Grinding the Crack

[lance gt]

Not quite what you think it is, but an awesome rush all the same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k

 

[voluptuary_manque]

OMG! I had to stop the tape and go to the bathroom. But if this bear was forty years younger . . .

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I like to do that, but use an AH haystack to hang on to. Just the hair on her back and float on down.

 

[lance gt]

That's the closest you can come to flying as you can get. He was reaching speeds of 150mph when he was only 10 feet off the ground and passing trees. I had it on the big screen and it was spectacular. I ended up watching several more of his jumps. The one in Rio past the statue is incredible.

 

[jomar]

Pretty insane. Saw one awhile back where three guys (probably Corliss among them) were screaming down alongside a mountain face touching the wall and doing somersaults. I can't believe how close to the ground they get...must amp up the rush. I wonder how they plot the runs...figure the balloons were a marker.

 

[jomar]

Looking around the videos Corliss didnt' quite clear a mountain ledge, crashed in and had multiple leg fractures. Lucky to be alive.

 

[shyirishamy]

That is crazy how did he know he wouldn't hit the ground where the guy was with the balloons ?

 

[TE999]

Now that looks like fun! I'd do that. What the hell, we're all gonna die anyway, might as well check out soaring like an eagle.

 

[Dual_Triode]

That's some pretty awesome footage. I like the helmet-cam views of the scenery flying by at 100+ mph.