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Thread: You must see this GoPro wingsuit video !

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    Default You must see this GoPro wingsuit video !

    This is totally insane. For the best view,click the "watch it on Youtube" button.
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    Them guys must have a death wish. Imagine trying the suit for the first time?!

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    That was insane. I do not mean that in the sense of a completely unbelievable achievement. I mean that, if he is accurate about the size of that gap, then he is absolutely INSANE to have tried to accomplish that feat.

    He will be dead inside of two years, guaranteed.
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    Random Bodie quote that fits, "If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love."
    Why doesn't the taco truck drive around the neighborhood selling tacos & margaritas???

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    Impressive stunt, but so many changing variables involved, he was crazy lucky. If he keeps threading the needle, he will be toast.
    Super vicarious thrill though! Thanks for sharing.
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    To paraphrase TCrideshard:

    If you wingsuit, you will die
    If you don't care where you are, you are not lost.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ReardenSteel View Post
    Random Bodie quote that fits, "If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love."
    Perhaps not, but it is kind of stupid, just the same . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by ReardenSteel View Post
    Random Bodie quote that fits, "If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love."
    Guess that means I will die shaving, honing, or watching hockey..

    I'm actually OK with any of those now that I type them out..
    Cheers.
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    Well, I'll stick with Woody Allen's quote about death . . .

    "It's not that I'm afraid of dying, it's just that I don't want to be there when it happens."
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