BillyVance 35 #1 August 6, 2007 But did he arch? And then PLF???? Seriously, that is one lucky son of a bitch! http://news.aol.com/story/_a/teen-falls-six-stories-walks-away/20070806064909990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #2 August 6, 2007 It's amazing isn't it? Most people fall 6 feet and get a twisted or broken ankle, and this kid fell at all the right angles to not only survive, but to walk away. =========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #3 August 6, 2007 Quote It's amazing isn't it? Most people fall 6 feet and get a twisted or broken ankle, and this kid fell at all the right angles to not only survive, but to walk away. I thought most people DIE falling 6 stories. It's a pretty good distance. If nothing gets in the way on the way down, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beowulf 1 #4 August 6, 2007 yeah he didn't fall unobstructed. He apparently hit other balcanys on the way down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #5 August 6, 2007 "this is a god is real event" Noooo. This is a your brother is stupid and lucky event."The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #6 August 6, 2007 That's what i was going to say. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #7 August 6, 2007 I'm a little pissed. He falls and just gets a ride to the hospital. I was in MB in '89 or '90 for the state firefighters convention and was safely rappelling down our hotel and I got kicked out and threatened with arrestThey may have had a slight issue with the drunk part.......or the naked part I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zipp0 1 #8 August 6, 2007 I have seen free runners jump 3-4 stories like it's nothing. Here is the first thing I could find. There are videos around with jumps 2-3 times higher. I'll post when I find them: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6411367370124365380&q=free+running+-youtube&total=5148&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=7 -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beowulf 1 #9 August 6, 2007 considering your DZ.com name it was probably the naked part that did it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #10 August 6, 2007 They tried to fine me for indecent exposure but I got it thown out on lack of evidenceI am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #11 August 6, 2007 Nekkid Reppeling?? NO way in hell I would try that!! Waaaay to many "Entanglement" possibilities. That and what if your Belay grabed the wrong rope? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #12 August 6, 2007 That was the week that I called my (then) wife and said, "Hey, I'm at a bar with a really cute waitress on my lap-I may stay an extra day or two" There were a lot of things that were good ideas at the bar that we probably should have thought through a little better, but.....I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FIREFLYR 0 #13 August 6, 2007 Anyone see Jake Brown's 40+ foot fall at the x-games last week? hard core. you tube pulled all the videos because ESPN has a copyright. ~J"One flew East,and one flew West..............one flew over the cuckoo's nest" "There's absolutely no excuse for the way I'm about to act" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davelepka 4 #14 August 6, 2007 QuoteNekkid Reppeling?? NO way in hell I would try that!! Waaaay to many "Entanglement" possibilities. That and what if your Belay grabed the wrong rope? I did some bandit rappeling in college with some buddies and some drugs. I got my shirt stuck in the figure 8 about six stories up, and a buddy got his thrash metal long hair stuck in it about 10 inches from the ground. I ripped my shirt to clear the rope. The other guy cried like a baby while someone went for some scissors. Either way, naked is not an option when rappeling. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brianfry713 0 #15 August 6, 2007 http://expn.go.com/expn/story?id=2961769#videoanchor Click under videos in the lower right, "X Games 13: Update Jake Brown", then fast forward half way through the video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #16 August 6, 2007 QuoteQuoteNekkid Reppeling?? NO way in hell I would try that!! Waaaay to many "Entanglement" possibilities. That and what if your Belay grabed the wrong rope? I did some bandit rappeling in college with some buddies and some drugs. I got my shirt stuck in the figure 8 about six stories up, and a buddy got his thrash metal long hair stuck in it about 10 inches from the ground. I ripped my shirt to clear the rope. The other guy cried like a baby while someone went for some scissors. Either way, naked is not an option when rappeling. we must know the same people.. a friend lost half nipple to rope burn while 'trust falling' shirtless and we had to cut a chick out about 40 feet up when she suddenly decided to try the 'invert' i'd been doing all day :( my hair was braided.. hers was not we had to cut a good chunk out with a knife... not pretty naked? nope. noway. never.____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #17 August 6, 2007 Damn! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davelepka 4 #18 August 6, 2007 If my buddy was 40 feet up, it might have been exciting and a cool rescue to boot. I shit you not when I say his feet were 10 inches from the ground. After a ten story rappel, he was that close, and stuck. I was 3 AM, in the middle of the Miami U campus so it took the same ten minutes to get the scissors as it would have taken to find a chair for him to stand on, so we just stood there. The next day, somebody asked why we didn't get under him, and have him sit on our shoulders to take the tension off the rope, and get his hair out without cutting (or the ten min. wait). I blame the drugs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #19 August 7, 2007 Quote I'm a little pissed. He falls and just gets a ride to the hospital. I was in MB in '89 or '90 for the state firefighters convention and was safely rappelling down our hotel and I got kicked out and threatened with arrestThey may have had a slight issue with the drunk part.......or the naked part Naked rappelling=serious rope burns in the wrong places! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
