How to connect this with geocaching? – Wisconsin Geocaching Association

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10/13/2009 at 4:33 am #1728985
cheezehead
Ya got to be nutz!
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&a
10/13/2009 at 7:32 am #1915190
JimandLinda
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What if you make a mistake the first time? 😯
10/13/2009 at 9:57 am #1915191
Miata
@JimandLinda wrote:

What if you make a mistake the first time? 😯

That’s all she wrote…..dear Mom! 😯
10/13/2009 at 12:17 pm #1915192
-cheeto-
That’s crazy.
10/13/2009 at 1:21 pm #1915193
gotta run
I couldn’t help but think…why bother with the helmets? Not like that would matter at 100mph.

I’m thinking this will give Alex his next cache idea…

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10/13/2009 at 1:59 pm #1915194
sandlanders
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“60 Minutes” did a whole segment on this just this past Sunday, also in Norway. That part where they skim so close to the rock face that they can almost touch it is done so that they can get a greater sensation of speed rather that just going out in mid-air.

Also, the “flyers” hike up to the top. The jump they did for the piece was about an hour and a half hike. Sometimes they take fours hours of climbing for a couple of minutes “flying” down.

Suppose you could put a cache at the top, but the jumping off would have to be just a “suggested” ALR now. 😉
10/13/2009 at 2:04 pm #1915195
gotta run
@sandlanders wrote:

Suppose you could put a cache at the top, but the jumping off would have to be just a “suggested” ALR now. 😉

No, it would be a multi. WP1 would be at the top. WP2 would be halfway down and it would be written so you’d see it flying down past the bridge. The final would be at the bottom.

Alex, you listening?

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10/13/2009 at 2:54 pm #1915196
Trekkin and Birdin
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Wow…..that has to be as close to being a bird as a human being can get.

I broke out into a cold sweat at the shot of them jumping off that precipice!
10/13/2009 at 3:22 pm #1915197
sandlanders
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@gotta run wrote:

@sandlanders wrote:

Suppose you could put a cache at the top, but the jumping off would have to be just a “suggested” ALR now. 😉

No, it would be a multi. WP1 would be at the top. WP2 would be halfway down and it would be written so you’d see it flying down past the bridge. The final would be at the bottom.

Alex, you listening?

But the final would be a couple of hundred feet off, so you’d have to redo everything to check.
10/13/2009 at 3:25 pm #1915198
gotta run
@sandlanders wrote:

But the final would be a couple of hundred feet off, so you’d have to redo everything to check.

Oh, now THAT is just MEAN!!! 😆

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10/13/2009 at 3:33 pm #1915199
zoesbrother
@sandlanders wrote:

@gotta run wrote:

@sandlanders wrote:

Suppose you could put a cache at the top, but the jumping off would have to be just a “suggested” ALR now. 😉

No, it would be a multi. WP1 would be at the top. WP2 would be halfway down and it would be written so you’d see it flying down past the bridge. The final would be at the bottom.

Alex, you listening?

But the final would be a couple of hundred feet off, so you’d have to redo everything to check.

😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
10/13/2009 at 5:07 pm #1915200
Team Black-Cat
THAT is just plain AWSOME!
I’ve seen wind suits before, but never doing anything like that.
10/13/2009 at 7:02 pm #1915201
seldom|seen
How soon before someone pastes it and the clip ends up on one of the sensational viral video shows like “caught on camera”? I give it 6 months.

But, I’d still do it once to experience it, though my wife would never let me. I wonder why they never show these guys landing?
10/13/2009 at 8:17 pm #1915202
Crow-T-Robot
I wonder why they never show these guys landing?

Too graphic.

Bruce
10/13/2009 at 10:17 pm #1915203
sandlanders
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@seldom|seen wrote:

I wonder why they never show these guys landing?

They pull ripcords for parachutes at strategic moments and land just like regular parachuters. Guess it’s not spectacular enough to show (unless the chute doesn’t open).
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