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Aiguille du Midi Wing Suit Fly Through (Absolutely INSANE!)
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Posted on 02/06/2016 2:24:34 PM PST by Rebelbase
Flying through a narrow gap of granite cliffs at Aiguille du Midi in France. The depth goes down 200' into the Abyss.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1ca_1454781280
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posted on
02/06/2016 2:24:34 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase
Good thing there wasn’t a truck parked in the rest stop where he landed.
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posted on
02/06/2016 2:30:16 PM PST
by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes" - Albert Einstein)
To: Rebelbase
How does one “practice” for something like this?
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posted on
02/06/2016 2:31:14 PM PST
by
mlizzy
(America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe/Wade has deformed a great nation. -MT)
To: mlizzy
Dunno. But that guy (or gal) was a pro. Well done, top to bottom.
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posted on
02/06/2016 2:37:01 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: Rebelbase
Incredible.
It doesn’t look like he would have enough lift to stay aloft. In places he appears to going almost flat.
To: mlizzy
You start out in a much less challenging environment, but the fatality rate of this is very high, so there are some things for which you just can’t practice, you either make it through or you don’t.
To: 1rudeboy
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posted on
02/06/2016 2:48:44 PM PST
by
Justa
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
02/06/2016 2:51:01 PM PST
by
Don W
( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: mlizzy
I have no experience with wingsuits, but I am “an aviator.” As someone else stated, there have been several dramatic fatal accidents in this sport. A flight with this small of a margin for error can only be successful with a very experienced pilot and lots of detailed planning. The basic premise is that you know what the glide rate/ratio is so after doing a detailed terrain study you can determine if you can make it work. It still requires a lot of skill (and courage) to perform and something like an unexpected gust of wind, or a bird strike could ruin your day.
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posted on
02/06/2016 3:05:16 PM PST
by
pajama pundit
(Please Don't Hate Me For Being A Christian)
To: pajama pundit; RegulatorCountry; 1rudeboy
Thank you for all of your responses. When he got to those narrow sections, I could hardly believe what I was watching.
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posted on
02/06/2016 3:15:41 PM PST
by
mlizzy
(America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe/Wade has deformed a great nation. -MT)
To: Rebelbase
Keep flipping that coin. One of these times it’s going to come up heads.
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posted on
02/06/2016 3:18:57 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
To: Rebelbase
I’m sure he could see the spots of others that went before and didn’t make it . . . kind of hard to clean them off the side of a mountain.
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posted on
02/06/2016 3:43:47 PM PST
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: Rebelbase
Buck, buck, buck, buck. That’s the sound of the feathers growing out on my legs.
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posted on
02/06/2016 4:15:58 PM PST
by
dljordan
(WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
To: pajama pundit
It still requires a lot of skill (and courage) to perform and something like an unexpected gust of wind, or a bird strike could ruin your day.
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
02/06/2016 4:46:13 PM PST
by
Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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posted on
02/06/2016 4:48:32 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
("Political correctness is tyranny with manners." -Charlton Heston)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
02/06/2016 4:52:58 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Rebelbase
There’s some world class adrenaline junkies out there,but this guy is in a class by himself.
To: JoeProBono
Threading the eye of the needle.
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posted on
02/06/2016 5:15:05 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Best election ever. Sick of it already, but best election ever.)
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