Someone is going to die one day....

[vegster]

I won't watch it because I would throw up quite probably. However, there seems to be an ever increasing rush, excuse the phrase, to get a seemingly bigger adrenaline buzz these days.
Base jumping is dangerous enough but now people are using those daft Wing Suits in order to glide ( plummet mostly) like a bird before opening a parachute. I saw a tv prog where two of them were going to jump from way up an bisect a road bridge, one of them splattered straight in to the bridge. The other one just had a philosophical "ah well, we all have to go one day, so glad X died doing what he loved... " at about 25 years old

 

[swindonseagull]

I have to go up tower cranes as part of my job....it scares me shitless if there is a gentle breeze and thats wearing harness and all the safety gear.....
That chap is just an idiot.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

Selfish idiot who not only endangers himself but everyone else who could be sent up to rescue him and waste time on him because he wants to be some sort of hero.
Also his family must worry themselves into comas nearly every time they know he does it.
Totally irresponsible and totally selfish.

 

[Flex Your Head]

This makes EVERYTHING clench.

 

[Questions]

I won't watch it because I would throw up quite probably. However, there seems to be an ever increasing rush, excuse the phrase, to get a seemingly bigger adrenaline buzz these days.
Base jumping is dangerous enough but now people are using those daft Wing Suits in order to glide ( plummet mostly) like a bird before opening a parachute. I saw a tv prog where two of them were going to jump from way up an bisect a road bridge, one of them splattered straight in to the bridge. The other one just had a philosophical "ah well, we all have to go one day, so glad X died doing what he loved... " at about 25 years old

Well he was right really. If that is what does it for you then go for it. I've heard from many that that sort of danger makes you feel alive.
For me it's online correspondence chess........ I known I know it's crazy but.......well ?

 

[Willy Dangle]

Made my bollocks retract.

Funny how that happens, mine ache like mad

 

[blue-afro-man]

We're all individuals

















(c'mon, simple tap-in for someone...)

No we're not!

Are we?

What do you think?

 

[vegster]

Well he was right really. If that is what does it for you then go for it. I've heard from many that that sort of danger makes you feel alive.
For me it's online correspondence chess........ I known I know it's crazy but.......well ?

At least no one will have to come and scrape you up with a dustpan and brush after a checkmate though.

 

[mistahclarke]

Nice views from up there.
If he was filming that himself then how could he hang from one arm ? If he wasn't holding the camera himself then why not show him hanging with one arm rather than hiding his top half which could of been in a harness ?
Either way it's still very high and rather him than me.

if you click on episode 1 in the top right you can see him holding someone by the arm who also has a camera on his head.

Either way, watching that video made me feel a bit funny.

 

[Bwian]

Makes this look pretty tame

EdgeWalk at the CN Tower: http://youtu.be/rhpZu-Pltc0