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BASE jumper dies in leap off radio tower
pioneer press ^
| Nov. 19, 2004
| KEVIN HARTER
Posted on 11/19/2004 7:20:23 PM PST by Rakkasan1
Brooklyn Park skydiver, known as expert in risky hobby, apparently misjudged area
(Excerpt) Read more at twincities.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: allyourbase; base; dumb; fog; howlongtillihitthegr; jumper; mn; parachute; radio
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To: Rakkasan1
Why would the radio station give him permission to jump off their tower if the conditions were so dangerous?
...oh, that's right, they didn't.
To: So Cal Rocket
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posted on
11/19/2004 7:35:30 PM PST
by
Licensed-To-Carry
(The only good Islamic, is a room temperature Islamic. Allah Fukedbar)
To: null and void
The excerpt can be a *little* longer. Up to 288 words longer in this case.
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posted on
11/19/2004 7:35:47 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Coulter/Ingraham - '08.)
To: Splatter
posting to see my name... You've been waiting 19 days to do that haven't you?
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posted on
11/19/2004 7:37:32 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Coulter/Ingraham - '08.)
To: Splatter
unfortunately, he will never get to my screen name...
To: MichiganMan
I did this ONCE, off of a bridge over the Pecos River in Texas. It is at the very limit of the height that it can "safely" be done. I did 77 static line jumps and 36 HALO jumps in the Army, none of them were like this.
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posted on
11/19/2004 7:43:44 PM PST
by
speed_addiction
(Ninja's last words, "Hey guys. Watch me just flip out on that big dude over there!")
To: Rakkasan1
BASE jumper dies in leap off radio tower....
Calling Charles Darwin.
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posted on
11/19/2004 7:43:52 PM PST
by
wireman
To: Rakkasan1
Kinda reminds you of the Homer Simpson line, "I'm invincible, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
To: buckeyesrule
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posted on
11/19/2004 7:58:34 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Justice of the Piece: Hope IS on the way...)
To: Rakkasan1
I wonder if he signed his SF 180 before he leaped!
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posted on
11/19/2004 8:01:09 PM PST
by
Radix
(Will the last person out please turn off the Tag Lines?)
To: Rakkasan1
Did you have to excerpt it? The registration process to view an article is irritating.
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posted on
11/19/2004 8:01:16 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: Rakkasan1
New meaning to 'jumping to a conclusion'.
To: LearnsFromMistakes
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posted on
11/19/2004 8:02:43 PM PST
by
Radix
(Will the last person out please turn off the Tag Lines?)
To: Rakkasan1
This illustrates the necessity of doing cost/benefit analysis of important decisions on your life.
In this case,
Possible Cost: It's expensive, it's time consuming, many people will think you are a nut (including your health insurance company), it's often illegal, it's possible to be maimed or (more likely) killed.
Possible Benefit: None
Although this is a close call, I have to think the balance is leaning toward NOT jumping off of very tall objects.
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posted on
11/19/2004 8:13:01 PM PST
by
spinestein
(I'm not a journalist, but I play one on TV -Dan Rather)
To: Rakkasan1
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posted on
11/19/2004 8:14:36 PM PST
by
KoRn
To: spinestein
All of which leads one to assume a certain party affiliation on the part(s) of this deceased jumper.
To: Rakkasan1
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posted on
11/19/2004 8:22:44 PM PST
by
MarineBrat
(SELECT * FROM liberals WHERE clue > 0...... - Zero rows returned!)
To: GreenHornet
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posted on
11/19/2004 8:26:49 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Oh yeah - and F the french too!)
To: Rakkasan1
I say, never BASE jump period!;)
To: Rakkasan1
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posted on
11/19/2004 8:54:40 PM PST
by
Digger
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