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Gekko71
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Neither chute opened...

Post by Gekko71 »

A near-miss story for you. A man in the UK has survived a 3 kilometer freefall with only a dislocated neck and bruising to show for it.

He even has footage of the incident...

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/856 ... -onto-roof

...time to stop jumping out of perfectly good airplanes! :)
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All I can say is ouch
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Post by Krom »

Jumping out of perfectly good airplanes is ones own discretion and all, but don't come complaining if something goes wrong once after you have done it 661 times. :P
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Post by AlphaDoG »

Lucky bastid!
It's never good to wake up in the shrubs naked, you either got way too drunk, or your azz is a werewolf.

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Post by Topher »

Good thing it was measured in sissy kilometers and not hard, bone crunching miles.
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