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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMan plans on jumping off Mount Everest wearing a batsuit
Perris, California (CNN) -- No one has ever intentionally taken a nose dive off the roof of the world before.
In the 61 years since Edmund Hillary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest, most of the 5,000-plus people have descended from the summit the same way they came up: on foot. A few have paraglided down.
Joby Ogwyn has other plans.
In the 61 years since Edmund Hillary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest, most of the 5,000-plus people have descended from the summit the same way they came up: on foot. A few have paraglided down.
Joby Ogwyn has other plans.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/us/mount-everest-wing-suit-jump/index.html
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Man plans on jumping off Mount Everest wearing a batsuit (Original Post)
Major Nikon
Feb 2014
OP
How does that suit work? It just looks like it would snap your arms off.
Baitball Blogger
Feb 2014
#7
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)1. He'd be my personal hero for a while if he does.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)2. I believe you misspelled
"bat-shit insane suit"
but I hope he takes a GoPro.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)3. They've come a long way on those suits.
Here's an early Acme model.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)4. Taka ho, Taka hey. nt
applegrove
(118,778 posts)5. There was a guy who skiied down Everest. Saw the movie as a kid.
edbermac
(15,947 posts)6. Wingsuit flying.
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)7. How does that suit work? It just looks like it would snap your arms off.
edbermac
(15,947 posts)9. I assume it's designed to prevent that. Video here of two flyers.
Response to Major Nikon (Original post)
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)10. "I'm not afraid to die," he says. That's good,
since death does seem to be among the possible outcomes of jumping off of Mt. Everest in a batshit - er, batsuit.
sakabatou
(42,174 posts)11. If he does jump, I hope he has a GoPro