skydiverkeith 1 #1 July 23, 2010 WTF...Blue skies, Keith Medlock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrDree 0 #2 July 23, 2010 Quote WTF... And here's the video "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jverley 1 #3 July 23, 2010 The photo and the skydive is over 10 years old.John Arizona Hiking Trails Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #4 July 23, 2010 They also do a segment on him in the video "Good Stuff".Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zlew 0 #5 July 23, 2010 At least 10, maybe even 15. As I remember he had another harness on under what you saw, and for the opening and "hanging" piece he was connected to the rig via something that ran through his sleeve. A stunt...but still pretty cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMK 3 #6 July 23, 2010 I see what you mean, he’s not wearing shoes. That looks dangerous indeed. He could get a nasty blister when landing."Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to attend his classes" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilot-one 0 #7 July 23, 2010 QuoteWTF... Back a few years ago I made some comments about this guy and got flamed big time. I still think this kind of "stunt" or whatever it is gives skydiving a bad name in the whuffo's mind. It clearly is stupid to take your rig off in free fall and gives the impression of high risk behavior. No offense to Greg. (I'm pretty sure that's his name) It doesn't matter what it really is what matters is what it looks like. May the flaming begin...lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverkeith 1 #8 July 23, 2010 Invisible harness or not, I'd love to see him deal with a violent spinning malfunction on his back hanging from the rig like that!Blue skies, Keith Medlock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #9 July 23, 2010 QuoteI still think this kind of "stunt" or whatever it is gives skydiving a bad name in the whuffo's mind. It clearly is stupid to take your rig off in free fall and gives the impression of high risk behavior. I think most whuffos consider any activity requiring a parachute to save one's life to be not just a high risk activity, but crazy; and aside from that, I doubt they much differentiate one from the other. Which is to say: a stunt like this makes not one extra blip on the Whuffo Radar; it's all meep meep meep to them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 918 #10 July 23, 2010 QuoteInvisible harness or not, I'd love to see him deal with a violent spinning malfunction on his back hanging from the rig like that! He did have the ability to cutaway and deploy his reserve in the event of a mal...It was pretty thoroughly planned and practiced before any jumps were made. A few years ago I met Greg Gasson at Eloy and he was happy to talk about it. Real nice guy.I got nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,008 #11 July 23, 2010 >It clearly is stupid to take your rig off in free fall and gives the impression >of high risk behavior. Well, it's also clearly stupid to intentionally get _really_ close to someone while going 120 mph, or mash your parachute into someone else's, or jump from 13,500 feet instead of 3000 (to a whuffo, that is.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilot-one 0 #12 July 23, 2010 Quote>It clearly is stupid to take your rig off in free fall and gives the impression >of high risk behavior. Well, it's also clearly stupid to intentionally get _really_ close to someone while going 120 mph, or mash your parachute into someone else's, or jump from 13,500 feet instead of 3000 (to a whuffo, that is.) See....here we go. Jumping without a rig is quite different than jumping with one....even to the whuffo. However I digress on this topic. Ya'll have fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NovaTTT 2 #13 July 23, 2010 Greg Gasson did those stunt jumps for a Mike McGowan film. The final clip shows him losing his grip on the rig and burning into the desert. It was cool, but "relatively" tame. Ask Bill Cole (aka Chuteless) about that. "Even in a world where perfection is unattainable, there's still a difference between excellence and mediocrity." Gary73 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,008 #14 July 23, 2010 >Jumping without a rig is quite different than jumping with one....even to the whuffo. Agreed. And jumping from 3000 feet is quite different than jumping from over two miles up - especially to a whuffo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #15 July 23, 2010 So what ? Did anyone claim it was done recently ? what , if its not new its not worth watching,? C'mon Nancy, get a grip smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #16 July 23, 2010 QuoteThe photo and the skydive is over 10 years old. Even older. I saw that for the first time in...I wanna say 1994 or 1995Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zlew 0 #17 July 23, 2010 QuoteInvisible harness or not, I'd love to see him deal with a violent spinning malfunction on his back hanging from the rig like that! Yea, that wouldn't be pretty. I guess that's a time when an F-111 7 cell square has an advantage over the zippy modern gear. Any guesses on the gear? PD7's? I couldn't make out a logo on either canopy he jumps in the video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gasson 0 #18 July 26, 2010 QuoteInvisible harness or not, I'd love to see him deal with a violent spinning malfunction on his back hanging from the rig like that! I would not like to see that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #19 July 26, 2010 Quote Quote Invisible harness or not, I'd love to see him deal with a violent spinning malfunction on his back hanging from the rig like that! I would not like to see that. Awww come on... it could be cooooool video.... That guy digs cool video Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jazzthieve 0 #20 July 26, 2010 Did you check out his username and profile? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #21 July 26, 2010 QuoteQuoteInvisible harness or not, I'd love to see him deal with a violent spinning malfunction on his back hanging from the rig like that! I would not like to see that. Most amusing comment of all. You never know who is reading here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zlew 0 #22 July 26, 2010 We are glad you didn't! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #23 July 26, 2010 QuoteDid you check out his username and profile? DUH Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverkeith 1 #24 July 26, 2010 QuoteQuoteInvisible harness or not, I'd love to see him deal with a violent spinning malfunction on his back hanging from the rig like that! I would not like to see that. Open mouth, insert footBlue skies, Keith Medlock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mircan 0 #25 July 27, 2010 Quote See....here we go. Jumping without a rig is quite different than jumping with one....even to the whuffo. Just last weekend we got a whuffo call on our tandem booking phone. He was interested if he could get into solo skydiving after tandem and was especially interested if we were doing that cool skydiving discipline... You know, the one where you throw your parachute out of the plane and then you jump after it trying to catch it. He wants to get into that.dudeist skydiver #42 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
