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Professional skydiver Luke Aikins, who has 10's of thousands of jumps under his belt, and has been involved in the training of US Navy SEALs, is planning a jump for this evening where he will jump from a plane, without the aid of a parachute, and attempt to land in a net, about 100x100ft.
Not sure if anyone has seen anything on this stunt that is taking place today. Interesting to say the least.
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2016-07-30, 05:34 PM #1Epic!
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25,000 ft No Parachute Jump
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2016-07-30, 05:37 PM #2Legendary!
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Tens of thousands of jumps? That's like 3 jumps per day for 20 years at minimum. I call BS.
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2016-07-30, 05:38 PM #3The Unstoppable Force
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Originally Posted by Jonnusthegreat
Not sure where he is getting 10's from.
Article only says thousands.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Skydiver Luke Aikins figures his next leap into thin air will start pretty much like the thousands that preceded it, only with one small but significant difference: This time when he steps out of the plane at 25,000 feet he won't take his parachute with him.
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2016-07-30, 05:40 PM #4Merely a Setback
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Wouldn't the acceleration shred him to bits?
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2016-07-30, 05:42 PM #5The Unstoppable Force
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I hope natural selection reminds me of its existence shortly.
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2016-07-30, 05:42 PM #6Epic!
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Mostly from a bio, that doesnt have complete and full log book of his jumps. This profile was last updated over 4 years ago.
parachutistonline.com/columns/profiles/luke-aikins-d-21189
So it wont include all of the jumps in the past 4 years, which include all the prep for this jump.Total Number of Jumps: Estimate 15,000-plus (logbook is very poor)
FS: 4,000
Camera: 3,000
Swoop: 3,000
Freefly: 2,500
Tandem: 2,000
Accuracy: 1,500
Demo: 1,000
CF: 700
Wingsuit: 300
BASE: 130Last edited by Shadoweye; 2016-07-30 at 05:44 PM.
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2016-07-30, 05:43 PM #7Legendary!
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I think terminal velocity for a human is only around 100mph. And he definitely knows how to manipulate it if it's his profession. Originally Posted by smrund
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2016-07-30, 05:43 PM #8Titan
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That is one way to commit suicide I suppose...Crazy.
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2016-07-30, 05:50 PM #9Deleted
When you watch documentaries about these people, like Jeb Corliss for example, and others, it becomes completely clear that they're not all there. "Adrenaline junkie" doesn't really even cover it. They push themselves until they die, or at least almost die. Jeb smashed in the side of a mountain and broke his body and got a moment, as he was falling towards his death, to decide whether to pull the cord or not. Nowadays he's at least trying to reign in his...this, whatever it is, that causes these people to try and almost kill themselves. Obsession.
Although, I have a feeling this guy is going to succeed. In dying, I mean.
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2016-07-30, 05:51 PM #10Warchief
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While people have survived falls of greater than 15,000 feet without any parachute, I'm not sure how wise it is to do so intentionally. I do hope someone checked his math.
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2016-07-30, 05:51 PM #11Scarab Lord
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I think somebody's going to die today......
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2016-07-30, 05:52 PM #12Deleted
Wonder how he's going to aim without a wingsuit. Or maybe he will have one; the article didn't mention it though.
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2016-07-30, 05:52 PM #13Epic!
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Well... there are people out there that say you feel the most alive the moments before you die. Maybe they are just looking for that moment of life? Originally Posted by Sydänyö
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2016-07-30, 05:53 PM #14Mechagnome
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I hope he wears his brown pants.
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2016-07-30, 05:53 PM #15Epic!
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I dont believe he is. I saw a video yesterday? That showed him with just a regular jump suit. Ill see if i can find it again. Originally Posted by Sydänyö
Found it, gonna update the OP.Last edited by Shadoweye; 2016-07-30 at 05:56 PM.
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2016-07-30, 06:04 PM #16DeletedWhat they feel are chemicals in the brain. Not just adrenaline, but a whole cocktail of them. Which is why the term "adrenaline junkie" is completely accurate. How ever, it doesn't explain all of it; they're not physically addicted to anything, and usually addicts are that way because their surroundings and circumstances. These people though, they often seem to have money, a great health, even some fame, and so on. A lot of options to do a lot of things. Yet they choose to flirt with death. There's something mental going on there, and it's kind of sad that it's then made into a spectacle where a guy will paint the ground red with his blood and guts. Originally Posted by Shadoweye
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2016-07-30, 06:19 PM #17Warchief
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He won't. Originally Posted by Sydänyö
I read in another article that they did testing and one dummy ended up 'dead', through the netting.
I think he will survive, but probably badly hurt
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2016-07-30, 06:21 PM #18The Insane
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What time is the live stream? I wanna see the maiming.
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2016-07-30, 06:23 PM #19Warchief
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Its not a true live stream, it's delayed. Which is a party pooper. Originally Posted by Blueobelisk
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2016-07-30, 06:27 PM #20Old God
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There's a word I'm looking for here...
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Ah, yes.
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