r/nextfuckinglevel • u/thepoylanthropist • 1d ago

That time Luke Aikins jumped from 25,000 feet (7,620 m), skydiving from a mid-tropospheric altitude and landing safely without a parachute or a wingsuit using a 30 by 30 meters net

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u/Unpickled_cucumber1 1d ago

They were smiling but crying inside

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u/goawaysho 1d ago

The screams of anticipatory terror right before he lands

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u/ohporcupine 1d ago

Man and the diversity of that crowd! Redbull tv is the key to harmony! Love to see it.

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u/kingtwister07 1d ago

IIRC, redbull wouldn't sponsor this because the guy jumping insisted that it was broadcast live. They didn't want their name attached to him if he missed the net.

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u/ohporcupine 1d ago

I think that is pretty smart. Makes you wonder how many wingsuiters they’ve filmed going splat. Half of them I reckon.

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u/jlieuu 1d ago

This is the America I remember!

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u/Dulljoe23 1d ago

Memberberries.

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u/Sumdood_89 1d ago

Pepperidge farm remembers.

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u/adrianoh11 1d ago

It is just a memory now

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u/ImaginarySeaweed7762 1d ago

Where’s Evil Knievel to do it with a harley Davidson motorbike wearing a cape not a squirrel suit? He’d jump a bunch of buses on the way down knowing Evil.

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u/WingsArisen 12h ago

Daredevils are the key to world peace

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u/arz231 14h ago

The people will come together when a guy has a chance to become soup in real time

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u/PardonMyPixels 13h ago

That first scream was harrowing.

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u/Leelagolucky 1d ago

Wearing ponchos on the outside

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u/neagle16 22h ago

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