Not something I think I'll be trying, but looks like fun. Well, OK, not sure "fun" is the right word there... but kinda cool to fly.
Question - when they did it with skis, are the skis disposable, because how the heck do you get them back? And I do think they're nuts. (That pass along the road? Somewhere out there is a video of a very experienced base jumper who didn't quite clear a bridge. You only get one miss.)
oh. my. god. the flipping while flying was the coolest thing ever, but I am waaaay too much of a chicken (a.k.a. don't wanna die yet) to try something like that.
Yeah, I watched this and got choked up. Sorta silly because I have dreams of this and these damn guys are doin it!! Bless their hearts for livin my dream.
WOW... i just found my calling. That is the coolest shit I have ever seen. Im feeling the adrenaline just thinking about that. And amen Leah, the flipping is the sweetest part.
That's arguably one of the stupidest things I've ever seen human beings do, jejeje™... My #1 question is: who developed the PROTOTYPES of the "wingsuit" and what happened to them? I mean, did they get right the first time out of the box, or what?
To answer the earlier ski question, yeah they DO have disposable skis; doesn't take very high-end skis to run straight down a mountain and jump, and there's LOTS and LOTS of discarded skis available cheap. That would be my guess, anyway.
It does look like a hell of a thrill, though. Even though I'd still maintain that anyone who willingly flies at such a high velocity so close to a rock surface, whether it be in a wingsuit, on a paraglider, or in a plane, is out of his/her mind.
Incidentally, oddly enough, I'd suspect this activity is actually SAFER than "traditional" base jumping, where you jump off a cliff with a parachute: at least here you can immediately maneuver out and away from the shear zone next to the rock face. IN the usual base jumping experience, it's not that uncommon to get slammed back into the rock by updrafts when the chute opens, which is why the activity has been made illegal in a lot of places...
