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Title: Jumping off a cliff, over 4000 feet straight down
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Published: Sep 30, 2006
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Post Date: 2006-09-30 11:38:53 by YertleTurtle
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My (ex) girlfriend and I saw the IMAX movie, "Adrenaline Rush" a few months ago. It was about base jumpers, guys who jump off cliffs. This guy is jumping off of a fjord in Norway. The ground is over 4000 feet down.
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#1. To: YertleTurtle (#0)
Yes but, this guy is cheatin, he's got a chute.
Yeah, but it's only one chute. They don't carry reserve chutes. Sometimes I can't tell the difference between sane and insane.
"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities also has the power to make you commit atrocities." — Voltaire (1694-1778)
as someone who is very, very, very fearful of heights, i can't imagine anyone enjoying this.
I can. Of course I used to do static line jumps from Air Force transports at 1100 feet. And I've free fallen from much higher. Those chutes have to open fast and having terrain so close is very dangerous, even if it is only a rock face you are passing on the way down. No guts no glory, I always say.
This was a IMAX screen, which is about ten times bigger than a normal screen. There were times I had to close my eyes. It was just too intense.
"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities also has the power to make you commit atrocities." — Voltaire (1694-1778)
My wife and I are heading up to West Virginia in mid-October to attend Bridge Day; where crazy people like this spend all day jumping off the New River Bridge, the second-highest bridge in the United States. Not quite as spectacular as this, since the bridge is only 1000 feet above the river. Still...lots of fun to watch...they expect the usual crowd of 250,000 people.
Of which many come to hopefully see a splat.
You're probably right, although I am not one of them. The leaves are incredible that time of year, and the recent cold weather is supposed to really enhance the color this year...beautiful area, and the view from the bridge is amazing.
i couldn't watch that. i'd faint.
They have over 200 vendor booths set up on the bridge approach if you prefer to shop. :-)
or eat :P
Ah, yes...kettlecorn and fried dough. My wife and I will be dining on aged NY Strip at an area restaurant after the festivities.
is the fried dough the same as funnel cakes? do they sprinkle powdered sugar on it? i love that stuff.
I take it then you haven't been to the Royal Gorge bridge in Colorado - the HIGHEST bridge in the US - and a suspension bridge at that! Quite a view. The river below (some 1300+ feet) looks about ¼ inch wide!!! And the bridge sways as cars drive over. My dad threw his cap off the side once when I was a kid and we watched for about 2 minutes (at least that how long it seemed as a kid LOL) as it fell before we lost sight of it.
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" - Patrick Henry "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote" - Ben Franklin
Royal Gorge? At least the crossing here at the New River Gorge is a paved, four-lane highway...I wouldn't walk across that rattletrap at Royal Gorge, much less drive on it.
The ground is over 4000 feet down.
#2. To: Cynicom (#1)
Yes but, this guy is cheatin, he's got a chute.
#3. To: YertleTurtle (#0)
#4. To: christine (#3)
#5. To: christine (#3)
as someone who is very, very, very fearful of heights, i can't imagine anyone enjoying this.
#6. To: christine (#3)
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
#7. To: who knows what evil (#6)
"Still...lots of fun to watch...they expect the usual crowd of 250,000 people."
#8. To: Ferret Mike (#7)
Of which many come to hopefully see a splat.
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
#9. To: who knows what evil (#6)
#10. To: christine (#9)
i couldn't watch that. i'd faint.
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
#11. To: who knows what evil (#10)
#12. To: christine (#11)
or eat :P
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
#13. To: who knows what evil (#12)
#14. To: christine (#3)
as someone who is very, very, very fearful of heights, i can't imagine anyone enjoying this.
#15. To: innieway, christine (#14)
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
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