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Prisoner_Number_Six

(15,676 posts) Tue Oct 1, 2013, 08:40 PM Oct 2013

I really wish I had the balls to do this.

Guess that although I'm not exactly death fearing, I'm not death defying either. Still, dare to dream...

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I really wish I had the balls to do this. (Original Post) Prisoner_Number_Six Oct 2013 OP

Pretty cool. I expect to see James Bond do this in the next film. Auggie Oct 2013 #1

James Bond is dead jakeXT Oct 2013 #6

I would jump at the chance to do that. RebelOne Oct 2013 #2

Been in a Cessna in the country sky at night Prisoner_Number_Six Oct 2013 #3

How in the hell do they fly with all that weight between their legs ?? BlueJazz Oct 2013 #4

Balanced by the rocks in their heads. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2013 #5

So how do they stop? bif Oct 2013 #7

They have one of these at the end BlueJazz Oct 2013 #8

I didn't watch the clip to the end, but I didn't see anyone land in the portion that I watched. Arkansas Granny Oct 2013 #10

I am pretty daring in certain ways, but things like that... Heck no. Xyzse Oct 2013 #9

Auggie

(31,173 posts)

1. Pretty cool. I expect to see James Bond do this in the next film.

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2013, 08:55 PM

Oct 2013

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

6. James Bond is dead

Reply to Auggie (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:41 AM

Oct 2013

The British skydiver who parachuted into the 2012 Olympic Stadium dressed as James Bond has been killed in an accident.

Mark Sutton, 41, died yesterday after crashing into a mountain near Martigny in the Swiss Alps.

He had been invited to take part in an event with 19 other wingsuit pilots, which involved being filmed jumping from helicopters.

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The accident happened on the first day of the thee-day event in the Valais canton, near the French border. Rescuers believe Mr Sutton died on impact, though the exact cause of the accident is not yet clear. Swiss police are looking at footage of the accident to establish exactly what happened.

http://news.sky.com/story/1128830/james-bond-skydiver-dies-in-alps-accident

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)

2. I would jump at the chance to do that.

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2013, 08:57 PM

Oct 2013

I have skydived, para-sailed, and flown small planes. To fly like a bird would be the ultimate thrill.

Prisoner_Number_Six

(15,676 posts)

3. Been in a Cessna in the country sky at night

Reply to RebelOne (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 1, 2013, 09:01 PM

Oct 2013

That's the closest I've come to the feeling.

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

4. How in the hell do they fly with all that weight between their legs ??

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2013, 09:07 PM

Oct 2013

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,350 posts)

5. Balanced by the rocks in their heads.

Reply to BlueJazz (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 05:46 AM

Oct 2013

But they do make some amazing video.

bif

(22,720 posts)

7. So how do they stop?

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 08:49 AM

Oct 2013

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

8. They have one of these at the end

Reply to bif (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 10:41 AM

Oct 2013

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They Parachute toward the end.

Arkansas Granny

(31,518 posts)

10. I didn't watch the clip to the end, but I didn't see anyone land in the portion that I watched.

Reply to bif (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 11:04 AM

Oct 2013

Maybe it's not pretty.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)

9. I am pretty daring in certain ways, but things like that... Heck no.

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 10:54 AM

Oct 2013

I have rock climbed, done some parkour, walked across rope.

Jumping off, and expecting equipment like that to keep me going... Not my cup of tea.

Last time I did something like that was when I was a kid(must have been somewhere between 9-11 at the time) jumping off a tall tree while tying my ankles. I got stuck hung on a tree for a long time till someone finally cut me down.

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