ivan Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) shit, if that didn't happen every now and then, where would be the thrill? touching to be subsequently sucked into rapids and crocodile swamps and holy sheeit, them aussies are tough, chick lived! Edited January 9, 2012 by ivan Quote
sobo Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 "Next..." Reminds me of a story back when I used to skydive... I was still a n00b at it, but not a total n00b. Another guy, n00bier than me, went out the door before me, and his chute malfunctioned. The jumpmaster had the pilot go into a steep bank so he could watch the guy, and most of us in the plane got a good look at the n00b rocketing his way to terra firma. Finally, the n00b cut away his shit chute and his reserve popped open, and he was fine under a fully deployed canopy. We all breathed a sigh of relief for the guy, especially the other n00bs in the plane that were supposed to go before me. Since I was headed to a higher altitude for my jump, I sat back and relaxed, thinking the other n00bs in the stick were going ahead of me. To my shock and surprise, the jumpmaster turns around, looks me straight in the eye and says, "Get in the door. You're next." "But..." "Get in the fucking door, sobo. You're going next!" So out I went... He came over to me after he landed and told me that he wanted someone with more experience, no matter how little much more that might be, to go ahead of the other n00bs to inspire some confidence. Other than the jumpmaster and the pilot, the only guy that fit the bill on that jump was me. So I said thanks, and asked him, "What if my chute had malfunctioned, too? Then what?" He clapped me on the back and bellowed, "One problem at a time, sobo. One problem at a time..." Quote
112 Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Thanks for that, sobo. I kept waiting to ear some in the background say "This is fucking stupid. We are fucking stupid. I am not going to..." The mind is funny, and the big swings between 'rational' thoughts are even more so. Quote
Choada_Boy Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 "Oh My God, who's going to do something?" Quote
Pete_H Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Not sure I'd want to go bungie jumping in Zimbabwe. Quote
Phil K Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 I like how she got a little "help" making the jump. Quote
geoff Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Was going to say "Just another reason I would never want to go to Australia", but Zimbabwe- really you are just asking for it. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 People have asked me "So, you're a climber. You must like bungie jumping and stuff" "Nope" Incompetents like me get that experience for free. Quote
sobo Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 [video:youtube] Bungee jumping and planking... what a combo! Quote
Pete_H Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 If you drink enough wodka that shit IS perfectly safe. Quote
E-rock Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Russians are the coolest people in the world. [video:youtube]bMNUsTlVuOM Edited January 10, 2012 by E-rock Quote
sobo Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Russians are the coolest people in the world.Love the sled getting pulled by the car at night. Very cool. Quote
Pete_H Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Someone needs to give those kids some BMXers Quote
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