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I know this lunatic who is into base jumping. And according to him, if the body isn't in the right position within a few seconds of jumping you are dead. Dumbes

• Yajirobe 7y ago
  > lunatic > Dumbest Stay classy.
  • Theodores 7y ago
    "Able-ist" language is the crime that has gone on here. Only learned of the ableist word recently and my spell checker has problems with it.
    • crgwbr 7y ago
      Calling someone who regularly risks their own life for no benefit other than thrill a lunatic is hardly “ableist”. It’s accurate.
• ghaff 7y ago
  Base jumping isn't just wingsuits although it's pretty dangerous in any case. From what I can see, at least the more extreme wingsuit jumpers (is there another kind?) pretty much all die jumping sooner or later.
• quacked 7y ago
  Not sure if you're interested, but the risk of base jumping comes from the fact that you're starting from zero airspeed, which means that all of your "flight control surfaces" (arms, legs, torso, etc.) that skydivers use to re-position themselves during falling are useless. There's not enough air flowing across your limbs to produce any usable force. This means that there's a risk you're not in the necessary deploy position when the critical throw/survive moment arrives, and you carry an increase risk of not surviving.
• matwood 7y ago
  I don't know about dumbest sport, but it's definitely dangerous. Also, not all BASE jumps are the same. The problem comes when people keep looking for that next thrill. I at least partly understand. I've sky dived before, and jumping out of an airplane is exhilarating like few things I've personally experienced. With that said, the person who I first sky dived with is dead now. She misjudged the wind on a BASE jump and was blown back into the cliff.