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Chico Member
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Wed May 20, 2015 9:41 pm
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Bird in Hand Member
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RIP not much needs to be said
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tigermn Member
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Thu May 21, 2015 9:08 am
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Wow amazing he lived to age 73...
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
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tigermn wrote: | Wow amazing he lived to age 73... |
My thoughts exactly. Maybe you truly cant fix stupid!
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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wolffie Member
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Fri May 22, 2015 10:40 am
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Backpacker Joe wrote: | Maybe you truly cant fix stupid! |
Rate for stupidity: dying in a stunt at 73, or dying in a nursing home at 83?
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
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Layback Cascades Expatriate
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Fri May 22, 2015 11:10 am
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wolffie wrote: | Backpacker Joe wrote: | Maybe you truly cant fix stupid! |
Rate for stupidity: dying in a stunt at 73, or dying in a nursing home at 83? |
Umm... According to the story he set his parachute on fire. This isn't about living life to the fullest. It's stoopiditee to the fullest.
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Chico Member
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Fri May 22, 2015 11:46 am
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wolffie wrote: | dying in a stunt at 73, or dying in a nursing home at 83? |
Ya got me there.
But he didn't intend to die (at least I don't think so.)
Base jumping is risky enough but to light your parachute on fire in hopes you have enough time to switch to your other chute? Taking risk to a whole different level. At least he went out quick. No lying around dying in a hospital bed.
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mmmmmm ummagumma
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Fri May 22, 2015 12:06 pm
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Layback wrote: | wolffie wrote: | Backpacker Joe wrote: | Maybe you truly cant fix stupid! |
Rate for stupidity: dying in a stunt at 73, or dying in a nursing home at 83? |
Umm... According to the story he set his parachute on fire. This isn't about living life to the fullest. It's stoopiditee to the fullest. |
What did people think about "basic" base jumping when it first started.
Its about progression correct...In 5 yrs, lighting your shoot on fire will be passe
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Layback wrote: | This isn't about living life to the fullest. It's stoopiditee to the fullest. |
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Tom Admin
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Fri May 22, 2015 12:52 pm
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I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. RIP James.
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Schenk Off Leash Man
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Fri May 22, 2015 1:38 pm
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Yes,
Rest in Peace fellow human.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
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Tom Admin
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Fri May 22, 2015 2:10 pm
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Chico Member
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Fri May 22, 2015 7:19 pm
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Tom wrote: | and performed the stunt before |
Performed the lighting the chute on fire stunt before? 500 feet is no where high enough to practice it.
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Tom Admin
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Fri May 22, 2015 9:23 pm
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Yes, he had done it before if you read that article. Hindsight is 20/20. I'm not sure what height he would have needed. If he had done it from 1000' and died I suspect the commentary wouldn't change.
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16100 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Don't know what terminal velocity for a burning chute is, but I bet it is speedy.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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