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A 73-year-old base jumper died after intentionally setting his parachute ablaze. Why did he do it?
WAPO ^ | May 20, 2015 | Sarah Kaplan

Posted on 05/20/2015 6:30:58 AM PDT by PROCON

The video shows a tiny, dark figure leaning off the side of Idaho’s Perrine Bridge. The sky above is gray, the Snake River rumbles 500 feet below. The figure, 73-year-old base jumper James E. Hickey, leaps from the bridge and his parachute bursts into flame.

“What the hell?” a spectator behind the camera says, half shocked, half chuckling. “We gotta —”

But as distant fireball plummets toward the river below, it’s clear that something isn’t right. The laughter dies.

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To: TMA62

Some men, warrior types for example, love danger and action.

It is a trait of masculinity.


41 posted on 05/20/2015 9:25:20 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: PROCON
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lEYYYMuwCyA

daffy duck.best stunt

42 posted on 05/20/2015 9:29:07 AM PDT by BRL
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Yes, LOL, they do.


43 posted on 05/20/2015 10:16:54 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: OrangeHoof
"Rule #1 is to make sure the bungee is not so long that you crash into the earth. "

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44 posted on 05/20/2015 5:29:40 PM PDT by lowbridge
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