[JoeProBono]

He had never flown more than a few hundred yards. Never been near that high. He had only 33 seconds of fuel on his back, and some of those seconds were needed for starting and hovering to land. So he'd have to fly his NASA-styled jet pack at speeds he had never reached before. That's a lot of never-evers with only sheer cliffs and a long, long fall awaiting any mistakes. "Fear either makes people suck it up and get it right or they lose it," Scott, of Denver, said moments before he twisted his hand throttle and leapt into the chasm. "I'm the Evel Knievel that makes it to the other side." Except that storied daredevil Knievel had solid backup plans, like parachutes. Scott's backup plan was to kill the gas and save any remaining fuel for a final burst as he neared something he could grab onto on the cliff above the Arkansas River. "He knew if he didn't make it, he wasn't going to make it," said Troy Widgery, founder and chief executive of Denver's Go Fast energy drink company, which sponsors Scott and Jetpack International......

[JoeProBono]

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[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Big ole hairy set.Good for him.

[Dallas59]

I want one...

[sauropod]

I saw this on TV this morning.

I want one!!!

[McGruff]

He had only 33 seconds of fuel on his back

From what I've heard that's the total amount of fly time these things have. Not good if you're stuck in a traffic jam.

[DemforBush]

Just watched the video. The guy’s got stones, I’ll give him that.

Sweet landing, too.

[RexBeach]

How does a person get authorization to do something like this?

Or do you just hook the pack onto your back and go for it?

Remarkable!

[poindexter]

Don’t look down, DO NOT look down! ;-)

[JoJo Gunn]

[Tunehead54]

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