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Darwin award contender
steve m - 23/5/12 at 02:05 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-18160632

It will end in tears

jossey - 23/5/12 at 02:16 PM

What is he thinking. That's like threading a needle at 100mph oh I hope it's streamed live.

loggyboy - 23/5/12 at 02:16 PM

Have you seen some these guys, nuts but funking good at it:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skydiver-aims-land-without-parachute-000521624.html

and some other peeps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmlAW_1hgT8

roadrunner - 23/5/12 at 02:36 PM

Did he make it.

JacksAvon - 23/5/12 at 02:41 PM

watched this live, a man with huge balls, well done

loggyboy - 23/5/12 at 02:43 PM

yes, according to sky news he has.

raddish - 23/5/12 at 03:27 PM

Without a scratch... video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IRC_b4g7Sg

RK - 23/5/12 at 05:06 PM

oh sorry we had to move them. hes a lucky guy not to mention stupid. honestly he ought to know better, just like thqt lady who was told to turn back at everest but no kept going and died on the way down. their families have a few less presents to buy at christmas dont they?

Wadders - 23/5/12 at 05:12 PM

How does the quote go......."It is better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep"..... or something along those lines
Good on him for trying and pushing the envelope.

snapper - 23/5/12 at 05:46 PM

There was a guy that leapt from one plane while a parachute was attached to a small drone he had to join with it, attach to the. Harness and pull before hitting the ground.
Not content with achieving this foolish stunt with a chute on, he then did it with no chute
Succeeded Well done!!
Then tried again WHY???
And failed
Proud posthumous receiver of a Darwin award

I hope the flying squirel doesn't try it again

JoelP - 23/5/12 at 07:02 PM

I saw the vid of the skydiver who leapt out after his 'chute. Balls of steel i thought, seems more daring than this latest stunt. I believe this chap in the wing suit had an emergency parachute just in case.

Ninehigh - 23/5/12 at 07:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Wadders
How does the quote go......."It is better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep"..... or something along those lines
Good on him for trying and pushing the envelope.


And as Rimmer said "Whoever heard of a wormskin rug?"

trialsman - 23/5/12 at 10:47 PM

Drugs is the only way to explain it!!!!!!!!!!! Russ

RK - 23/5/12 at 10:58 PM

Yes, but if you're suicidal, I think heroin or something is a more sane way to go. I honestly don't feel that getting medals for living on the edge is worth it when you are dead. Everyone else goes "good on him", but his mum probably doesn't.

I saw a few of these types in downhill/extreme mountain biking who ended up in wheelchairs or pain the rest of their miserable lives, all for some video that people forget after a week. Maybe someone should ask them what they think.

[Edited on 23/5/12 by RK]