Tuesday, January 06, 2009

First, a couple of warnings

1. This is insane in the membranous material. 

2. If you have trouble with vertigo or a fear of heights, do not click the link. Really.

3. It's a full-screen video, so unless you have a high-speed connection, don't bother.

That said....

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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:21 PM

    OK. I have a hot new computer going on line tomorrow and - maybe! - moderate speed stuff, an upgrade from dialup.

    What's it about?

    Mom

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  2. jamiegirl9:02 PM

    That is beyond cool! I like to say "Whatever blows your skirt up'" but in this case who needs a skirt! Amazing, I'm passing this on. Thanks!

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  3. Jo2:11 AM

    Mom: it's a video of a bunch of guys wingsuit flying.

    Which will mean nothing to you until you click the link (muahahahahaha!).

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  4. shrimplate5:10 AM

    It's such a good thing that they are wearing safety helmets.

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  5. painting with fire5:24 AM

    You must read metafilter too :-) I followed some links on these madmen - apparently to even start doing that sort of basejumping you have to have done at least a couple hundred regular skydives - definitely a rich kid's game but wow!

    (hope you're feeling better!)

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  6. Unknown12:40 PM

    Well, I've got vertigo _and_ I'm a'scared of heights, but I clicked anyway, and I had a great time! I've sent it on to a bunch of people. So cool. So crazy.

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  7. Anonymous12:56 PM

    **massive vomiting**

    I didn't believe you about the fear of heights. Why didn't I believe you?

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  8. may9:12 AM

    thank you for sharing this, it's amazing. i hope you don't mind, i was compelled to share it :)

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  9. Unknown9:39 AM

    I kept waiting for the video to show someone totally mucking. Blech! So glad it wasn't - and how awesome to watch!

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  10. Penny Mitchell8:13 PM

    The hubby and I stumbled across this the other night on the Tee Vee. Not pretty, but not fatal.

    But not pretty.

    http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/destroyed-in-seconds-base-jumper-wipe-out.html

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  11. Anonymous7:52 PM

    Thanks for sharing Jo. Lovely.
    joey

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  12. Anonymous5:11 AM

    I loved the Cardinal who became a Pope - is this going to replace the puff of white smoke next time?
    Just found your blog - love it! I should say that most of the family works in the NHS in GB - they have no end of manglement there too. Why don't non-medic-y people understand us and our sense of humour? Do you think we were born that way?

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