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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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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jul 30, 2016 - 06:43pm PT
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So did he stick the landing?
Or get stuck to the landing?
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Jul 30, 2016 - 06:55pm PT
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That looked truly frigging nuts. Kudos.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jul 30, 2016 - 07:31pm PT
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The stunt was originally planned for the Superbowl Halftime, but then someone remembered the Superbowl's being played indoors this year.
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overwatch
climber
Arizona
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Jul 30, 2016 - 07:41pm PT
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hell of a way to earn a buck...still not buying the trampoline though.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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Jul 30, 2016 - 07:42pm PT
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Way to go!
Can't wait to see all the angles.
Made for youtube immortality!
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F
climber
away from the ground
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Jul 30, 2016 - 07:50pm PT
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Sick.
Jody
climber
Occupied Territory
Jul 30, 2016 - 12:25pm PT
He'll die.
And global warming is a conspiracy created by democrats and black people to create jobs for libtards and atheists.
Any more sweet assertions to make before the day is out, sugar tits?
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nah000
climber
no/w/here
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Jul 30, 2016 - 07:58pm PT
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Robert L... according to Luke Aikins [the jumper] the screen actors guild ordered him to wear a parachute just before he was entering the plane, which almost made him kybosh the jump as he believed having the chute on his back would make the net landing more dangerous... but at the last minute they did lift the requirement. so unless people are lying, he did indeed jump with no chute.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jul 30, 2016 - 07:59pm PT
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The guy made it
... and announced that his next feat will be to "top out or send" the One-Half Dome in the Yosemite National Park without using the cables (if he can get a "parking" spot).
He is also preparing to skateboard off the crest of Mt. Everest somewhere over in the Orient.
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rwedgee
Ice climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 30, 2016 - 09:07pm PT
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Landed like a dolphin in a Jap fishing net
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Jul 30, 2016 - 09:30pm PT
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Arrogant bastards were dispensing chemtrails, where is The Klimmer when you need him.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jul 30, 2016 - 09:32pm PT
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That was pretty intense.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Jul 31, 2016 - 12:38am PT
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dang, came close to the edge of the net,
dude will be in the next james bond movie fo sho,
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jul 31, 2016 - 02:44am PT
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Yeah, a bit uncomfortably close to the edge and jumped at double the altitude I thought he would, but the more air, the more time to compensate for a bad exit.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jul 31, 2016 - 07:00am PT
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Your other left.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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Jul 31, 2016 - 07:58am PT
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So far at youtube 7:57am, 30 thumbs-down. 30!!
What's wrong with people?! lol
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Denver CO
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Jul 31, 2016 - 08:07am PT
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should set up one of those nets near Moab lol
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scaredycat
Trad climber
Berkeley,CA
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Jul 31, 2016 - 12:48pm PT
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I knew how it turned out, and I was still nervous as sh*t watching the video.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jul 31, 2016 - 01:42pm PT
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Not exactly a bulls-eye, but close enough for jazz, as they say...
The video whens he's on final approach is insane.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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F- yea
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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I saw a post somewhere that said it must be hard for him to walk with such big balls.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Seems like useful technology for El Cap rescues. Just set it up at the bottom and have the rescuee cut loose. No lowering and helicopters and all that.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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The Putinator wouldn't need a net.. He'd land on Donald's Rump...
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ryankelly
Trad climber
Bhumi
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Werner oh man your first comment. I read it and started laughing and couldn't stop. Oh man too funny crazy understated Werner
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