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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.

41 posted on 05/18/2015 8:45:03 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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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.

55 posted on 05/18/2015 10:25:05 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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