npgraphicdesign 3 #1 September 26, 2008 ...would do this. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3074432/Russian-skydiver-swigs-spirits-while-floating.html No that's not me, but yes I'm Russian. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #2 September 26, 2008 Quote: "This daredevil sought to prove that skydiving and heavy drinking can go together as part of a dangerous stunt in a vertical wind tunnel."Finally! A legal way to drink and jump at the same time! I don't think that this would apply only to Russian skydivers though. Many skydivers of every nationality would like to do this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ASTKU 1 #3 September 26, 2008 Is this allowed at all wind tunnels??....haha.... If it was I may actually make the trip to a tunnel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #4 September 26, 2008 I thought they were doing pretty well with that article until I read that he was 'visibly struggling to open his lips against the force of the gust'. I'm more impressed that he's in the tunnel without goggles than by his drinking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #5 September 26, 2008 Not alcohol, but I had a drink in actual freefall http://spiceweasel.net/mdx.jpg http://spiceweasel.net/mdx2.jpg cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #6 September 26, 2008 The holy-shit-how-much-have-I-done-in-a-sombrero-at-boogies-when-I-knew-nobody-but-skydivers-were-watching part of me says: "Fokker, should have been tequila!" The part of me that is ever-aware of the public eye upon us asks: is this the picture we want to portray to the outside world? Elvisio "man of two faces" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites