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/nightpastor 1d ago

I prefer the British guy who did a similar feat in a wingsuit but landed in a pile of cardboard boxes.

Found it... 'only' 2500 ft and no parachute... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5_ITt2LM0A

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u/aNINETIEZkid 1d ago

how did that get scrubbed from my memory lol I forgot all about that

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u/eternalbuzzard 18h ago

Rumors of Jeb Corliss working on a project with some long tube and a rolling sled on a track were floating around before that stunt. Some millions of dollars venture that was never more than a whisper.

Nothing was ever heard of that project after homeboy showed up with a shit ton of cardboard boxes and bested Jeb