survivable, but you might wish otherwise).

Plus, if your helmet is uniquely customized and you turn yourself into road pizza, it can identify your remains.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at October 15, 2019 02:57 PM (J+mig)

197 I gave up motorcycle riding after moving to NJ. There are no shoulders on NJ highways. They've all been converted to an extra lane. And then there are NJ drivers. Fucking Road Warrior World.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:58 PM (yRAFu)

198 Dayum! I don't think I've ever been hit as hard as that shepherdess was and I've fought redheads hand to hand.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 15, 2019 02:51 PM (Y4EXg)

Got blind-sided catching a pass over the middle....don't remember hitting the ground.

Posted by: BignJames at October 15, 2019 02:58 PM (X/Pw5)

199 New poll of Democrats. 40% say candidates should be talking about Hunter Biden.

https://tinyurl.com/yyglzt3d

He dead.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2019 02:58 PM (ZLI7S)

200 192 Felix Baumgartner Space Jump World Record 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvbN-cWe0A0

What's amusing is that he had to be told twice to release his seatbelt.
Posted by: SMH at October 15, 2019 02:57 PM (RU4sa)
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Watched it. When he started spiraling out of control, I didn't think he would make it.

Posted by: WisRich at October 15, 2019 02:58 PM (G0vdT)

201

A bike helmet recently saved me from a head injury after a very nasty 18th gear fall on my bicycle (road rash and picking rocks out of my legs and arm.)

Posted by: 13times at October 15, 2019 02:59 PM (K3B2k)

202 192
Felix Baumgartner Space Jump World Record 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvbN-cWe0A0

What's amusing is that he had to be told twice to release his seatbelt.

Posted by: SMH at October 15, 2019 02:57 PM (RU4sa)

Alan Eustice beat him in 2014 - He also broke the sound barrier, but he is a Google exec, so fuck him.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 15, 2019 02:59 PM (5l6gb)

203 it occurs to me that if I'm Hunter Biden I would be getting some extra security about now, making public declarations about how much I love life and would never kill myself, stuff like that

because I'm a little worried about him. he's awfully inconvenient for the Dems.

Posted by: BlackOrchidOfCollusion at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (Rarvo)

204 199 New poll of Democrats. 40% say candidates should be talking about Hunter Biden.

https://tinyurl.com/yyglzt3d

He dead.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2019 02:58 PM (ZLI7S)

==========

"I'll go on the TV and make this better!"
-Hunter

"Even I knew that was a terrible idea."
-Joe

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (q80AH)

205 Did Willard Rmoney (DIABLO-UT - and seriously, WTSF, Utah???) actually tweet that Donnie TwoScoops campaign doing areal advertising over the Democrat "Debate" tonight was "a serious abuse of power"? Or was that snark?

Because if it was real all I can say is that this is one of the many, many reasons this globalist POS lost the most winnable challenger-versus-incumbent POTUS election in perhaps 100-years.

Posted by: DocJ at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (77WPm)

206 I did it in the seventies for $20 a jump. I stopped jumping after about $100 bucks. I was a student as well. And liked beer.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:55 PM (yRAFu)

Wow, that's cheap. Ours cost almost $100.

The first day we went there we found an instructor had been killed in a jump the previous day. Being young, stupid, and of course invincible, that didn't put us off. One of our guys had brought his girlfriend, and she started crying when she heard the news.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (O9H6c)

207 I can't watch videos like these. I am ridiculously terrified of heights. Will not go above the second step on a ladder, will not go on ski-lifts, or gondolas, although I have, and swore never again. Cannot stand to see guys up on cherry-pickers doing line maintenance. I turn my head away.
Posted by: washrivergal

Same here. It gets worse every year. I had to change a ceiling light bulb recently and it took everything I had not to swoon and fall off the ladder. I can't even look up at a high building/structure without feeling nauseous and fearful. Ugh.

Posted by: Cheri at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (oiNtH)

208 A bike helmet recently saved me from a head injury after a very nasty 18th gear fall on my bicycle (road rash and picking rocks out of my legs and arm.)

Pffft, that's NUTHIN"!!!!

Posted by: Hillary, falling into a tollbooth on the New Jersey Turnpike at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (Boy/L)

209 Alien 1: Ok, so you have your report on the progress of Human civilization.

Alien 2: Yes, about that. It seems like they're going backwards.

Alien 1: What? That's rediculous, what do you mean?

Alien 2: Yeah, like, they've gotten to the point where they've set up a global network of communication and can transmit just about any kind of data quickly anywhere.

Alien 1: Of course. Such an engineering feet to increase the flow of information is crucial for their species to develop.

Alien 2: Yeah, and they've also got the technology to record and store visual data in cameras small enough to put on their body and carry around.

Alien 1: Ok, that's a pretty standard development, miniaturization of technology and making it more affordable, but I don't see how this has to do with-

Alien 2: Well they're using those cameras to record themselves jumping off of incredibly high things and upload the videos for everyone else to see.

Alien 1:...

Alien 2: Yeah

Alien 1: Don't they know that's incredibly dangerous and incredibly stupid?

Alien 2: I believe they don't care.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at October 15, 2019 03:01 PM (KUaJL)

210 Fun fact:

The base jumping mortality rate is 1 in 60.
.........

Is there some way we can force all of congress to do this once a month?

Posted by: wth at October 15, 2019 03:01 PM (v0R5T)

211 "because I'm a little worried about him. he's awfully inconvenient for the Dems.
Posted by: BlackOrchidOfCollusion at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (Rarvo)"

I see a cocaine "overdose" in his future.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at October 15, 2019 03:01 PM (oZ6kz)

212 209 Alien 1: Don't they know that's incredibly dangerous and incredibly stupid?

Alien 2: I believe they don't care.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at October 15, 2019 03:01 PM (KUaJL)

==========

Well, they're a hive mind that always thinks the same and have no individuals who could make stupid choices.

Of course, they're going to look down on us.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 03:02 PM (q80AH)

213 Same here. It gets worse every year.
----------------
I used to work on four story scaffolds, parachuted, hung out on all sorts of helos, repelled and never had a problem with heights. Now I get my wife to drive over the Bay Bridge cuz I'm totally creeped out. I've turned into a pussy.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 03:02 PM (yRAFu)

214 The first day we went there we found an instructor had been killed in a jump the previous day. Being young, stupid, and of course invincible, that didn't put us off. One of our guys had brought his girlfriend, and she started crying when she heard the news.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (O9H6c)

The guy's body was still there as a warning to others?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2019 03:03 PM (ycWCI)

215 Posted by: 13times at October 15, 2019 02:59 PM (K3B2k)
*******
I was in 21st Gear on a Bike trail & there was a family of fucking retards all the way across the trail & as I went get around them a little girl went out further & it was either plow into her or ditch the bike in the grass. Thankfully made it out "Unharmed" & my inside pedal caught the little girl in the calf, But after crying like crazy mostly from shock I think she got up & walked around as was fime

Posted by: Derp State is in Deep Shit at October 15, 2019 03:03 PM (BqBId)

216 I think the Malaysian in that tweet translates to "weak hearted don't attempt"

Posted by: TexasDan at October 15, 2019 03:03 PM (hr5kG)

217 Ram knows the ticket: don't let 'em get back up.

Posted by: wth at October 15, 2019 03:03 PM (v0R5T)

218 214 The first day we went there we found an instructor had been killed in a jump the previous day. Being young, stupid, and of course invincible, that didn't put us off. One of our guys had brought his girlfriend, and she started crying when she heard the news.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (O9H6c)

The guy's body was still there as a warning to others?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2019 03:03 PM (ycWCI)

===========

They hung a wooden sign over him that said, "Pirate."

Confusion reigned.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, with that Kubrick look towards the camera at October 15, 2019 03:04 PM (q80AH)

219 I think as we get older, the fear of heights gets worse because we know what the damage from even a slight fall can do.

Heck, I stepped weird off a curb three weeks ago and broke my ankle.

When I have to get on the second rung of a ladder, i get shakey.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 15, 2019 03:04 PM (ptqGC)

220 because I'm a little worried about him. he's awfully inconvenient for the Dems.

Posted by: BlackOrchidOfCollusion at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (Rarvo)

He's not inconvenient for "The Dems" - he's incredibly inconvenient for "Joe Biden". We're about to find out if the DNC honestly thinks Gropey has the force to go the distance against Donnie TwoScoops (in which case they'll call on their media minions to make Huntergate "go away"), or if he can't, in which case they'll bury Choo Choo and write-off 2020 as a loss, practicing damage control down-ballot best they can.

Posted by: DocJ at October 15, 2019 03:04 PM (77WPm)

221 Got blind-sided catching a pass over the middle....don't remember hitting the ground.
Posted by: BignJames at October 15, 2019 02:58 PM (X/Pw5)

Got hit in the temple with a throw from the catcher while I was stealing second (having flicked off a loose helmet that was bouncing around on my head).

I came to to find both teams gathered around looking down at me, and hearing somebody say, "Is he dead?"

Nah. Thick skull. But the great granddaddy of all headaches.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 03:04 PM (O9H6c)

222 My Dad never talked about the war

he was in the Marines for 11 years

His friends told me he was in a scrap where everyone but my dad was killed

My dad always said he's never risking his life again

That's risking your life, not this BS

Posted by: REDACTED at October 15, 2019 03:04 PM (AQBtr)

223 The first day we went there we found an instructor had been killed in a jump the previous day. Being young, stupid, and of course invincible, that didn't put us off. One of our guys had brought his girlfriend, and she started crying when she heard the news.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (O9H6c)

The guy's body was still there as a warning to others?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Rub it for luck.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2019 03:04 PM (Qq3ZN)

224 >>Wow, that's cheap. Ours cost almost $100.

I've never sky dived but if I ever did the last thing I would be looking for is a discount dive shop.

I used to have people ask my why we charged more for night dives when I was teaching in PR. My answer was because I will bring you home alive.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2019 03:04 PM (ZLI7S)

225 Am I the only one who reads KLTIJM as "Kill Time"?

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at October 15, 2019 03:05 PM (rP4OC)

226 Same here. It gets worse every year. I had to
change a ceiling light bulb recently and it took everything I had not to
swoon and fall off the ladder. I can't even look up at a high
building/structure without feeling nauseous and fearful. Ugh.

Posted by: Cheri at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (oiNtH)

+++Exactly. Can't look up at all. Can't look down, either.

Posted by: washrivergal at October 15, 2019 03:05 PM (sIyWR)

227 Hey Hunter--don't buy any green bananas.

Posted by: Seth Rich at October 15, 2019 03:05 PM (sWM8x)

228 211 "because I'm a little worried about him. he's awfully inconvenient for the Dems.
Posted by: BlackOrchidOfCollusion at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (Rarvo)"

I see a cocaine "overdose" in his future.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at October 15, 2019 03:01 PM (oZ6kz)

The old hooker loaded the straw with too much cocaine that she blew up his b-hole gambit.

Posted by: strong pimp paw mcclaws at October 15, 2019 03:05 PM (ev02w)

229 Alan Eustice beat him in 2014 - He also broke the sound barrier, but he is a Google exec, so fuck him.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 15, 2019 02:59 PM (5l6gb)
*******
Baungartner did this in 2012

Posted by: Derp State is in Deep Shit at October 15, 2019 03:05 PM (BqBId)

230 The guy's body was still there as a warning to others?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2019 03:03 PM (ycWCI)

Just a chalk outline.

Nah, I'm kidding. The atmosphere at the place was pretty somber and then we found out why.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 03:05 PM (O9H6c)

231 214 The first day we went there we found an instructor had been killed in a jump the previous day. Being young, stupid, and of course invincible, that didn't put us off. One of our guys had brought his girlfriend, and she started crying when she heard the news.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (O9H6c)

Good news was that they had an extra chute for you to use.

Posted by: Roy at October 15, 2019 03:05 PM (2SB+z)

232 A cousin's husband died skydiving.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 15, 2019 03:05 PM (8sZIF)

233 That's pretty much the case with motorcycles as well. If I get into a crash on a motorcycle, I'm probably gonna wish I didn't protect my head.

I would encourage you to rethink that. I was in a get-off at 70 MPH on an interstate a few years ago. The helmet took a good scuff that would have otherwise been my scalp. Small vertebra fracture and messed up my knees and ankles a bit but otherwise fine. The head injury likely would have left me a veggie.

Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at October 15, 2019 03:06 PM (qc+VF)

234 Going to the Mome, I noticed a new fear: driving over bridges that do not look so hot. The bridge at Cincinnati over the Ohio does not look like it is in great repair.

Also, it is like one huge suburb and road work from Cincinnati to Dayton.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2019 03:06 PM (ycWCI)

235 then there are NJ drivers.

If the key is in the ignition I have the right of way.

Posted by: DaveA at October 15, 2019 03:06 PM (FhXTo)

236 Baungartner did this in 2012
Posted by: Derp State is in Deep Shit

Has it been 7 years already?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2019 03:07 PM (Qq3ZN)

237 Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2019 03:07 PM (Qq3ZN)
*******
Yep Believe it or not

Posted by: Derp State is in Deep Shit at October 15, 2019 03:07 PM (BqBId)

238 Used to race downhill mtn bikes in the mid 90's (pre body armor, only protection was a full face helmet). I was on a logging road and washed out at about 40 miles an hour. Sold my bike the next week for parts, I was done.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at October 15, 2019 03:08 PM (5l6gb)

239 Don't understand why shepherdess turned her back on the critter to get pounded again.
But, dazed, probably.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt - Weeping Cub Fan at October 15, 2019 03:08 PM (ufFY8)

240 He's not inconvenient for "The Dems" - he's incredibly inconvenient for "Joe Biden".

Hunt can be kind of erratic tho, even without all the drugs he still does. He probably isn't quite as dumb as he seems. He used to be sort of dark and quiet (but I'd imagine that was a lot of brain cells ago).

He could get angry, too. In this case, he could very well get tired of being the fool/scapegoat, and start blabbing. You saw how not-really-politically-smart he was in that interview. Him talking while NOT EVEN TRYING to hurt the Elites, hurts the Elites. He could hurt them, both sides, R and D, lots of people. He should probably go back to Belize or wherever he was hiding.

Posted by: BlackOrchidOfCollusion at October 15, 2019 03:08 PM (Rarvo)

241 Watch "Free Solo" about the climber that scaled 3000 foot cliff in Yosemite without equipment. Insane and amazing. Mostly insane.

Posted by: Ripley at October 15, 2019 03:09 PM (MxEKc)

242 Misfud will jump from Kuala Lampur in earlu Decembu

Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at October 15, 2019 03:09 PM (iMxDC)

243 My jumpmaster used to jump wearing hightop Converse sneakers laced tight. Our reserve chutes were basic Army chutes. His primary chute hung up on a jump and he had to pull the reserve. The stopping power of the reserve snapped him so hard that both sneakers were flung off his feet. He walked funny for about week after that too.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 03:09 PM (yRAFu)

244 233 That's pretty much the case with motorcycles as well. If I get into a crash on a motorcycle, I'm probably gonna wish I didn't protect my head.

I would encourage you to rethink that. I was in a get-off at 70 MPH on an interstate a few years ago. The helmet took a good scuff that would have otherwise been my scalp. Small vertebra fracture and messed up my knees and ankles a bit but otherwise fine. The head injury likely would have left me a veggie.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at October 15, 2019 03:06 PM (qc+VF)

Agree on this one. My Dad still rides and he was in an accident. Got thrown. Broke six ribs, cracked a vertebrae and had to be medi-vaced to Louisville. When I got there he started complaining about not being conscious for the helicopter ride and worrying about how his bike was. Helmets.

Priorities.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 15, 2019 03:10 PM (ycWCI)

245 https://www.kron4.com/news/logs-popping-up-on-oakland-streets-blocking-rv-parking/
"I have, I have actually saw them. They have a forklift. They come out here and pull them in and out," she said.
Do they really need a forklift for that?

Posted by: PG at October 15, 2019 03:10 PM (iqCkn)

246 81�Jumping was fun, but very expensive for a grad student, costing almost a week's pay, so that was that.�
-----------------�
I did it in the seventies for $20 a jump. I stopped jumping after about $100 bucks. I was a student as well. And liked beer.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:55 PM (yRAFu)

Musta been in CA. I jumped in the 70-80's in a club, 15 bucks to 12500 ft, 3-6 jumps in a weekend. Still had money for gas & whiskey. Of course i was in school and worked 2 jobs...

Posted by: West at October 15, 2019 03:10 PM (wKX5W)

247 I used to work on four story scaffolds, parachuted, hung out on all sorts of helos, repelled and never had a problem with heights. Now I get my wife to drive over the Bay Bridge cuz I'm totally creeped out. I've turned into a pussy.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 03:02 PM (yRAFu)

I understand. I have unpleasant thoughts driving across the Coronado Bridge.

I'm terrified of heights, in part because I know my balance sucks. Oddly, that didn't affect me in parachuting, because fall was planned for. Climbing onto a second story roof, where falling was NOT planned for, made me almost do something I haven't done since I was three years old.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 03:10 PM (O9H6c)

248 Nood

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 15, 2019 03:11 PM (AzW6q)

249 That Epstein guy couldn't even jump safely from the top bunk.

Posted by: Ass Chum at October 15, 2019 03:11 PM (Jj+59)

250 Colleague John Roberts rpts Giuliani will not comply with Congressional subpoena.

Posted by: Derp State is in Deep Shit at October 15, 2019 03:12 PM (BqBId)

251 Death wishes, Saying that when I was young and stupid I did the tethered jump thing from a cessna at 3000 ft or so. One time. Not on my life now.

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at October 15, 2019 03:12 PM (0OmEj)

252 I hope Hunter doesn't inherit an aneurysm.
*uncrosses fingers*

Posted by: wth at October 15, 2019 03:12 PM (v0R5T)

253 LeBron has just confirmed is a total schlub

IQ def in 2 digits

Posted by: REDACTED at October 15, 2019 03:12 PM (AQBtr)

254 A colleague of my ex-husband fell off a ladder while cleaning the gutters. Broke so many bones he was off of work for over a year. Early forties. Now has struggles with a lifelong limp.

Posted by: washrivergal at October 15, 2019 03:12 PM (sIyWR)

255 Musta been in CA. I jumped in the 70-80's in a club, 15 bucks to 12500 ft, 3-6 jumps in a weekend. Still had money for gas & whiskey. Of course i was in school and worked 2 jobs...
Posted by: West at October 15, 2019 03:10 PM (wKX5W)

It was in CA. As grad students we only made $400 a month, so $100 was a LOT of money to us.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 03:12 PM (O9H6c)

256 You think that's scary?

Search "wingsuit flying" on YouTube. Make sure you have a change of shorts handy.

Posted by: Brunette the 'Ette at October 15, 2019 03:12 PM (adsVM)

257 "I have, I have actually saw them. They have a forklift. They come out here and pull them in and out," she said.
Do they really need a forklift for that?
Posted by: PG

I thought you were still talking about skydiving.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2019 03:13 PM (Qq3ZN)

258 253 LeBron has just confirmed is a total schlub

IQ def in 2 digits
Posted by: REDACTED at October 15, 2019 03:12 PM (AQBtr)

Imagine.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 03:13 PM (O9H6c)

259 243 My jumpmaster used to jump wearing hightop Converse sneakers laced tight. Our reserve chutes were basic Army chutes. His primary chute hung up on a jump and he had to pull the reserve. The stopping power of the reserve snapped him so hard that both sneakers were flung off his feet. He walked funny for about week after that too.
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 03:09 PM (yRAFu)

---

Glad he's ok, but the mental pic of that is kinda funny.

Posted by: SMH at October 15, 2019 03:13 PM (RU4sa)

260
I rode the Big Zip zip line at Summit Bechtel Reserve, Scouting BSA's permanent base for its National Jamborees, in 2013.

A good friend of mine attached me to the trolley and told me to tuck my legs into the fetal position to gain maximum speed and also to watch the handlers below on the landing platform to know when to "open up" so as to slow down.

I set off, did a great tuck and was flying down the line. My handler on the platform wasn't paying attention until I was quite close, and frantically signaled me to open up. I did, but not enough to significantly slow down.

I CRUSHED the safety stops (compressed a huge six foot long heavy foam bumper to half its normal length). The bumper's recoil propelled me back off the platform and they had to send a line out to me to reel me in. I had a blast.

Later that day my friend contacted me to see if I was okay, as apparently my ending had the zip line's staff in a tizzy (they claimed that I hadn't been paying attention to the handler -- not true: I well know an "oh, shit!" reaction when I see one, and I saw one that morning). "Sure, why wouldn't I be?" was all I could reply.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 15, 2019 03:14 PM (YtZB9)

261 Nood.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 15, 2019 03:14 PM (iuFgi)

262 Pats aren't looking for a Brady replacement

Lefties are now polling Moochelles electoral viability

Wonder what the difference is ???

Posted by: REDACTED at October 15, 2019 03:15 PM (AQBtr)

263 223
The first day we went there we found an instructor had been killed in a
jump the previous day. Being young, stupid, and of course invincible,
that didn't put us off. One of our guys had brought his girlfriend, and
she started crying when she heard the news.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 03:00 PM (O9H6c)

The guy's body was still there as a warning to others?

Posted by: Aetius451AD

Rub it for luck.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2019 03:04 PM (Qq3ZN)

Did you try the hot iron?

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 15, 2019 03:18 PM (jYnPD)

264 One of the top suspects is a 68-year-old former Army ranger.
Hooked on adrenaline. Watch the YouTube videos of Gunnery Sergeant Brad Colbert talking about this. 28 speeding tickets and five suspended licenses.

Posted by: Jolo at October 15, 2019 03:18 PM (WrMOC)

265
Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 02:55 PM (yRAFu)

Musta been in CA. I jumped in the 70-80's in a club, 15 bucks to 12500 ft, 3-6 jumps in a weekend. Still had money for gas & whiskey. Of course i was in school and worked 2 jobs...
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My jump school was run by a crippled father and his two sons. The father was an 82nd Airborne guy retired with full disability. One son flew the Cessna the other ran the jump site and training. No one had the guts to ask what happened to dad.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 15, 2019 03:20 PM (yRAFu)

266 I can't watch videos like these. I am ridiculously
terrified of heights. Will not go above the second step on a ladder,
will not go on ski-lifts, or gondolas, although I have, and swore never
again. Cannot stand to see guys up on cherry-pickers doing line
maintenance. I turn my head away.

Posted by: washrivergal at October 15, 2019 02:50 PM (sIyWR)

Heh. I've got that beat. I'm so afraid of heights I can't wear shoes.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at October 15, 2019 03:22 PM (68SQp)

267 Mrs LGoPs and I were over on Catalina Isalnd some years back and I decided that we should do the ride where a boat pulls you up in a parachute and hauls you along (I forget what the ride is called). Even though I'm terrified of heights I thought, hell, this can't be so bad. We got put into a tandem seat and headed up to about 600' by my guess. The wife loved it but then realized that I wasn't saying a word but my lips were moving. After we came down I told her I was saying Hail Mary's the whole time. Never again.

Posted by: LGoPs the former boyscout who now shouts Broken Arrow!, Broken Arrow! at October 15, 2019 03:25 PM (68SQp)

268

Not sure why anyone feels trepidation about engaging in dangerous sports, you risk your life simply getting up in the morning, and the greatest act of faith you can perform is going to sleep at night.

Think that over.

Posted by: irongrampa at October 15, 2019 03:40 PM (KATBx)

269 Another fine post by Ace of BASE

Posted by: Weirddave at October 15, 2019 03:49 PM (sJVeL)

270 Anytime I need a chuckle, I visit YouTube and type "Parkour Fails" into the search field.

Posted by: Kathy at October 15, 2019 04:17 PM (QQgmb)

271 Splat,Splat,Splat

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at October 15, 2019 06:01 PM (wGqjj)

272 Got blind-sided catching a pass over the middle....don't remember hitting the ground.
Posted by: BignJames at October 15, 2019 02:58 PM (X/Pw5)

Got hit in the temple with a throw from the catcher while I was stealing second (having flicked off a loose helmet that was bouncing around on my head).

I came to to find both teams gathered around looking down at me, and hearing somebody say, "Is he dead?"

Nah. Thick skull. But the great granddaddy of all headaches.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 15, 2019 03:04 PM (O9H6c)

Dizzy Dean the great Cardinals pitcher got knocked out on a double play throw to first as he headed for second.

The worst part was the sports page article about his medical report checkup for a fractured skull.

X-RAYS OF DEANS HEAD REVEAL NOTHING.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 15, 2019 06:02 PM (FTPn0)

273 https://officialbridgeday.com/
You can base jump in WV.

Posted by: sTevo at October 15, 2019 07:29 PM (YK64n)

274 I have rules to live by.1. Never jump out of a perfectly good airplane.2. Never jump off something not actually flying.

Posted by: obsidian at October 16, 2019 10:55 AM (7+yqP)

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