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Extreme Athlete Dean Potter, 2nd Man Found Dead in Yosemite National Park
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Posted on 05/18/2015 7:08:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Extreme athlete Dean Potter and another man were found dead Sunday in Yosemite National Park after an apparent BASE jumping accident, park officials said.
Potter and Graham Hunt were jumping Saturday night from Taft Point, a 7,500-foot peak above Yosemite Valley, park spokesman Scott Gediman said.
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TOPICS: Sports
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To: BenLurkin
Evel Knievel did a lot of crazy stuff and broke a lot of bones but lived long enough to die of natural causes. Not sure he'd be onboard with what is called "extreme" these days.
What these guys are doing with this base jumping and these "wing suits" - they are absolutely nuts.
To: Ronald_Magnus
I read they tried to fly through a crease in the rocks, but to quote Agent 86, They missed it by that much. Wingsuit jump? I watched Jeb Corliss do that and kiss a rock outcropping in Africa. Had body cams all over him. He got his presence of mind back and reacted with an emergency deployment surprisingly fast. Screwed up his legs- he's OK and jumping again now. It made me draw my legs in and cringe watching that.
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posted on
05/18/2015 8:50:59 AM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: ErnBatavia
I read this morning they were using wingsuits and tried to fly though a narrow crevice apparently missing....splat. (((shudder)))
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posted on
05/18/2015 8:53:54 AM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: PROCON
Maybe the Supreme Court or Obama should grant an exemption for the mentally challenged from the law of gravity.
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posted on
05/18/2015 8:56:03 AM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
To: The_Media_never_lie
Maybe the Supreme Court or Obama should grant an exemption for the mentally challenged from the law of gravity. Just like they're trying to do on marriage.
To: Vigilanteman
"I get my exercise mowing my 1/5th acre kingdom with a reel mower." They still exist? I thought they were a figment of my childhood imagination.
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posted on
05/18/2015 9:13:11 AM PDT
by
buckalfa
(I am feeling much better now.)
To: ErnBatavia
The human body is at best, a very crude airfoil. Wingsuits provide the body-pilot with the illusion that the body has been transformed into a fighter jet-like instrument. Proximity flying is always on a descending course. These two base jumpers found themselves on the wrong trajectory (out of the envelope) and impact into terrain was the outcome. A companion at the launch point reported hearing a pop-pop sound... unfortunately it wasn't the deployment of two parachutes, but the sound of two bodies impacting granite at about 140mph.
On a positive note: The one time ground rush would have been spectacular. Traditional belly flyers prefer punching through clouds as it is a much healthier form of "ground rush." Skydivers take a rather callous approach to killing oneself in the sport. 1: You look stupid. 2: You can't skydive anymore. Be careful out there everybody.
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posted on
05/18/2015 9:13:13 AM PDT
by
freepersup
(Patrolling the waters off Free Republic one dhow at a time.)
To: buckalfa
Mine was a special order from Sears.
They still sell them.
So do a number of other companies. So I guess I'm not the only anachronism around.
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posted on
05/18/2015 9:17:26 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: BenLurkin
It’s all about that BASE.
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posted on
05/18/2015 9:23:30 AM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
05/18/2015 9:25:19 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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posted on
05/18/2015 9:26:02 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: oh8eleven
I currently pay to have my lawn mowed, good money spent because I work a lot of hours and want my time off.
That said, I have bought an old push mower at a yard sale that I am going to recondition, so I can go out and cut my grass at 5:30 in the morning or 9:00 at night.
Well, 5:30 AM maybe if I ever get up that early!
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posted on
05/18/2015 9:38:26 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/18/2015 9:39:40 AM PDT
by
Polynikes
(What would Walt Kowalski do. In the meantime "GET OFF MY LAWN")
To: gorush
“As an adrenaline junky who has made it to old age, I question your assumption that the deceased led an empty life.”
Much better than rotting in a nursing home.
To: SamAdams76
Evel Knievel did a lot of crazy stuff and broke a lot of bones but lived long enough to die of natural causes. Not sure he'd be onboard with what is called "extreme" these days. What these guys are doing with this base jumping and these "wing suits" - they are absolutely nuts. Actually its the same. Evel Knievel figured out that if he practiced, concentrated, trained, and calculated carefully enough, there was a slender envelope of perfect safety.
Same with these guys. Perfectly safe, as long as they stayed in the envelope.
Kind of like a jet - it's wings are way too small for its weight, unless it goes really fast. Solution? Go fast. Perfectly safe, millions fly this way every day. As long as they don't slow down, they're fine.
That's why they say, envelopes ain't just a river in Egypt.
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posted on
05/18/2015 10:25:05 AM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: rlmorel
Well, 5:30 AM maybe if I ever get up that early!
And your next door neighbors don't own shotguns.
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posted on
05/18/2015 10:31:08 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: BenLurkin
Nobody has died from extreme FReeping.
Pray America is waking
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posted on
05/18/2015 11:15:06 AM PDT
by
bray
(Cruz to the WH)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
They were obviously making a video and the helmet cam will tell what happened.
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posted on
05/18/2015 11:16:40 AM PDT
by
bray
(Cruz to the WH)
To: Talisker
Evel Knievel figured out that if he practiced, concentrated, trained, and calculated carefully enough, there was a slender envelope of perfect safety. No, that was his son. Evel's medical records are enough to prove he was a daredevil. He didn't take a scientific approach, for him it was mostly "that looks about right" attitude. I admired him just the same, because he was a pioneer, an original.
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posted on
05/18/2015 11:48:32 AM PDT
by
zipper
(In their heart of hearts, all Democrats are communists)
To: All
Dean Potter had made the same jump at Yosemite at least 20 times before.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-extreme-athlete-dean-potter-dead-yosemite-2015051-story.html
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posted on
05/18/2015 11:55:53 AM PDT
by
zipper
(In their heart of hearts, all Democrats are communists)
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