I'm not sure what you originally said, but think it was a comment I meant to respond to. It's myopic to say something is too dangerous or doesn't produce anyth

I'm not sure what you originally said, but think it was a comment I meant to respond to. It's myopic to say something is too dangerous or doesn't produce anything and shouldn't be done. Being free to explore the limits is kind of what makes us human. Skydiving by itself used to be incredibly dangerous and something only a few thousand could do. Along came a bright engineer named Bill Booth that invented a pin that didn't stick, reducing container locks, a quick release and tandem jumps. Now millions of tandem jumps are done world wide and the incidents per jump are way lower. When I started BASE jumping 15 years ago and saw a wingsuit jump in person my mind raced. I wondered if some day we'd get to the point you could fly through the trees like a bird/pod race combo. Now that's pretty routine and the videos on YouTube get millions of views. That came after years of dedication and design. I know skydivers and base jumpers that live in a van, and others that live in huge houses on the California coast. It attracts all walks of life. I didn't get the hate in your original post. I tend to agree with most of the others :)