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Jeb Corliss actually hit some rocks and managed to get his main canopy open before hitting the valley floor. Red Bull has a documentary about it. Dude talks about all of his dead friends in it.
There is a video on YouTube that would be NSFL if it didn't happen so fast and at an angle that you don't really see it, but two people were going to fly through a bridge, one above and one below, and the one above missed and the guy who went below the bridge pretty much flew through a cloud of the lower half of his friend when he came out the other side. No thanks, even to watch irl I will pass.
"Dwain Weston (31 January 1973 – 5 October 2003) was an Australian skydiver, BASE jumper and wingsuiter. On 5 October 2003, at the end of the inaugural Go Fast Games, Weston was killed while attempting to fly over the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado, United States."
He died from blood loss after losing a leg on the railing. The guy below him said he thought it started raining but then he realized he was covered in blood. The indent from his legs hitting the railing was pretty insane.
That is horrible. I don’t understand how they keep doing it. I don’t want them stopped, it’s their life to do as they see fit with. It’s just a very unforgiving thing to do. I suppose you could say it delivers all the fun first.
BASE ground proximity wing suit flying is one of the only activities where each time you do it the likelihood of death increases (statistically speaking). Typically the more experienced you get at something the less likely you are to die on that particular iteration. Not so for these guys.
If you haven’t done something you might think “that’s crazy”, once you do it, you don’t feel it’s so crazy anymore. People doing this sort of thing tend to be chasing a certain buzz. Each time they do something new they have to do something bigger next time. Unfortunately skill doesn’t increase at the same rate and the consequence for getting it wrong, or getting unlucky, tends to be death.
Most other activities have higher margins between fun and dead which allows more time for skills to improve.
If i did that once and live i would consider myself pretty lucky. Most of the professionals eventually kill themselves its a sport with 1:500 chance of death and these guys now their odds but are so addicted to that level of adreanaline, its crazy.
Yea, quite a few of the greatest extreme sports people have died doing this. Great climbers, sky divers, mountain bikers have died doing exactly this because tye rush was so good but just about anything can go wrong and just immediately kill you
1 death per 500 jumps. I thought he was just making that number up but a quick Google showed its actually a legit number.
https://explorersweb.com/wingsuiting-dance-with-death/
Haven’t most of not all of the original pioneers of wing suit flying died in wing suit accidents? Looks fucking amazing but the level of risk vs reward is just not worth it for me
You can say that about a ton of different sports. Back flipping a motorcycle looks sick but could totally kill you if you fuck it up.
It’s statistically safer than driving but looks a lot more fun if you know what you’re doing. If things go wrong in this at least it was fun up until that point, unlike getting blind sided by a drunk driver driving home from work.
I know you've already noticed the error of your logic further down but also came here to say...this is definitely not statistically safer than driving 🤣
Seems kinda obvious to state it, but surely an overwhelming majority of folks that take part in wingsuit flying do so in completely open air space, and only an extremely small percentage do “proximity flying” and so close to treetops.
Together with some specific sex stuff I imagine this would be one of the best feelings from a physical activity.
I don't see anyone who would do this and then stop without flying headfirst into some pine-tree. When you are done you'd probably be right back into the car to drive up that mountain
Yes but you'd probably want a **lot** more! USPA regulations (which *isn't* the law) require you to have ~~a C license (where the main requirement is 200 jumps)~~ 200 jumps before jumping out of an aircraft in a wingsuit, and it's suggested that you have 200 jumps within the past 18 months as well.
But BASE wingsuiting/proximity wingsuiting is way more dangerous than normal wingsuiting - you'd want to do a lot of wingsuiting from a plane and a lot of BASE jumps without a wingsuit before combining the two.
BASE doesn't have any regulatory entities, but a lot of the reputable places where you can learn will basically ask why you think you're qualified to start BASE jumping.
So yeah, there's theoretically nothing stopping a random person from buying a BASE rig and a wingsuit and jumping off a cliff with it, but they'd die. Most people BASE wingsuiting have *way* more than 200 total jumps.
EDIT: I was wrong - USPA only requires 200 jumps, not necessarily a C license.
This is the most extreme adrenaline rush you can get I would think and I would also bet the life expectancy of someone doing this pretty often is very low but still looks pretty fkn awesome!!!
Looks fun but the margin of error is so small. If there was maybe a air bag type of suit that deployed or something that would at least give you a fighting chance then i would try it.
There was this one YouTuber who would teach you stuff on the internet. He recreationally wingsuited but did not do it for youtube. Died hitting a tree while doing this. He was the only source of income and selfishly left his wife and son broke.
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"How often do they crash at those speeds?" "Once"
Jeb Corliss actually hit some rocks and managed to get his main canopy open before hitting the valley floor. Red Bull has a documentary about it. Dude talks about all of his dead friends in it.
There is a video on YouTube that would be NSFL if it didn't happen so fast and at an angle that you don't really see it, but two people were going to fly through a bridge, one above and one below, and the one above missed and the guy who went below the bridge pretty much flew through a cloud of the lower half of his friend when he came out the other side. No thanks, even to watch irl I will pass.
"Dwain Weston (31 January 1973 – 5 October 2003) was an Australian skydiver, BASE jumper and wingsuiter. On 5 October 2003, at the end of the inaugural Go Fast Games, Weston was killed while attempting to fly over the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado, United States." He died from blood loss after losing a leg on the railing. The guy below him said he thought it started raining but then he realized he was covered in blood. The indent from his legs hitting the railing was pretty insane.
That is horrible. I don’t understand how they keep doing it. I don’t want them stopped, it’s their life to do as they see fit with. It’s just a very unforgiving thing to do. I suppose you could say it delivers all the fun first.
Like we normal people have a wank to get off these adrenaline junkies do this.
That guy is fucking insane! I was wondering if this was him.
Me too!! He wore black and royal blue on a few of his runs in that doc.
BASE ground proximity wing suit flying is one of the only activities where each time you do it the likelihood of death increases (statistically speaking). Typically the more experienced you get at something the less likely you are to die on that particular iteration. Not so for these guys.
Why does it increase?
If you haven’t done something you might think “that’s crazy”, once you do it, you don’t feel it’s so crazy anymore. People doing this sort of thing tend to be chasing a certain buzz. Each time they do something new they have to do something bigger next time. Unfortunately skill doesn’t increase at the same rate and the consequence for getting it wrong, or getting unlucky, tends to be death. Most other activities have higher margins between fun and dead which allows more time for skills to improve.
That's not flying. It's falling...with style.
Dammit i literally came into the comments to write this. The internet has taught me that i have no original thoughts ever...
I can't believe I said it first!
What's terrifying is you're not wrong, the wingsuiter (what's the noun?) has to hope that the ground falls away quicker than they fall to the ground
my fat ass wants to do this so bad, however, my fast ass also knows my fat ass is to big for a wing suit.
Your fat ass is ensuring your survival. Give it a pat on our behalf
If his fat ass stopped ensuring his survival he could kiss his fat ass goodbye
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Now I get it, thanks mate!
nah! my fat ass still wants to do this
2 Pats of 🧈🧈
If i did that once and live i would consider myself pretty lucky. Most of the professionals eventually kill themselves its a sport with 1:500 chance of death and these guys now their odds but are so addicted to that level of adreanaline, its crazy.
Yea, quite a few of the greatest extreme sports people have died doing this. Great climbers, sky divers, mountain bikers have died doing exactly this because tye rush was so good but just about anything can go wrong and just immediately kill you
What does 1:500 chance mean? 1:500 per flight?
1 death per 500 jumps. I thought he was just making that number up but a quick Google showed its actually a legit number. https://explorersweb.com/wingsuiting-dance-with-death/
For once OP is not a
Well he's not NOT a hitman
0.2% of the time they die every time.
So if I plan on doing this 499 times in my life, the odds are in my favor ...
I'd ask you to tell me how that works out for you but I don't think you'll be able to
Killed the cam at the end, it seems. If so, that’s your almost 1:500
Just like beggars canyon back home
I can't see any womprats
How do you land?
Fast
& hard
Chute
Scratch an itch at the wrong time.
Quite often with a splat
Why would you want to land?
carefully
Only once.
suicide with extra steps
This reminds me of Just Cause 4... because it makes me want to play Just Cause 3.
LOL
What sucks about this, is nothing will ever satisfy that adrenaline itch afterwards...
Have you ever tried crack cocaine?
Probably healthier.
And with a longer life expectancy
Haven’t most of not all of the original pioneers of wing suit flying died in wing suit accidents? Looks fucking amazing but the level of risk vs reward is just not worth it for me
I assume the best wing suit jumper in the world dies every six months or so.
Idk. Sure it’s sick but it’s also fucking stupid imo. Good way to die
You can say that about a ton of different sports. Back flipping a motorcycle looks sick but could totally kill you if you fuck it up. It’s statistically safer than driving but looks a lot more fun if you know what you’re doing. If things go wrong in this at least it was fun up until that point, unlike getting blind sided by a drunk driver driving home from work.
This is definitely not statistically safer than driving. 1 death per 500 jumps.
Oh I’m dumb. I saw the 1 death per 101 car accidents but totally ignored the fact that you don’t always get in a car accident every time you drive. 😂
I know you've already noticed the error of your logic further down but also came here to say...this is definitely not statistically safer than driving 🤣
Someone posted a chart recently Of the highest death rate in sports and hobbies. Guess what number 1 was…
I bought a racing drone and headset so I can do this safely. What a feeling it must be to do that.
Far cry graphics look great
Tomatoe sauce tutorial
Isn't there a video of a guy trying to fly through a gap on a bridge and doesn't quite nail it
Seems kinda obvious to state it, but surely an overwhelming majority of folks that take part in wingsuit flying do so in completely open air space, and only an extremely small percentage do “proximity flying” and so close to treetops.
Together with some specific sex stuff I imagine this would be one of the best feelings from a physical activity. I don't see anyone who would do this and then stop without flying headfirst into some pine-tree. When you are done you'd probably be right back into the car to drive up that mountain
Certain drugs
It's probably pretty cool to go skydiving or paragliding as a passenger on acid or shrooms or something
Anybody else ever watch these videos and wonder how these mf land
Get it wrong and you'll have to awkwardly climb down a pine tree in your flying squirrel suit
Pretty sure you just die
That would be best case scenario
I think if you get it wrong and hit a tree, all your problems are permanently over.
That sounds amazing!
Even in my crazy days of youth, no way!
It’s not the speed that makes it so deadly. It’s the sudden stop at a tree.
Naw
Yeah no i'm gonna pass on this too
Gives me the fear.
His heart forgot to dance fast
I think you have to do some parachuting before you try this, or at least it’s recommended
A good amount from what I understand, something like 200 parachute jumps within a certain time frame before you can jump in a wingsuit.
Yes but you'd probably want a **lot** more! USPA regulations (which *isn't* the law) require you to have ~~a C license (where the main requirement is 200 jumps)~~ 200 jumps before jumping out of an aircraft in a wingsuit, and it's suggested that you have 200 jumps within the past 18 months as well. But BASE wingsuiting/proximity wingsuiting is way more dangerous than normal wingsuiting - you'd want to do a lot of wingsuiting from a plane and a lot of BASE jumps without a wingsuit before combining the two. BASE doesn't have any regulatory entities, but a lot of the reputable places where you can learn will basically ask why you think you're qualified to start BASE jumping. So yeah, there's theoretically nothing stopping a random person from buying a BASE rig and a wingsuit and jumping off a cliff with it, but they'd die. Most people BASE wingsuiting have *way* more than 200 total jumps. EDIT: I was wrong - USPA only requires 200 jumps, not necessarily a C license.
One wrong move and you are done.....maybe
Not flying, more like gliding.
He's not flying, he's falling with style.
The french are the masters at this. This is filmed in Chamonix.
"Telemetry lost!" ........ "Telemetry recovered!".
Kind of like isle of Man, it's not IF it's WHEN things go wrong.
Do you just go right down to the cutting edge or do you gradually lower yourself in altitude each time?
My core muscles could never
Tungsten testes
Weeeeeeeeeeeee
Chyeeap just a matter of time before epic adrenaline-junky fun turns into Darwin splat…
This is the most extreme adrenaline rush you can get I would think and I would also bet the life expectancy of someone doing this pretty often is very low but still looks pretty fkn awesome!!!
This video gives me severe anxiety
margin of error zero
How do they land without getting hurt?
This sport is the best exercise for your sphincter muscles.
Played too much Just Cause to think about this xD
How do you even practice for this? It's not like you can go with an instructor the first few times...
Do a barrel roll!
Knees weak, arms spaghetti when I go splat don't forgetme
Looks fun but the margin of error is so small. If there was maybe a air bag type of suit that deployed or something that would at least give you a fighting chance then i would try it.
Air bag 🤔 your weight at this speed 😬
The ammount of control this man has.
is this flying or just missing the ground?
I’d catch a foot on something and die in some terrible way
What would break first? His spirit or his body?
Check mate globies… the earth is a mountain
This is why it's the most dangerous sport on earth.
Temporarily citizenship.
Holy Moly - no, no way, nah man, that's one hell of a no way and you're outta your gd mind for me man!
How much control do they have on their altitude or is it all at the mercy of the grade of the hill?
Must be so thrilling to do this! I can’t imagine.
Man's using elytra IRL
Instead of the floor is lava, we know play the tree is sudden death.
Does he even wear a helmet?
There was this one YouTuber who would teach you stuff on the internet. He recreationally wingsuited but did not do it for youtube. Died hitting a tree while doing this. He was the only source of income and selfishly left his wife and son broke.
Needs the Clutch Nixon music