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Unread 01-16-2012, 10:13 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Wingsuits are badass. I tried a training wheels version of one once that was definitely one of my most memorable jumps. They generally want you to have ~200 lifetime jumps (or more) before exiting with a wingsuit. I only did 151 jumps. There are some good YouTube videos of wingsuit BASE jumps that are right up there with coolest things I've ever seen.

Here are some guys skiing off a cliff, ditching the skis, and flying away in a wingsuit.


Here are some more pretty sick wingsuit BASE jumps with guys doing really close fly bys of various structures.


Skydiving can get really addicting. I definitely think about saying fuck it and getting back into it sometimes. There's a lot of tools in that arena though and plenty of people die every year due to no fault of their own but because some dumbass did something he wasn't supposed to do and got someone killed. In a perfect world, it's something I'd prefer to do every once in a while but unfortunately currency is a major part of safety so it's generally best to be jumping often or not at all.
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