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I think this guy is batshit nuts... - username - 10-09-2012 Think he'll live? Felix Baumgartner freefall jump from space – live stream The daredevil skydiver Felix Baumgartner is to jump from the edge of space, 36,576 metres (120,000ft) above the Earth, breaking a record set more than 50 years ago. He hopes to be the first person to break the speed of sound – about 690mph (1,110km/h) – in freefall... Live video... RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - Duchess - 10-09-2012 (10-09-2012, 11:51 AM)username Wrote: Think he'll live? No. He'll go up in a puff of smoke. *poof* RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - username - 10-09-2012 Yep, I tend to think he's going to come down with all the grace of a cow falling in an elevator shaft and get seared/roasted on the way down. I hope I'm wrong for his sake. RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - ramseycat - 10-09-2012 what is wrong with people? why do they have a death wish? RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - Duchess - 10-09-2012 It's not a death wish. It's the adventure & the thrill of succeeding, he doesn't expect to die and has taken every precaution, he has also trained extensively. RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - ramseycat - 10-09-2012 Nonsense. I don't get the appeal. RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - OnBendedKnee - 10-09-2012 ^ That's fine. Most don't. Others do. RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - Ilyanna - 10-09-2012 Last one to do that did it from 30,000 meters and survived, iirc. RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - username - 10-09-2012 (10-09-2012, 01:20 PM)Ilyanna Wrote: Last one to do that did it from 30,000 meters and survived, iirc. It says he's trying to break a record set 50 years ago. I wonder how they did it then without the technology we have now? I'll have to Google it when I have a little more time. RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - OnBendedKnee - 10-09-2012 I say he'll return looking a decade younger. RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - Ilyanna - 10-09-2012 I've looked it up, he did a test jump from 30,000 metres in July, no idea why that doesn't count. RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - JsMom - 10-09-2012 He can't jump due to the winds I guess. I couldn't watch my son do something like this. RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - ramseycat - 10-09-2012 My nephew sky dived for his 18th birthday. He said it was the most exhilarating experience ever. I will take his word for it. RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - username - 10-09-2012 Mission aborted. Maybe Thursday. RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - Midwest Spy - 10-09-2012 Nonsense poopypants. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - OnBendedKnee - 10-09-2012 Wuss. Let a little gentle breeze get in his way. :heesh:: RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - HairOfTheDog - 10-14-2012 (10-09-2012, 02:03 PM)username Wrote: Mission aborted. Maybe Thursday. Cool; he did it today and he's alive, well, and celebrating. Highlights from the news: -While spinning in his free-fall, "I really thought, 'I am in trouble,'" Baumgartner recalls -He soared up to 24 miles -- for the highest balloon ride and highest jump ever -Then the Austrian daredevil hit 833.9 mph at one point, breaking the speed of sound -Risks were low temperatures, thin atmosphere and a possible loss of consciousness RE: I think this guy is batshit nuts... - JsMom - 10-14-2012 Amazing. |