shah269 0 #1 May 23, 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9285258/Stuntman-in-miracle-2400ft-skydive-without-a-parachute.html BBBBBBBBBBEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxx 1 #2 May 23, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9IRC_b4g7Sg#! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy0689 0 #3 May 23, 2012 Video is up on YouTube now too. Connery isn't shown at the end of the video and the boxes are awfully still after he lands. I can't find anything that reports if he got injured at all.Andy I'll believe it when I see it on YouTube! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommyh 0 #4 May 23, 2012 Complete success. Zero injuries. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #5 May 23, 2012 Bro those IT dorks wont' let me look at youtube. Does any one have it in anything but youtube? please! Thanks guys! if there was ever an excuse to get blitzed for lunch this is it!Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rstanley0312 1 #6 May 23, 2012 QuoteBro those IT dorks wont' let me look at youtube. Does any one have it in anything but youtube? please! Thanks guys! if there was ever an excuse to get blitzed for lunch this is it! http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-05-23/watch-the-parachute-free-skydive/Life is all about ass....either you're kicking it, kissing it, working it off, or trying to get a piece of it. Muff Brother #4382 Dudeist Skydiver #000 www.fundraiseadventure.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #7 May 23, 2012 thank you thank you but that's still youtube IT guys pleae please just for today i need to watch youtube! I promice no porn! But WOW go buddy! woo hoo! Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #8 May 23, 2012 http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16233460Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #9 May 23, 2012 Well, I am amazed. I have long said this cannot be done. Congratulations to him! I'm glad someone proved me wrong. I'm off to buy stock in the companies that make cardboard boxes Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #10 May 23, 2012 Looks like he hardly touched most of the boxes. How about we set 'em up and try it ourselves? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluskidave 0 #11 May 23, 2012 Gives new meaning to Accuracy Landings!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #12 May 23, 2012 QuoteHow about we set 'em up and try it ourselves? Skydivers are going to start playing a game called "How few boxes?" It'll be like "Name that Tune", except more deadly: "I can land a wingsuit on only 200 boxes!" "Well, I can land a wingsuit on only 150 boxes!"Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
format 0 #13 May 23, 2012 Beer cans! We got'em all right And there's some "special" device around his neck http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xr0i36_wingsuit-jumper-completes-no-parachute-fall_fun#from=playrelon-1 What goes around, comes later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 1 #14 May 23, 2012 Quote And there's some "special" device around his neck http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xr0i36_wingsuit-jumper-completes-no-parachute-fall_fun#from=playrelon-1 Not all that special, most race car drivers, motorcycle racers and bike riders use them to protect them from breaking a neck She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #15 May 23, 2012 Quote http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9285258/Stuntman-in-miracle-2400ft-skydive-without-a-parachute.html BBBBBBBBBBEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! Just WOW. I'd literally never heard of him until about an hour before he was scheduled to make his attempt. I'm astonished. When I first read the story it looked more like an April Fool article. Go Gary! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #16 May 23, 2012 http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/23/11830878-stuntman-in-wingsuit-lands-parachute-free?lite Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #17 May 23, 2012 Gary Connery... You're the Man! When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvtofly 0 #18 May 23, 2012 As someone pointed out to me, he technically didn't skydive.... A skydive is defined as "the descent of a person to the surface from an aircraft in flight when he or she uses or intends to use a parachuting during all or part of that descent." He just jumped out of a helicopter and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,547 #19 May 23, 2012 I'd like to see his ProTrack data. "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
format 0 #20 May 23, 2012 Is it possible that Gary only walked out of boxes? Well... it's his profession, to be a body double (and they're still searching for the real guy, probably Jeb) What goes around, comes later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shah269 0 #21 May 23, 2012 Key word... intends well he intended but never used it! HA!Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay. The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvtofly 0 #22 May 23, 2012 Actually...he never intended to use his parachute on that jump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutumbo 0 #23 May 23, 2012 Quote Quote How about we set 'em up and try it ourselves? Skydivers are going to start playing a game called "How few boxes?" It'll be like "Name that Tune", except more deadly: "I can land a wingsuit on only 200 boxes!" "Well, I can land a wingsuit on only 150 boxes!" box bingo! lol! serously though, thats freaking sweet he pulled it off!!Thanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,261 #24 May 23, 2012 Hi out there, I caught an interview with him today on NPR. He said that they had three tiers of boxes. 1. Smaller ones on top tier 2. Somewhat larger on 2nd tier 3. Even larger on 3rd tier He said that he only 'crushed' down to the 2nd tier. Take away one box & what do you get? Take way two boxes & what do you get? Take away . . . JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutumbo 0 #25 May 23, 2012 QuoteHi out there, I caught an interview with him today on NPR. He said that they had three tiers of boxes. 1. Smaller ones on top tier 2. Somewhat larger on 2nd tier 3. Even larger on 3rd tier He said that he only 'crushed' down to the 2nd tier. Take away one box & what do you get? Take way two boxes & what do you get? Take away . . . JerryBaumchen Thats kinda cool. So he had room to spare. Good for him.Thanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
