Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:30 am
Hard to argue against.+JuggerNaut+ wrote:Kittinger will always be the man. circa 1960 @ 102,800 ft.
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Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:56 pm
Brain of steel, more like; it's a dumb thing to do.mrd wrote:Well if you got 3 dodgy things going for ya, can't blame ya. I'm sure this guy is riding a $10,000 downhill machine with full body armour. But yeah... fuck that. I once saw a clip of this rider named Bender (old, ~10 years ago) doing a 60 ft drop. I thought that was crazy... it wasn't even a jump. Just a cliff drop into a sand pit. I think he broke his foot or both or his legs or something fucking retarded. He rebounded off the sand and flew headfirst into a tree
Anyway, balls of steel
Or, in other words: There's brave, and there's stupid. What you described is stupid.
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 6:44 pm
He hit the ramp with way too much speed, sending him too high. he knew he needed to get away from the bike to survive the crash.Tsakali wrote:am I missing something? why the fuck did he bail off the bike at the end?
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 6:46 pm
Custom DH'er, no armor. he had a vest top on.mrd wrote:
Well if you got 3 dodgy things going for ya, can't blame ya. I'm sure this guy is riding a $10,000 downhill machine with full body armour. But yeah... fuck that. I once saw a clip of this rider named Bender (old, ~10 years ago) doing a 60 ft drop. I thought that was crazy... it wasn't even a jump. Just a cliff drop into a sand pit. I think he broke his foot or both or his legs or something fucking retarded. He rebounded off the sand and flew headfirst into a tree
Anyway, balls of steel
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 6:50 pm
So has this thing been canceled or just postponed?
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:17 pm
from what i heard, postponed
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:37 pm
crazy!
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:12 am
I heard 23 Mile Skydive was cancelled
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:51 am
U heard wrong u chinc bastard...it's happening on Sunday...
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:29 am
Any further update here appreciated.scared? wrote:U heard wrong u chinc bastard...it's happening on Sunday...
Although not taking bets either way I think this is pretty exciting stuff
I wish them well.
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:22 pm
well, right now he's at 54.000ft...
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:23 pm
link?
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:22 pm
that looked fucking awesome.
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:27 pm
Not working... 
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:28 pm
Jesus fucking christ!
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:48 pm
Lad can fall like a bastard
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:45 pm
So he lived?
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:30 pm
Wow, that was fucking awesome. 128,000 ft up and he hit 704 mph!
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 11:31 pm
They're now reporting that he hit 833.9 mph, or Mach 1.24, at one point 
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:06 am
Kittinger still holds the longest free fall record 
Whether intentional or not, that's pretty cool.
Whether intentional or not, that's pretty cool.Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:56 pm
jesus
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:05 pm
That was pretty fucking crazy, you can tell he lost control around mach 1 and regained it shortly after he started decelerating.
I heard him say something about passing out in the live feed as he was falling. I'm guessing things weren't smooth.
I heard him say something about passing out in the live feed as he was falling. I'm guessing things weren't smooth.
Re: 23 mile skydive
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:00 pm
he said he thought he was about to pass out, feeling lightheaded. this was mostly because of the spinning.