Posted on 07/28/2016 7:02:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin
“I have 18,000 jumps jumping out with a parachute on my back and here I’m gonna do it without anything.”
His safety net will actually be a net: 100 feet by 100 feet. It will be about 200 feet above the ground.
Aikins will be traveling at around 120 miles per hour when his body hits it.
“It’s actually like a big hammock. It kind of cradles you and cups you and it’s really soft in the beginning and it hits a little bit hard at the end,” he said.
Aikins will use his own body to position his free fall directly into the net.
“I lean forward to go forward. I lean sideways to move sideways and backwards to move backwards,” he said. “I just guide my body until I find myself right over this target.”
The net is surrounded by special lights that shine red from up above if he’s outside the safety zone and white if he’s above the net.
Aikins doesn’t have any doubt he’ll make it.
During rehearsals at Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley, he has landed in the same spot 73 times in a row.
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Splatter Rat!
Wet cleanup
Requiescat in pace
Did it once, was fum. I guarantee you, this is his last jump.
Not a fan of thrill seekers. They just always seem to drag others into their antics, sometimes with tragic results. So, I’ll be praying for a big hole in the net. Quick and to the point. No second offense. One down a couple thousand to go.
This guy has to start thinking about old age.
Is this his first without parachute from 25,000 feet? I could imagine winds of sufficient speed to prevent him from hitting the net.
To quote Maxwell Smart, “Missed it by that much!”
His backup targets are a pillow factory and a place that manufactures bubble wrap. Unfortunately, they are located on either side of a rock quarry.
Why do people do crazy-azz things like this?
Well... I clicked and read it, so... I guess I answered my own question.
Missed it by that much.
I’m thinking hoax. At 25k, he’d need oxygen.
My Drill Sergeant in boot camp said this: Only two things fall from the sky, bird$hit and fools.
How many times is he gonna have to hit the net?
Sounds like suicide. Should he survive the stunt, is this covered under Obamacare? Will the taxpayer be stuck picking up the costs (and the pieces)? Well, the later might be a bit more messy if he hits the net and is ripped apart or bounces up and then lands directly on the ground. Dead, suicide.
< THe next Darwin award winner.
Every bone in his body will be broken in an instant. Total insanity. I’ve known thrill seekers who seem to have absolutely no fear or common sense. They never consider the fact they might fail.
wishing hillary would attempt....
Actually, the thought of cheating death is what thrills them.
120 miles an hour hitting anything will seriously injure you or kill you....
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