Thursday, January 08, 2009

Need a New Extreme Sport? Try Wingsuit Basejumping...(video)


Just when I thought us ultrarunners were the craziest, Marco Denson sends me this link about Norwegian wingsuit basejumpers who "got bored" and decided to fly 100+ mph within a few feet of huge cliffs. DANG.


wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.

11 comments:

  1. BTW, the little icon next to the word Vimeo will blow it up full screen.

    SD

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  2. Gotta be fake....I don't see the trailing line of yellow pee that'd be streaming behind anyone crazy enough to really do this!

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  3. That was very fast Scott! I was thinking that when Dean Karnazes sees this, he's going to want to do it.

    Marco D.

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  4. Yowzer, that is extreme to the max! But I agree with previous comment, where the yellow pee or ....? :>) M

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  5. I had to check the timestamp on your post to see who posted this first. I win ;-)

    http://ultrajumper.blogspot.com/2009/01/wingsuit-base-proximity-flying-video.html

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  6. Actually I win - March, 2008. :)

    See HERE.

    CRAZY people!

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  7. Dang, you win Brett. Can I get honorable mention since I actually own a wingsuit?

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  8. "Can I get honorable mention since I actually own a wingsuit?"

    HA HA HA!

    Man that stuff is crazy, but you can tell how good they are. Daredevils with a minor in aerospace engineering and thermodynamics to figure out all the correct angles and trajectories. You only get to make 1 mistake in that business...

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  9. Omg, that is truly crazy!!!! I've actually seen this on a commercial but didn't think it was real!

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  10. Scott,
    the 2009 miwok entrants have been posted. congrats you are on the list. See you at the start.

    Marco D

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  11. It's all very impressive until the guy hits a cliff and gets paralyzed and is stuck in a hospital with bed sores and a catheter for the rest of his life.

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