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« Reply #20 on: November 29, 2007, 03:53:36 AM »

Grrrrr.... I wanted to see the landing. The landing method would be my deciding factor on "Suiting up".
 Looks almost as exhilarating as the time I got nailed by a 75' Lincoln Continental, hit me just right and flipped me over it basically, somehow I landed on my friggin feet with little more than a pulled tendon in my calf (from when I kicked up and off the hood I'm guessing)  Ahhhh, life's lil' Miracles.

wish mine was that lucky. almost 8 months later and i'm still recovering from my accident. thank god i don't have any memory of getting hit. but it still haunts me.
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« Reply #21 on: November 29, 2007, 09:00:49 AM »

wish mine was that lucky. almost 8 months later and i'm still recovering from my accident. thank god i don't have any memory of getting hit. but it still haunts me.

I'm not so sure having no memory of it is such a blessing? The Mind tends to be unnerved by what it doesn't understand moreso than by what it fully comprehends. You might want to check into methods of uncovering suppressed memories so you can at least own the experience rather than letting it own you. Lord knows I'd hate to be crossing a busy street and get petrified by an anxiety attack.

  Thou I guess that could be a double edged sword as I sometimes wonder "Hmmmm, can I pull off a triple backflip before it passes" when I see a big ole' Limo approaching. And being 36 (Lincoln incident was 19 years ago) I can only rationaly think that it would be a bad bad thing,,,, but what a rush...
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« Reply #22 on: November 30, 2007, 02:16:39 PM »

Grrrrr.... I wanted to see the landing. The landing method would be my deciding factor on "Suiting up".

I'm going to watch it again, but I'm pretty sure he parachutes down after going off the edge of the cliff and losing the ground effect.

Hrmmm not the video I remember. That is their method of survival though, you can see them on their backs.

It's important to remember you can only do this above solid ground that has a reasonable amount of incline, as soon as you get too far away from the ground you start to just fall.

Here it is:
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« Reply #23 on: November 30, 2007, 05:16:54 PM »

wish mine was that lucky. almost 8 months later and i'm still recovering from my accident. thank god i don't have any memory of getting hit. but it still haunts me.

I'm not so sure having no memory of it is such a blessing? The Mind tends to be unnerved by what it doesn't understand moreso than by what it fully comprehends. You might want to check into methods of uncovering suppressed memories so you can at least own the experience rather than letting it own you. Lord knows I'd hate to be crossing a busy street and get petrified by an anxiety attack.

  Thou I guess that could be a double edged sword as I sometimes wonder "Hmmmm, can I pull off a triple backflip before it passes" when I see a big ole' Limo approaching. And being 36 (Lincoln incident was 19 years ago) I can only rationaly think that it would be a bad bad thing,,,, but what a rush...

hard to say if having memory of the accident is a good thing. it's only once and awhile i'll get a mental image of me getting hit by a car, it doesn't bother me too much but it's still a disturbing image. only once did i have a break down so to speak. watching one of those "Worlds Wildest Police Chase" show. police officer caught a pedestrian getting hit by someone in their car going about 50 mp/h(i think it was around that) on his dash cam. that freaked me out, i broke down in tears, and i was shaking pretty bad. i just turned the TV off and did my best to relax.

but anyways, back on topic.

those guys are nuts! but it does look like a lot of fun. it's amazing what we have accomplished in the last 20 years when it comes to joy seeking hehe.
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« Reply #24 on: November 30, 2007, 07:19:15 PM »

I'm going to watch it again, but I'm pretty sure he parachutes down after going off the edge of the cliff and losing the ground effect.

That makes sense. Still, would be really cool if you added some form of targeting system and aimed yourself for the stuntman catch bag.   Cool

Granted, I'd want a string of about 20 of them in place just to be sure I found my way into one.
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