If you think flying squirrels are cool

[fluidistic]

I very recently discovered wingsuit jumping. If you don't know what it is, have a look at:
, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaMTSOI1Zk4&feature=related and why not .
Do you find that as breathtaking as I do?!
That looks awesome!

 

[Proton Soup]

yeah, heard of it, seen the vids. also saw a doc on a few days ago about base jumpers. seems they've got a fairly high death rate because they can never get enough. once something becomes routine, they've got to push the envelope just a little more to take a once relatively safe jump and make it adrenaline-producing again. so they start flying closer and closer to obstacles, until one day, an unexpected gust of wind sends them crashing into a cliff.

looks fun, but i like my crashes a little more controlled.

 

[bp_psy]

I think it is one of the worst ideas in the history of bad ideas.

 

[Chi Meson]

What a total wuss! Those guys used parachutes!

 

[DragKing]

I’ve seen it before and each time I see it I think of trying one of them, the thrill would be great.

 

[turbo]

What a total wuss! Those guys used parachutes!

What weenies!

 

[turbo]

My next-door neighbor in college talked me into technical rock climbing because he had a project to finish for the AMC (a climbing guide) and his climbing buddies had graduated. I have never been one for heights (unless I have good footing under me), so traversing cracks on a granite face was pretty *exciting* to say the least. Between getting dive-bombed by an overprotective mama hawk and trying to avoid the poison ivy, there was plenty of entertainment to distract me from the raw fear of being about 200-300 feet up on a near-vertical granite face. Les told me that the foliage was "Boston Ivy". I convinced him to chimney up a crack to get us home ASAP and bought some Fels Naphtha soap. The next morning, I wandered over to his place. His wife let me in and let me visit Les. All swollen up, eyes too see clearly, and in great distress.

 

[NeoDevin]