hrmmmmm I wonder if red bull had anything to do with some of these attempts.

Thank you for pointing out how amazingly non cool and what giant chickens we non risk takers are... I appreciate it.

you bastards.. as if i didn't feel like a pussy already..
though i would have been among the first to shout "darwin award!" if a crater appeared

for the interested.. the soundtrack;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ILV4hjc6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUGzY-ihqWc

Travis Pastrana is a fucking fearless man. I wish I had half the balls of that dude.

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#2 made me tingly all over. #1 is amazing though.

Jumping out of a plane without a parachute does take some balls.

1 blew my balls off. Nearly had a panic attack just placing myself in his position.

Says i, sat in this computer chair eating maltesers.

Uhh.. twistedsifter.com? Give me a break...

Upvote for putting the glory of the early space age above punks (albeit brave punks) with bikes and Red Bull sponsorships.

You wish you had one ball?
>> ^Hive13:

Travis Pastrana is a fucking fearless man. I wish I had half the balls of that dude.

Jump number one here http://videosift.com/search?q=dayvan+cowboy with some nice music too.

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Usually I see glaring faults in Top 10 vids such as this. But I can't find any here. Good show.

Jackie Chan didn't make this list at all?!?!?!!?

Clock Tower Tumble, 3:08. Yes, no net, no parachute, not even bags. Just hard, solid ground. And he didn't do it just once, but four times! You have to be pretty baddassed, to do that stunt, more then once. On the last drop, he broke five ribs and an injury to his head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jaS8dUBUSI

Same video, 4:12. He jumps and slides down a building.

Or even, Rumble in the Bronx...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGkUwf2kiKo&feature=related

This list isnt complete, without Jackie Chan.

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The flying dart is awesome but I gotta give it up to the balloon jump for number 1. I can't even think of the words to describe how falling from the very edge of space must have felt. I know I will never do anything nearly as impressive but if I had the chance I would take it... =)

The freakiest one for me was the BASE jumper who flew between the guy wires on the tower.

I think the illegal night jump off of the Burj Dubai (and ensuing run from the police) belongs in there somewhere.

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15 minute fall. Just let that sink in. Minutes!!

Epic.

I remember reading about Kittinger's big jump; he lost pressure in his suit to one of his hands, which painfully swelled-up during his ascent (obviously he didn't abort... badass).


Also, another pressure suit failure blacked him out on a lower (but still insanely high) jump, and he only survived because an automatic parachute opened.

(... oh, this is covered pretty well in his wikipedia entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger#Project_Excelsior )

Apparently on the descent where he was blacked out he started spinning, and built up to 22g's of force on his extremities! Thanks wikipedia!



>> ^dannym3141:

1 blew my balls off. Nearly had a panic attack just placing myself in his position.
Says i, sat in this computer chair eating maltesers.

Yea so I was like, this number 2 is pretty badass, how can you beat that, but number 1 did, color me surprised and delighted.

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Epic indeed.

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Liar! This video has 9 channels!