play stupid games ... dean potter and friend dead after base jumping accident

dayhiker · May 19, 2015

92tide said:
i know i will probably regret it but, what.

It's butthole

crimsonaudio · May 19, 2015

dayhiker said:
Do you know what the last thing a bug sees when it hits your windshield?

I've always heard it as: 'What's the last thing that goes through a fly's mind as it hits your windshield?'

Same punchline.

Tidewater · May 19, 2015

crimsonaudio said:
I've always heard it as: 'What's the last thing that goes through a fly's mind as it hits your windshield?'

Same punchline.

I wonder if these guys were wearing helmets as they slammed into the canyon wall at 200 mph.

KentuckianaBFan · May 19, 2015

Tidewater said:
I wonder if these guys were wearing helmets as they slammed into the canyon wall at 200 mph.

Yes, that could be very important...

92tide · May 19, 2015

dayhiker said:
It's butthole

heh

92tide · May 19, 2015

Tidewater said:
I wonder if these guys were wearing helmets as they slammed into the canyon wall at 200 mph.

i think helmets are pretty standard gear for the flying suits. not sure about with straight up base jumping

Tidewater · May 19, 2015

92tide said:
i think helmets are pretty standard gear for the flying suits. not sure about with straight up base jumping

Well, good. Safety first.

92tide · May 19, 2015

Tidewater said:
Well, good. Safety first.

usually at the end of the "ride" they pull a chute and glide down, so i'm guessing its more for that part of the journey than anything else. also, they need somewhere to mount their go-pro

crimsonaudio · May 19, 2015

Tidewater said:
Well, good. Safety first.

:biggrin:

Bodhisattva · May 19, 2015

Tidewater said:
Well, good. Safety first.

That's why I always wear a condom when base jumping. Got to protect the important stuff.

92tide · May 19, 2015

Bodhisattva said:
That's why I always wear a condom when base jumping. Got to protect the important stuff.

since he only uses magnums, nybf's could double as an emergency chute

TIDE-HSV · May 19, 2015

crimsonaudio said:
I've seen countless people say "at least he died doing what he loved..."

And every time I've been tempted to say 'he loved screaming 'ohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrap' and regretting his decision?'

OT, but you reminded me of the old joke: "I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather, not screaming like the passengers in his car."

TIDE-HSV · May 19, 2015

I was a "live on the edge" guy. For example, kayaking Section V of the Chatooga at the highest level I'd seen it, as soon as I was told that Sock-em-Dog had never been run at that level, I had to run it. My wife had already left to hike back up to the truck, so she didn't see the last second maneuver I had to make to stay alive. Then, I got caught in what's normally a fun class III rapid right below, and, with that much water coming through was a couple of classes higher. I had to make numerous rolls (in the teens, although onlookers' counts differed, before I could dig my way out backwards. (I wasn't counting; I was too busy avoiding drowning.) I did a serious reassessment after that and gave up the extremes. Well, I probably did snow-ski too fast, but I'm not counting that. I missed the adrenalin rush terribly for a long time. I just had to stop and start thinking of the ones I would have left behind, too soon...

Bamaro · May 19, 2015

TIDE-HSV said:
I was a "live on the edge" guy. For example, kayaking Section V of the Chatooga at the highest level I'd seen it, as soon as I was told that Sock-em-Dog had never been run at that level, I had to run it. My wife had already left to hike back up to the truck, so she didn't see the last second maneuver I had to make to stay alive. Then, I got caught in what's normally a fun class III rapid right below, and, with that much water coming through was a couple of classes higher. I had to make numerous rolls (in the teens, although onlookers' counts differed, before I could dig my way out backwards). (I wasn't counting; I was too busy avoiding drowning.) I did a serious reassessment after that and gave up the extremes. Well, I probably did snow-ski too fast, but I'm not counting that. I missed the adrenalin rush terribly for a long time. I just had to stop and start thinking of the ones I would have left behind, too soon...

And thats the key.

Catfish · May 19, 2015

dayhiker said:
It's not the fall that kills you though.

It's the sudden stop at the end.

Cause of death: Concrete poisoning? Deceleration trauma?

dayhiker · May 19, 2015

If I recall my dynamics correctly, impulse = force x delta time.

Catfish said:
It's the sudden stop at the end.

Cause of death: Concrete poisoning? Deceleration trauma?

crimsonaudio · May 19, 2015

Catfish said:
Cause of death:

Stupidity

TIDE-HSV · May 19, 2015

92tide said:
that section of the new river is beautiful. i've been up there a few times, but never when they are doing the jumping

I've kayaked the section above the bridge several times, but never when they were doing the windsuit thing. I have been through there when they were bungee jumping from the bridge and had to wait to make sure we'd passed through. I believe the takeout if right below the bridge. "New River" was always bemusing, since it's the oldest river in the eastern US...

Bamaro · May 19, 2015

92tide · May 19, 2015

crimsonaudio said:
Stupidity

jmho, but i don't classify what he did as stupid. he went too far for sure, but its not like he was trying to make out with a water moccasin.

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