Mar 4, 2012, 11:48 AM
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Breathing trough your SKIN during freefall??
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"How do you breathe in freefall?
Breathing during freefall is not difficult in any way. Because of the pressure and high rate of speed, oxygen molecules will actually enter through your skin as well as your lungs until your parachute deploys." http://www.wisconsin-skydiving.com/...consin-skydiving.php
...what..?
Did this guy just run out of writing ideas? It doesn't matter how fast you go, the oxygen molecules will NEVER go through our thick skin. Right?
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Mar 4, 2012, 12:02 PM
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Find out. Go outside after it rains, & pick a worm up off of the driveway. Fling him straight up into the air. He'll be able to breath so long as his skin remains moist.
OK, don't really do that. Worms are people, too. Worms breath through their skin. So long as their skin is moist. Once it dries. They suffocate.
Mar 4, 2012, 1:11 PM
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As a precaution, skydivers planning to jump naked cover their skin with SexWax to prevent hyperventilation.
SexWax treatment also reduces the build-up of static electricity. Otherwise, landing shock would quite literally be a shock as the electricity discharges on contact with the ground.
For aircraft, small antenna-like wires are attached to the trailing edge of the wings. These are static wicks, which wick off or dissipate the static electricity. Skydivers also use static wicks -- those tube-like devices attached to jumpsuit arms and legs. There is always a small amount of residual static electricity, though, and it is most visible on night jumps when landings produce an effect like fireflies.
Mar 4, 2012, 1:36 PM
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As a precaution, skydivers planning to jump naked cover their skin with SexWax to prevent hyperventilation.
This is good information.
Do Not. I Repeat, Do Not cover your entire body. You could run into problems with hypoxia. Coupled with high altitwardo, it could deprive your body of needed oxogen, and lead to a build-up of excess hot air.
You must leave a patch on your belly uncovered. This allows for the exchange of necessary vapors. The size of this exposed area is directly related to your BMI. Although, if you are hirsute, you will need and additional few square inches to be safe!
Mar 4, 2012, 5:31 PM
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Breathing during freefall is not difficult in any way. Because of the pressure and high rate of speed, oxygen molecules will actually enter through your skin as well as your lungs until your parachute deploys."
Back in the rec.skydiving days, there was a skydiving FAQ published. It was mostly legit FAQ that had this particular piece of almost believable bullshit as a question's answer. This, coupled with the dead woman in the movie Goldfinger, conned a good number of people into believing it. As a matter of fact, it was repeated by reputable (?) national news organizations. Maybe that's where this particular band of evil-doers got their information.
Mar 4, 2012, 6:02 PM
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You are all forgetting photosynthesis. Must cover your body with dark green broccoli juice and wear a clear plastic suit with a venting system to exhale into your suit. That way you will use your own CO2 and create your own oxygen. (Of course the trick is to get the oxygen from your green skin into your nose.) Pease note: It won't work on a night jump, unless you outfit yourself with grow lights...there's always something...
Mar 4, 2012, 6:06 PM
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You are all forgetting photosynthesis. Must cover your body with dark green broccoli juice and wear a clear plastic suit with a venting system to exhale into your suit. That way you will use your own CO2 and create your own oxygen. (Of course the trick is to get the oxygen from your green skin into your nose.) Pease note: It won't work on a night jump, unless you outfit yourself with grow lights...there's always something...
But, if too many jumpers buy grow lights at the same place in too short a time, the feds might get interested. And, crap, we know that's never good
Mar 4, 2012, 8:02 PM
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I can't find the Mythbusters program to give the exact details but they tested the myth of the gold finger movie that the girl was killed by painting here entire body gold. Life is like school I guess and you always remember the answers you get wrong. They proved that painting the girls whole body would kill her because her skin could not breath. Surely I'm not the only one here that watches that crazy show. Perhaps some of you can find the james bond episode and give us the exact reasons why.
Mar 4, 2012, 8:21 PM
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I can't find the Mythbusters program to give the exact details but they tested the myth of the gold finger movie that the girl was killed by painting here entire body gold. Life is like school I guess and you always remember the answers you get wrong. They proved that painting the girls whole body would kill her because her skin could not breath. Surely I'm not the only one here that watches that crazy show. Perhaps some of you can find the james bond episode and give us the exact reasons why.
Mar 4, 2012, 8:25 PM
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I can't find the Mythbusters program to give the exact details but they tested the myth of the gold finger movie that the girl was killed by painting here entire body gold. Life is like school I guess and you always remember the answers you get wrong. They proved that painting the girls whole body would kill her because her skin could not breath. Surely I'm not the only one here that watches that crazy show. Perhaps some of you can find the james bond episode and give us the exact reasons why.
!! Now that's a troll, Leandercool. Don't you fall for it. 
I should have never thought that you were trolling me. 
This is good information. 
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