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LiberalArkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:34 PM
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Skydiver survives 3-mileplunge without a chute
15,000ft fall was broken by bush.
That's the first good thing Bush has done since he took office!




<http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=skydiver-survives-3-mile-plunge-without-a-chute-&method=full&objectid=18307903&siteid=66633-name_page.html>

A SKYDIVER plummeted almost three miles after his parachutes failed to open - and survived.

Brit Michael Holmes's 15,000ft fall was broken by a blackberry bush.

The 25-year-old parachute instructor admitted his last thought before he hit the ground was: "S***, I'm going to die."

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skypilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:38 PM
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1. "S***, I'm going to have...
Edited on Fri Dec-22-06 01:38 PM by skypilot
...the "falling" dream every night for the rest of my life."

Glad the guy's OK. Something like that must change you entire outlook on just about everything.
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:38 PM
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2. I hope the guys that made "Jackass" don't get any Ideas.
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JHB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:48 PM
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5. Well, if they did, this would put an end to it right quick.
And permanently. Whether this would be a positive or negative is at the discretion of the reader.
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:38 PM
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3. Blackberry Bush? Which one is he?
Is he the one that understands the internets?
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:41 PM
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4. Um, shouldn't some government agency be doing tests on this guy?
Superman Returns?
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:56 PM
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6. What's amazing is he doesn't even hold the free fall and survive record
From the article:

Air stewardess Vesna Vulovic plunged 33,000ft strapped into her seat in the tail section of a Yugoslavian passenger plane after a mid-air bombing in 1972.


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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 02:57 PM
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13. I remember reading this one
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 03:23 PM
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16. HTF? (how the f--k?) nt
Edited on Fri Dec-22-06 03:27 PM by Kingshakabobo
edit to add:

Wiki article....WOW!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovic
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 03:25 PM
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17. Humans are more resiliant than we give them credit for
and chance plays a part in any impact no matter the speed. Statistics. If the odds of dying from a fall of extreme height is 99.999% that still means someone will survive every once in a while.
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 03:31 PM
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18. Apparently so!
More from Wiki. I guess it makes sense that terminal velocity is reached whether you fall from 30k or 15k.....or 1k.. No?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-fall#People_surviving_free_fall

Still, WOW.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 03:48 PM
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21. I think I'd die from fear if I didn't pass out first.
They were both made of much tougher stuff than I am.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 03:49 PM
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The first two miles are scary
But the last mile you calm down and actually start to enjoy the view.

Its not the fall that does the damage. Its the sudden stop. :evilgrin:
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 04:07 PM
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23. I have no fear of falling, even for miles.
It's the sudden stop I fear immensely!
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:57 PM
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7. Ouch!
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:58 PM
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8. His fall is not the longest survived by a human.--lookie here:
His fall is not the longest survived by a human.

Air stewardess Vesna Vulovic plunged 33,000ft strapped into her seat in the tail section of a Yugoslavian passenger plane after a mid-air bombing in 1972.

She was found on the snow covered side of a mountain with a fractured skull, broken legs and three shattered vertebrae.
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 02:00 PM
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9. Article doesn't say anything about him being scratched up
...He escaped from his 120mph plunge with a broken ankle and a punctured lung....

:shrug:
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shain from kane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 02:17 PM
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11. Wile E. Coyote landed on a cactus.
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 02:04 PM
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10. Blackberry cobbler rocks
:yourock:
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 02:45 PM
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12. Blackberry mead is better
:nuke:
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 02:59 PM
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14. You bet, we didn't have any blackberries to speak of this past year
but the year before our vines were loaded, never seen so many on them before. They are the largest wild blackberries I have ever seen.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 03:15 PM
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15. Please don't let Matt Lauer interview him
Lauer has an obsession with stories of people surviving ... well anything. No matter how trivial the incident he always tries to work the word miracle into the interview and typically by trying to steer the survivor into saying it. The case that nearly cracked me up was when a guy got tossed by a tornado a couple hundred yards. Lauer was all over him asking him if it was a miracle. The guy kept saying "Na, its just one of those things that happens". Lauer kept working him over going after the sound bite that never came.
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 03:34 PM
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19. Once again, the lifesaving properties of blackberries are illustrated
All hail the mighty Blackberry! Strong are its vines, and persistent its growth!
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 03:36 PM
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20. Damn, that must have hurt
amazing the he came out of with only a broken ankle and a punctured lung. And doubtlessly more scratches than a kitty post.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 03:49 PM
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22. I imagine it took some time to remove all the thorns
Of course with his luck he landed in a thornless blackberry.
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itsrobert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 04:14 PM
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24. Dr. Henry Jones Jr. plus 2 fell from an aircraft
and plunged a great distance riding an inflatible raft.
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