One of the coolest Adrenaline junkies ever!!
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These guys are nuts, wingsuit base jumping is big in Switzerland, people come from all over the world. But sadly many of them crashed and that aint pretty...
See how close they are to the ground, even lower than the road in this vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNqx8XZIWnI
See how close they are to the ground, even lower than the road in this vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNqx8XZIWnI
OMG.......that was bitchin. Major balls to not only the guy flying, but his friend with the camera who almost got taken out.....
Figured I'd bump this up.
I follow this guy quite a bit, some amazing stuff.
Well a month or so he grounded himself (think in terms of Yard darts).
He released the video on it not too long ago. Dude is lucky to be alive, all that happened is he was aiming at the black balloon and it was basically sitting on the rocks. His foot clipped the ground, which pulled him into the rocks.
He broke both of his legs. Pretty sure is starting to walk again now.
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Here is what he had to say about the event that happened. Very down to earth guy (guess that's literally, now)
I follow this guy quite a bit, some amazing stuff.
Well a month or so he grounded himself (think in terms of Yard darts).
He released the video on it not too long ago. Dude is lucky to be alive, all that happened is he was aiming at the black balloon and it was basically sitting on the rocks. His foot clipped the ground, which pulled him into the rocks.
He broke both of his legs. Pretty sure is starting to walk again now.
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Here is what he had to say about the event that happened. Very down to earth guy (guess that's literally, now)
I was asked in a base jumping forum what happened. This was my response.
Well the answer is very simple. I was flying to close and messed upI was going for a black balloon that was basically laying on the rocks and was going to try and kick it with my foot. In order to do this I had to fly low and flat between boulders. My left foot clipped a boulder that dragged me into a flat ledge that I took at the waist at full speed. If I had not clipped that boulder I might have made it, I might have still impacted. It's very hard to tell from the footage. Everything happens very fast. But when you go for a flight where inches are the difference between making it and not making it well impact is very possible. I knew this and took the risk and paid the price for pushing way to hard. I take full responsibility for my actions and am just happy I still have legs to do rehab on.
This is not my first time getting hurt and it will not be my last. I push it, always have and always will. One day I will die and I just hope that when I do, it will be doing something I truly love...
Jeb
P.S. I want to thank everyone for their support. 99% of you have been very very nice to me
Great talent and a class act, love his stuff. I took AFF (Accelerated Free Fall) classes about 10 years ago, From day one you are jumping and landing by your self, after 10 jumps with instructors jumping with you, your good to go on your own. I only made it to 5 and 6, both times I had a shoulder dislocate on me but managed to pull the shoot and land, the second time they told me to come back when it was fixed, I took it as a sign and ended my skydiving career :spit:
Damn!! sorry to see he got messed up, but glad to see he is still alive :thumb:
I seen one interview with him stating his life long goal was to land a flight with out a parachute.. He even has the design all layed out were he plans on landing on a giant ramp of some sort. I would venture to say its inevitable one of these jumps are going to kill him unfortunately.....
I seen one interview with him stating his life long goal was to land a flight with out a parachute.. He even has the design all layed out were he plans on landing on a giant ramp of some sort. I would venture to say its inevitable one of these jumps are going to kill him unfortunately.....
yeah seems he has made peace with that. Everybody dies, guess its all about how you want it to end.
yeah but come on the guy isnt rite i wouldnt mind doing this but he got into this because he was depressed and was thinking of killing himself and he said well if im going to kill myself might as well do it having fun.Nooooooooooot exactlly wraped to tight IMO