Jeb Corliss (Wingsuit) pushes his luck one too many times..
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Ouch. So how bad were his injuries? Lucky he had sense and ability to toss chute. It seemed like it helped just a bit?
So, what speeds do you think he reaches doing this? How fast when he hit? I watch these guys doing this and I cannot for the life of me comprehend how they take that first jump and race along mountaintops and skirt the ground with such ease...
I don't have what it takes, and that's just fine, thank you very much
I don't have what it takes, and that's just fine, thank you very much
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I wonder how bad he was hurt. Glad he's alright now
He lived. He was probably doing about 100mph when he hit the rock (with his foot it looks like). If he hadn't got his parachute out, he'd be dead. Don't yet know extent of injuries, but I expect he hurts. Time to take a long hard self-examination. As Stoner said to Rossi, "Your ambition outweighed your skills" that day....
I've done a few wingsuit jumps, but not BASE or near fixed objects. It wasn't very fun and the suit is very restrictive to get to your handles/pilot chute. If you'll notice, he's got about 6 inches worth of arm movement to dump his pilot chute (and that ain't squat) and got a line twist when his deployment bag came out. That line twist, when done in a skydive, can put you into a spin that requires full arm motion to get out of (and he woudn't have had it).
I've done a few wingsuit jumps, but not BASE or near fixed objects. It wasn't very fun and the suit is very restrictive to get to your handles/pilot chute. If you'll notice, he's got about 6 inches worth of arm movement to dump his pilot chute (and that ain't squat) and got a line twist when his deployment bag came out. That line twist, when done in a skydive, can put you into a spin that requires full arm motion to get out of (and he woudn't have had it).
Just read an article on the incident...looks like he'll be getting charges filed against him and fines leveled for doing this without a permit
Come on, I think he paid for this one...
That's all CYA because they don't want a bunch of other, less-qualified wannabe wingsuit flyers trying same...
Oops, bound to happen eventually I guess.
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Won't stop 'em from doing it anyway...never has I'm sure!
Two words - PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY
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He did a phone interview this morning on Good Morning America. They said it happened back in January and he spent five weeks in the hospital with multiple broken bones through out both legs. They said speed was 120mph! ouch!
He said the only reason he was getting better is so he could jump again.
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