Base jumper's chute fails to open, caught on vid, lives

Base jumper's chute fails to open, caught on vid, lives

1 by mark

here is the story:
http://www.geekologie.com/2012/07/wheee ... arachu.php

And the video in case you want to skip the story:

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Yossarian

Re: Base jumper's chute fails to open, caught on vid, lives

2 by Yossarian

I hate it when that happens.

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Caliman73

Re: Base jumper's chute fails to open, caught on vid, lives

3 by Caliman73

That was some Wile E Coyote stuff there...all that was missing was the little "poof" sound and some smoke. Wow! Glad the guy survived but I do not envy the pain he will be in, See Amir...5 feet, pffft!! when you fall you have to go for the gusto man!

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lemur

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4 by lemur

Пиздец indeed!

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SwampGrouch

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5 by SwampGrouch

Caliman73 wrote:That was some Wile E Coyote stuff there...all that was missing was the little "poof" sound and some smoke.

It was there. Ivan's mic just didn't pick it up.

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AmirMortal

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6 by AmirMortal

Caliman73 wrote:That was some Wile E Coyote stuff there...all that was missing was the little "poof" sound and some smoke. Wow! Glad the guy survived but I do not envy the pain he will be in, See Amir...5 feet, pffft!! when you fall you have to go for the gusto man!

Maaaan, you ain't kidding!

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