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rwedgee
Ice climber
CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 30, 2016 - 12:23pm PT
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Didn't see it posted
Plans To Jump From Plane At 25,000 Feet With No Parachute
July 28, 2016 5:48 PM
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/07/28/skydiver-plans-to-jump-from-plane-at-25000-feet-with-no-parachute/
SIMI VALLEY (CBSLA.com) — Skydiver Luke Aikins has been jumping out of planes since he was 12.
But the jump he plans to complete on Saturday will be extraordinary.
“I’m trying to treat it like just another jump,” said the elite skydiver, who is one of the best in the world.
He plans to jump out of a plane at 25,000 feet without a parachute or a wing suit.
“It’s gonna mess with your head a little bit,” he said. “I have 18,000 jumps jumping out with a parachute on my back and here I’m gonna do it without anything.”
His safety net will actually be a net: 100 feet by 100 feet. It will be about 200 feet above the ground.
Aikins will be traveling at around 120 miles per hour when his body hits it.
“It’s actually like a big hammock. It kind of cradles you and cups you and it’s really soft in the beginning and it hits a little bit hard at the end,” he said.
Aikins will use his own body to position his free fall directly into the net.
“I lean forward to go forward. I lean sideways to move sideways and backwards to move backwards,” he said. “I just guide my body until I find myself right over this target.”
The net is surrounded by special lights that shine red from up above if he’s outside the safety zone and white if he’s above the net.
Aikins doesn’t have any doubt he’ll make it.
During rehearsals at Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley, he has landed in the same spot 73 times in a row.
The Seattle native is married and has a 4-year-old son named Logan.
And while he looks forward to the thrill of the death-defying jump, he isn’t willing to haphazardly risk his life.
“There is inherent risk with what I’m doing but I feel like it is a calculated risk, that it’s not the daredevil risk,” he said. “It’s kinda like, ‘We’ve proven all this and we’re gonna put it together.’ “
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Jul 30, 2016 - 12:30pm PT
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He'll die.
aren't we all?
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jul 30, 2016 - 12:43pm PT
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If FOX is televising re-runs of "I Love Lucy" tonight at five, you'll know if he made it or not.
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overwatch
climber
Arizona
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:03pm PT
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I can guarantee a 100% successful Landing
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WBraun
climber
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:07pm PT
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What happens if he misses?
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:09pm PT
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He'll still have a successful landing.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:12pm PT
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Looks pretty safe to me... but seems like it would be a lot simpler/cheaper with a parachute.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:14pm PT
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#YGD
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WBraun
climber
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:17pm PT
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but seems like it would be a lot simpler/cheaper with a parachute.
Yeah, stupid, and only in America :-)
He puts parachute on the ground and falls into it.
Maybe? at least that's his plan .......
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SalNichols
Big Wall climber
Richmond, CA
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:33pm PT
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This is certifiable...why 25K? It's not like he's going to be going faster from that altitude than from 1500.
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:40pm PT
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Darwin may have been onto something....
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:50pm PT
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Bernie would not approve.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jul 30, 2016 - 02:10pm PT
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He should make Trump go first...to test it out....just to be safe...
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jul 30, 2016 - 03:13pm PT
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Darwin may have been onto something....
Unless the guy has already reproduced. Then it's too late.
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Jul 30, 2016 - 03:19pm PT
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He has done from lower altitudes, testing many times, some friends are working on the production.
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Moof
Big Wall climber
Orygun
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Jul 30, 2016 - 03:20pm PT
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Let's hope he has a wife and kids.
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overwatch
climber
Arizona
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Jul 30, 2016 - 05:55pm PT
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As the saying goes I may have been born at night...
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Jul 30, 2016 - 06:21pm PT
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God damn!
landing in my neighborhood if Simi Valley
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