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Zorro

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1. I'd say that's an extreme version of BASE jumping

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Wed Mar 23, 2022, 10:32 PM

Mar 2022

Last edited Wed Mar 23, 2022, 11:21 PM - Edit history (1)

Sad that his 16 year old daughter witnessed it, stupid because it appears he may have had less than 2 seconds after jumping to successfully deploy the parachute from the height he jumped.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2022-03-22/police-1-dead-after-base-jump-from-high-rise-balcony-in-university-city

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I'd say that's an extreme version of BASE jumping Zorro Mar 2022 #1

stupid stunt Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #2

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