"pelvic, lung, and spine injuries" -

I read a report that said his ego was bruised quite badly too.

The doctors tried everything, but the prescribed treatment RLIO* was still in it's infancy.




*[reverse-liquification of internal organs]

Way to wing it, Dudes.

This is missing the whistling bomb sound of Wile E. Coyote.

A belly flop from 900ft, that's gotta be a world record right?

"lets see, um, yea"

I found the use of "fail" word discouraging my hopes for humanity. I agree with the use of it when something is amusing, but when terrible things like this happen is just wrong and dehumanizing.

>> ^cracanata:

I found the use of "fail" word discouraging my hopes for humanity. I agree with the use of it when something is amusing, but when terrible things like this happen is just wrong and dehumanizing.


so you are calling this a tragedy then? if so, I'd have to disagree with you...
if this was some person who had no intention of jumping off a perfectly fine bridge, then yes... it would be a tragedy

this is unfortunate, but his decision to wingsuit jump of a bridge plays into how much sympathy i feel for him

there's alot of wrong in the world today... and it'd be insulting to people who actually have it rough through no fault of their own, to lump this guy in the same boat as them

>> ^packo:

>> ^cracanata:
I found the use of "fail" word discouraging my hopes for humanity. I agree with the use of it when something is amusing, but when terrible things like this happen is just wrong and dehumanizing.

so you are calling this a tragedy then? if so, I'd have to disagree with you...
if this was some person who had no intention of jumping off a perfectly fine bridge, then yes... it would be a tragedy
this is unfortunate, but his decision to wingsuit jump of a bridge plays into how much sympathy i feel for him
there's alot of wrong in the world today... and it'd be insulting to people who actually have it rough through no fault of their own, to lump this guy in the same boat as them

So @packo decides for whom we can feel bad. Finally, I was looking for you all around!

And suddenly I don't have to feel bad for molested children, because there are children out there who have it much worse and starve to death, yaaaay logic.

@ luxury_pie He was simply making a observation rather than being sarcastic you could have a discussion with him.

@ packo I think you can use the word tragic as it is still tragic regardless of intention , its still tragic when sumone needlessly risks there life and dies from it.

I don't think that there is a link between how tragic something is and how much sympathy I feel for something its not related.

Its all just semantics in the end really.


>> ^luxury_pie:

>> ^packo:
>> ^cracanata:
I found the use of "fail" word discouraging my hopes for humanity. I agree with the use of it when something is amusing, but when terrible things like this happen is just wrong and dehumanizing.

so you are calling this a tragedy then? if so, I'd have to disagree with you...
if this was some person who had no intention of jumping off a perfectly fine bridge, then yes... it would be a tragedy
this is unfortunate, but his decision to wingsuit jump of a bridge plays into how much sympathy i feel for him
there's alot of wrong in the world today... and it'd be insulting to people who actually have it rough through no fault of their own, to lump this guy in the same boat as them

So @packo decides for whom we can feel bad. Finally, I was looking for you all around!
And suddenly I don't have to feel bad for molested children, because there are children out there who have it much worse and starve to death, yaaaay logic.

Well given he would be stupid enough to not pack a parachute, I guess concerning this particular situation I agree with packo.

But he did pack on, and it failed him. I wonder if packo was aware of that.

>> ^luxury_pie:

Well given he would be stupid enough to not pack a parachute, I guess concerning this particular situation I agree with packo.
But he did pack on, and it failed him. I wonder if packo was aware of that.


yes i was aware he jumped with a pack, and that he opened it too late or that it malfunctioned... that was never specified

and at no point did I say my way of feeling about the situation EVERYONE must feel

in regards to things that adrenaline junkies do, this included... the fact that there was a choice made to do it in the first place takes TRAGEDY out of the situation for me... why? because I'm assuming he knew the risks and was taking them on... let alone how that affects any family/friends this person may have impacted with this resulting jump... and keep in mind, his decision to do a potentially life threatening thing does impact those groups of people, even if it is his own choice...

myself as a bystander who has no direct connection to this person, feel more sorry for his family and friends than I do for him... they were put in a situation (whether he asked their permission/blessing/etc) where really they had no control of the situation, and had to watch a person they care about get severely injured... that's why i consider it more likely than not, that the person jumping is probably of a self-centered mindset

there's a reason they call it adrenaline JUNKIE... and not adrenaline ENTHUSIAST

that's why my sympathy is low for this person, he made his choice, he gets to live with the consequence (and so do the people this choice impacted)... i wouldn't send money to a collection in his benefit or even a get well card... i shake my head and move along

it all comes down to choice, and imho it was a foolish (no matter the precautions taken) and self-centered choice...

and him getting back up on the horse to do something like this again wouldn't be a display of human courage and perseverance, but something more akin to a drug addict scoring their next hit

10,000s of people starve to death every day, 150,000 or so die everyday; alot from TREATABLE disease/infection, lots of children are abused, or forced to grow up too soon, or aren't given a chance at a productive future... sorry if I don't lump this guy who chose to wingsuit jump off a bridge, in with those truly tragic situation

That's definitely the belly flop from hell. I'm glad to hear he will be OK. Relatively speaking.

"Wings to manual! I said, wings to manual! Fuuuuuuuuuu"

Brief bit of *timeshift in there.

Adding video to channels (Timeshift) - requested by brycewi19.

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>> ^cracanata:

I found the use of "fail" word discouraging my hopes for humanity. I agree with the use of it when something is amusing, but when terrible things like this happen is just wrong and dehumanizing.


It's still a fail...

To me it looked like the wingsuit didn't give him the lift he was expecting and he pulled the chute too late to make much of a difference. I understand 900 feet is not a lot of room for error but still, there was time for a seasoned veteran (anyone wingsuiting from a bridge should have some logged hours flying the thing in a less dangerous environment, say 12,000 feet higher) to pull out of the stunt and admit defeat, sparing himself the injuries.

I lump this 'tradgedy' in with things like the death of Kurt Kobain, Bon Scott or Steve Irwin. Choosing to do something risky where it is foreseeable that you could die or be seriously damaged is exercising poor choices, not tragic.

But of course it's all in the eye of the beholder. I just tend to have a low opinion of things like this being talked up as tragic because, as packo noted, there are plenty of real tradgedies where the victims have absolutely no choice in their situation and still suffer horribly.

>> ^luxury_pie:


So @packo decides for whom we can feel bad. Finally, I was looking for you all around!
And suddenly I don't have to feel bad for molested children, because there are children out there who have it much worse and starve to death, yaaaay logic.


Your logic fails as badly as the wingsuit. If we follow your synaptic misfires, the children would be jumping on your dick (you, playing the role of gravity/a non functioning wingsuit don't actually do anything, you're just there) of their own volition and incur injury, possibly even STD's, because of their poor choices...

ie. Choosing to fuck someone is not the same as being raped/molested. But kudos on your Godwin-esque attempt to somehow link some twit jumping off a bridge and hurting himself with a child being raped. You must be so proud... /eyeroll

>> ^westy:

@ luxury_pie He was simply making a observation rather than being sarcastic you could have a discussion with him.
@ packo I think you can use the word tragic as it is still tragic regardless of intention , its still tragic when sumone needlessly risks there life and dies from it.
I don't think that there is a link between how tragic something is and how much sympathy I feel for something its not related.
Its all just semantics in the end really.


Ah Westy, as always we can count on you to be the well spoken voice of reaso...

...wait, what?

Someone died at this event a couple years ago too

I think you might be falsely thinking the the word tragic autimaticaly means Tragic for everyone Ie a human tragedy and that is not the case.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tragic

If someone dies against there will regardless of how stupid and risky ( playing russen rulet for example) it would still be fair to use the word "tragic" to describe the person dying.

From your position if you believe its simply a culling of the stupid and Darwinism , obviously its not tragic from your perspective but its tragic from the person that died perspective ( assuming they didn't want to die)







>> ^packo:

>> ^luxury_pie:
Well given he would be stupid enough to not pack a parachute, I guess concerning this particular situation I agree with packo.
But he did pack on, and it failed him. I wonder if packo was aware of that.

yes i was aware he jumped with a pack, and that he opened it too late or that it malfunctioned... that was never specified
and at no point did I say my way of feeling about the situation EVERYONE must feel
in regards to things that adrenaline junkies do, this included... the fact that there was a choice made to do it in the first place takes TRAGEDY out of the situation for me... why? because I'm assuming he knew the risks and was taking them on... let alone how that affects any family/friends this person may have impacted with this resulting jump... and keep in mind, his decision to do a potentially life threatening thing does impact those groups of people, even if it is his own choice...
myself as a bystander who has no direct connection to this person, feel more sorry for his family and friends than I do for him... they were put in a situation (whether he asked their permission/blessing/etc) where really they had no control of the situation, and had to watch a person they care about get severely injured... that's why i consider it more likely than not, that the person jumping is probably of a self-centered mindset
there's a reason they call it adrenaline JUNKIE... and not adrenaline ENTHUSIAST
that's why my sympathy is low for this person, he made his choice, he gets to live with the consequence (and so do the people this choice impacted)... i wouldn't send money to a collection in his benefit or even a get well card... i shake my head and move along
it all comes down to choice, and imho it was a foolish (no matter the precautions taken) and self-centered choice...
and him getting back up on the horse to do something like this again wouldn't be a display of human courage and perseverance, but something more akin to a drug addict scoring their next hit
10,000s of people starve to death every day, 150,000 or so die everyday; alot from TREATABLE disease/infection, lots of children are abused, or forced to grow up too soon, or aren't given a chance at a productive future... sorry if I don't lump this guy who chose to wingsuit jump off a bridge, in with those truly tragic situation

I scrolled down to read the comments before the video ended - just to be greeted with what sounded like a herd of cows mooing out of my speakers!

That's a * wtf moment right there!