Aiguille du Midi Wing Suit Fly Through (Absolutely INSANE!)

Liveleak ^ | 2/6/16 | Staff

[Rebelbase]

Flying through a narrow gap of granite cliffs at Aiguille du Midi in France. The depth goes down 200' into the Abyss.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1ca_1454781280

[Rebelbase]

Absolutely insane. I'd have to wear a triple layer of Depends to do this.

Video: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1ca_1454781280

[Fido969]

Good thing there wasn’t a truck parked in the rest stop where he landed.

[mlizzy]

How does one “practice” for something like this?

[1rudeboy]

Dunno. But that guy (or gal) was a pro. Well done, top to bottom.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Incredible.
It doesn’t look like he would have enough lift to stay aloft. In places he appears to going almost flat.

[RegulatorCountry]

You start out in a much less challenging environment, but the fatality rate of this is very high, so there are some things for which you just can’t practice, you either make it through or you don’t.

[Justa]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatalities_due_to_wingsuit_flying

[Don W]

Another lunatic

I like this one better, the music suits it.

[pajama pundit]

I have no experience with wingsuits, but I am “an aviator.” As someone else stated, there have been several dramatic fatal accidents in this sport. A flight with this small of a margin for error can only be successful with a very experienced pilot and lots of detailed planning. The basic premise is that you know what the glide rate/ratio is so after doing a detailed terrain study you can determine if you can make it work. It still requires a lot of skill (and courage) to perform and something like an unexpected gust of wind, or a bird strike could ruin your day.

[mlizzy]

Thank you for all of your responses. When he got to those narrow sections, I could hardly believe what I was watching.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Keep flipping that coin. One of these times it’s going to come up heads.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

I’m sure he could see the spots of others that went before and didn’t make it . . . kind of hard to clean them off the side of a mountain.

[dljordan]

Buck, buck, buck, buck. That’s the sound of the feathers growing out on my legs.

[BwanaNdege]

It still requires a lot of skill (and courage) to perform and something like an unexpected gust of wind, or a bird strike could ruin your day.

[Cvengr]

Nuts

[RandallFlagg]

Bookmarking

[JoeProBono]

[Farmer Dean]

There’s some world class adrenaline junkies out there,but this guy is in a class by himself.

[Rebelbase]

Threading the eye of the needle.