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Wingsuit Man (video)

iDaveiDave Posts: 252
edited 2010-10-06 19:44 in General Discussion
In case your week is moving kinda slow(like mine) and you need a quick wake up...here ya go. This is nuts!

http://vimeo.com/15479617

Comments

  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2010-10-06 15:06
    ...um - how does he stop?!
  • wjsteelewjsteele Posts: 697
    edited 2010-10-06 15:10
    He's wearing a chute as well. When they get to a certain altitude, he'll pull it and land normally.

    Bill
  • lardomlardom Posts: 1,659
    edited 2010-10-06 17:09
    Nuts, no question. He's really close to the rock face. He starts out above the snow line. There are a lot of camera angles. I wonder how this was done.
  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2010-10-06 19:44
    You can bet there is a LOT of planning before he does any jumping. The chute has to come out not just at a certain altitude (he's WAY too low already several times during the flight) but at a certain place that is determined by the unique geometry of the terrain on each jump. It looks like he's just flying around, but I'd bet he has the exact flight path planned out. It'd be WAY too easy to get into a situation you couldn't recover from otherwise.
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