Skydiver jumps from 26,000ft without a parachute, lands in a net and survives
08-01-2016, 12:25 AMQuote: (07-31-2016 08:02 PM)PainPositive Wrote:
Because of guys like this we made it to the moon.
I disagree.
The many ship captains who died looking for the northwest passage near canada between the atlantic and pacific oceans in the 16th/17th/18th/19th century risked their lives for a much greater cause.
The thousands of men who died trying to invent the modern airplane also are more worthy of our praise.
The explorers who went to locate the north and south poles endured much longer and tougher obstacles for months or years without caring about breaking some statistic in a book of records.
This guy just reminds me of that other dude who did the highest jump in the world just to prove he could, not because it would help humanity in some way. I mean seriosusly....no one is going to start jumping to earth from space or start free falling out if planes just because its proven you can survive.
Im all for men showing bravery and facing danger to make human progress, but this comes across as pure ego and too much money rather than an interest in mankind's progress. Even as a business idea, it seems very high risk for a slim possibility of some sort of financial return. I just cant get behind what this guy is doing. Since the space race has ended we live in a world of non stop entertainment, and this guy is just another showman trying to get our praise and respect by running daredevil clown game.
Im more impressed by the dudes who learn to survive in the wild without any technological or modern help, finding food, building shelter, surviving bad weather, medicating yourself if injured, not getting lost in the woods/jungle, making weapons, defeating predators, etc. They do that for months or years on end, not just for 1 day , and they dont give a shit about breaking records or being a viral news item on the internet. Those are real men. They are the ones who can really teach us something valuable about bravery, ingenuity, persistence, strength and being a man.