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Post by frazer on Dec 18, 2014 11:10:02 GMT -5
My hat's off to this Loony Plenty of guts, chutzpah, cahones, moxie, spunk, and a little bit of idiocy. |
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Post by Dub on Dec 18, 2014 11:27:47 GMT -5
Wow! That's definitely very cool.
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Post by dradtke on Dec 18, 2014 11:37:57 GMT -5
Wow.
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Post by millring on Dec 18, 2014 11:42:11 GMT -5
no mulligans.
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 18, 2014 11:48:14 GMT -5
A little bit of lunacy? The guy is playing with death. But that's just me.
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Post by Marshall on Dec 18, 2014 13:03:58 GMT -5
Yeah, but I like to see him do: "Give me FIVE; up high; down low; real slow," . . . , huh ? ? ?
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Post by Marshall on Dec 18, 2014 13:06:47 GMT -5
I love the dramatic music they play with that squirrel suit video. You know it's SO F***ING SCARY. Any mistake and you are toast. (Or more like a smear of jelly on the side of a mountain.)
But I will say that looks infinitely cool. It's intoxicating watching them. I imagine doing it would be a rush that you'd be compelled to repeat until you finally meet your maker on the side of some mountain slope.
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Post by coachdoc on Dec 18, 2014 13:48:40 GMT -5
That man is not destined to live to a ripe old age.
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Post by theevan on Dec 18, 2014 15:49:06 GMT -5
That man is not destined to live to a ripe old age. That.. High mortality amongst base jumpers. Selfish thrill ride. |
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Post by Doug on Dec 18, 2014 17:09:16 GMT -5
That man is not destined to live to a ripe old age. That.. High mortality amongst base jumpers. Selfish thrill ride. Genetics. Pre-reproductive teens - twenties take stupid chances. Increases the odds of reproduction among the best individuals. Same is true of most animals, how often do you see a big buck killed on the highway, or an old coon. Not that the same qualities are reproduction material as when that genetic coding was put in place but you can't argue with genetics. |
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Post by RickW on Dec 18, 2014 21:14:20 GMT -5
Actually, Doug, I'd say it's the opposite. The biggest baddest ones, the ones most willing to take a risk and fight off the hordes, get to reproduce.
He's effing nuts. But it sure looks like a rush.
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Post by Chesapeake on Dec 18, 2014 21:22:37 GMT -5
I know a guy who parasailed off Mt. Everest. I met him at the North Pole.
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Post by frazer on Dec 18, 2014 21:23:45 GMT -5
I know a guy who parasailed off Mt. Everest. I met him at the North Pole. You mean to tell me that Santa parasails? |
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Post by millring on Dec 18, 2014 21:27:15 GMT -5
I know a guy who parasailed off Mt. Everest. I met him at the North Pole. Are you trying to tell me that he caught an updraft or something? He parasailed all the way from Mt Everest to the N. Pole? I find that as hard to believe as Santa. Frazer may be on to something. |
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Post by RickW on Dec 18, 2014 21:52:46 GMT -5
Santa parasails? So, like, Rudolph isn't real?
Shit.
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 18, 2014 22:21:11 GMT -5
High mortality amongst base jumpers. Selfish thrill ride. Selfish is exactly right. I've seen videos of base jumpers before, and the landscape looks the same. Must be a pretty popular place for this activity. |
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Post by coachdoc on Dec 18, 2014 23:48:48 GMT -5
He's nucking futs.
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Post by Marshall on Dec 19, 2014 1:24:09 GMT -5
Don't you think your arms would be killing you by the time you hit the chute?
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