"Flying" Off Mt Everest
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In my Hang gliding days I would dream of doing that with the HG. I always knew it wouldn't happen because of. Who the hell would want to spend all that time climbing a rock?
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Yea true. I still get chills when I see that jump from space. Mostly just envy.jpete wrote:Tough to beat the guy who jumped from SPACE.
But pretty cool anyway.
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I don't know, you ever see these guys? That's impressive because it's Everest but these guys are flying over the treeline .jpete wrote:Tough to beat the guy who jumped from SPACE.
But pretty cool anyway.
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Yup. I thin the only way to truly be impressed now is if someone were to jump from the moon back to earth.jpete wrote:Tough to beat the guy who jumped from SPACE.
But pretty cool anyway.
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I'm sure there is something left, how about a double flip on motorcycle? Oh wait......I'm On Fire wrote: Yup. I thin the only way to truly be impressed now is if someone were to jump from the moon back to earth.
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Hard to believe that guy could get 'airborne' with suck large testicles.....another miracle of physics I guess........or perhaps some ex-husband was after him.....
or more importantly...some ex-wife!!
or more importantly...some ex-wife!!
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Omg. I watched several of these videos for about an hour. Makes me question if it's real. Looks pretty real. I was totally blown away by these terrain flyers. That's insane lolRichard S. wrote:I don't know, you ever see these guys? That's impressive because it's Everest but these guys are flying over the treeline .jpete wrote:Tough to beat the guy who jumped from SPACE.
But pretty cool anyway.
What I want to know is how do you learn to do that, keep crashing until you get it right?whistlenut wrote:Hard to believe that guy could get 'airborne' with suck large testicles.....another miracle of physics I guess........or perhaps some ex-husband was after him.....
or more importantly...some ex-wife!!
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It's real, note none of the locations are in the US becsue it's illegal here.Lightning wrote: Omg. I watched several of these videos for about an hour. Makes me question if it's real. Looks pretty real. I was totally blown away by these terrain flyers. That's insane lol
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They have pits filled with foam blocks which is the only reason they can do it. They have a little crane next to it to get the motorcycle out. I'm sure they do it a few hundred times before trying it on the ground. These pits are pretty much the reason for all these insane things you see whether it's a bike, skateboard, snowboard etc. When I was young back in the 80's doing things I thought were nuts it was nothing but bandages head to toe. LOL Foam pits? Hahahaha Watch this Joe! Our foam pit was the side of culm bank, I still got some black embedded in the one knee.grumpy wrote: What I want to know is how do you learn to do that, keep crashing until you get it right?
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Who's he trying to kid, everyone knows the decent is the hard part he was just trying to beat the rest for Happy Hour at the bar.