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Serephina posted:We really need to normalize having videos posted of thrill-seekers going splat (or rather, post/talk about new articles discussing them go splat) more often. The bias of only seeing them pull of stunts perfectly really diminishes how dangerous and stupid what they're doing is, imo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU38e86OC9I https://youtube.com/shorts/8Ts6wECtj2c?feature=share
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Shemp the Stooge posted:I have noticed a thing where basically every video showing wing-suit related stunts on YouTube has a comments section that entirely consists of things like, "RIP - a true legend in the sport" Just Cause you can do something doesn't mean you should
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Captain Hygiene posted:Just Cause you can do something doesn't mean you should 
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I remember that town from Just Cause. Edit: gently caress
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Uthor posted:I just heard about two helicopters colliding in Australia earlier this month, killing a bunch of people. Helicopters like crashing and killing everyone. It's pretty much their hobby.
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Serephina posted:We really need to normalize having videos posted of thrill-seekers going splat They're out there, but you're right that even on your usual sleazy gore website there are surprisingly few of them. Maybe these cats really are just that good at calculating risk, or maybe their buddies with the camera are just destroying the tapes out of respect. Personally I don't really want to see a CKY-style compilation of all the basejumping or high-altitude parkour fails.
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I think the rate of injury for skydiving and base jumping (maybe excluding wingsuits) is still extremely low. The consequences for even minor fuckups are so high that people who are serious about the hobby are also really serious about safety.
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The one story I periodically think about was that woman who was part of a protest at a national park where they had banned base jumping. The protest involved base jumping and expecting to get arrested. But since she didn't want her expensive parachute confiscated, she borrowed one with a cord positioned different than her normal one and proceeded to fall to her death with the parachute unopened.
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Garrand posted:The one story I periodically think about was that woman who was part of a protest at a national park where they had banned base jumping. The protest involved base jumping and expecting to get arrested. But since she didn't want her expensive parachute confiscated, she borrowed one with a cord positioned different than her normal one and proceeded to fall to her death with the parachute unopened. that's insane. i did a tandem jump once and the guy i was strapped to made it very clear how to pull both the main chute and the backup. Granted this was traditional skydiving and there was an auto-deploy function connected to an altimeter, but i would of expected the pull locations to be pretty standardized...
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:I think the rate of injury for skydiving and base jumping (maybe excluding wingsuits) is still extremely low. The consequences for even minor fuckups are so high that people who are serious about the hobby are also really serious about safety. This is accurate. It largely comes down to skydiving having decent safeguards against newcomers loving up (tandems are frequently required for a certain number of jumps), most DZs are very responsible about restricting flights if conditions are adverse, and like you said - the people who get into it are generally very aware of the risks.
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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-23-mn-25364-story.htmlquote:“The first three were beautiful. And then she jumped. Everybody thought it was OK, and then people said, ‘Open up! Open up!’ said Paul Sakuma, an Associated Press photographer.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:I think the rate of injury for skydiving and base jumping (maybe excluding wingsuits) is still extremely low. The consequences for even minor fuckups are so high that people who are serious about the hobby are also really serious about safety. OK, but did you see the video upthread that prompted this discussion?
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This is the best part of the story: quote:Rangers have arrested anyone caught jumping off El Capitan, seized their equipment and put them in the local jail.
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The worst was the 2 guys that had a stunt where one went under a suspention bridge and one went over the suspension bridge.  The guy who went over hit the cables and exploded all over the guy who went under the bridge. Super hosed.
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Preoptopus posted:The worst was the 2 guys that had a stunt where one went under a suspention bridge and one went over the suspension bridge. ........metal
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mycomancy posted:........metal I think you're one letter short there, as far as dated pithy one-word answers go.
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Preoptopus posted:The worst was the 2 guys that had a stunt where one went under a suspention bridge and one went over the suspension bridge. This happened at the Go Fast Games in 2004? I think? The guy that died was one of the best BASE jumpers and wingsuit flyers in the world at that time. Edit: The other jumper was Jeb Corliss, who is one of the most recognized skydivers today, a lot of the videos of someone hugging the ground going down a mountain are of him. Shooting Blanks fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Jan 20, 2023 |
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I bet that that title changes hands frequently.
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Base jumpers are crazy fuckers. There’s so much that could go wrong.
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This is probably worth posting in this thread, since we're talking about skydiving. Jeb Corliss, the guy I mentioned above? This is what he considers the craziest jump he's ever done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fAvbqQWRWo&t=567s I skipped ahead to the jump itself, elsewhere in the video is some truly excellent wingsuit flying.
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Preoptopus posted:The worst was the 2 guys that had a stunt where one went under a suspention bridge and one went over the suspension bridge. Also the bridge was full of spectators including a number of families/kids who came to watch the stunt.
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Varkk posted:Also the bridge was full of spectators including a number of families/kids who came to watch the stunt. Memories for life
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So that's what the Hyperloop will look like when it's done
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Alucard posted:So that's what the Hyperloop will look like when it's done Wasn't sure if this was about the train or people getting splattered on wires at high speed.
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