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Suicide Seal'in from 425 feet.
Data Crystal
Pencil Artist
in Zocalo v2.0
'twas that time of the year again...
I've taken upon myself the habit of a small ritual of jumping into the proverbial nothing whenever I face a big change in my life. Literally. Last time I did something like this was when I got out of the defence forces, and having recently broken off and moved out of a 2-year relationship and finding a new flat for myself, I felt like I could once again use some sort of navpoint for a fresh start. All big changes are pretty much leaps into the unknown, but how does one celebrate the occasion?
Easy. Enter a harness, a long rubber rope, a crane and some sane insanity. Drag up to 425+ feet. Mix. And take a step. :)
[img]http://koti.mbnet.fi/cijk/Hylje1.jpg[/img]
Whee! Please keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times.
[img]http://koti.mbnet.fi/cijk/Hylje2.jpg[/img]
I have a pretty nasty problem of a dislocating left shoulder, which forces me to use the Suicide Seal -pose. Essentially grabbing my pants from around my thighs to secure my arms to the sides in order to keep me' leftie in place during that 'yanking' moment. This makes the whole thing look damn stupid as I'm essentially a rigid stick the whole way through, but on the positive side I have to mention that the air doesn't slow you back one bit and the free fall is just about as fast as it gets. And thats' _fast_, I can tell you that much. :)
[img]http://koti.mbnet.fi/cijk/Kaivari.jpg[/img]
Here's me waiting for the 10 other guys before me to jump. :p I'm the sorry-looking dwarf on the left and the guy who taped the whole ordeal is my mate on the right. This picture was taken by his girlfriend.
Although I forgot to take the certificate they give out afterwards, this time I luckily had people with cameras with me.
And overall there were quite a lot of people on their burner parties. Or whatever you call the night sometime before your wedding when your mates drag you out to do something amazingly foolish?
[img]http://koti.mbnet.fi/cijk/Benjialasti.jpg[/img]
[b]/EDIT To further clear things up, this isn't me. I'm not that tight. ;) [/b]
More or less 3 of these guys and gals were around during the hour-and-a-half that the whole thing took us. :D I just might not have been the biggest lookin' idiot of the group after all. Or then again, maybe I was.
Anyhoo, it's a pretty rough ride but nevertheless recommended to anyone with the slightest bit of interest. Damn good fun. :)
I've taken upon myself the habit of a small ritual of jumping into the proverbial nothing whenever I face a big change in my life. Literally. Last time I did something like this was when I got out of the defence forces, and having recently broken off and moved out of a 2-year relationship and finding a new flat for myself, I felt like I could once again use some sort of navpoint for a fresh start. All big changes are pretty much leaps into the unknown, but how does one celebrate the occasion?
Easy. Enter a harness, a long rubber rope, a crane and some sane insanity. Drag up to 425+ feet. Mix. And take a step. :)
[img]http://koti.mbnet.fi/cijk/Hylje1.jpg[/img]
Whee! Please keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times.
[img]http://koti.mbnet.fi/cijk/Hylje2.jpg[/img]
I have a pretty nasty problem of a dislocating left shoulder, which forces me to use the Suicide Seal -pose. Essentially grabbing my pants from around my thighs to secure my arms to the sides in order to keep me' leftie in place during that 'yanking' moment. This makes the whole thing look damn stupid as I'm essentially a rigid stick the whole way through, but on the positive side I have to mention that the air doesn't slow you back one bit and the free fall is just about as fast as it gets. And thats' _fast_, I can tell you that much. :)
[img]http://koti.mbnet.fi/cijk/Kaivari.jpg[/img]
Here's me waiting for the 10 other guys before me to jump. :p I'm the sorry-looking dwarf on the left and the guy who taped the whole ordeal is my mate on the right. This picture was taken by his girlfriend.
Although I forgot to take the certificate they give out afterwards, this time I luckily had people with cameras with me.
And overall there were quite a lot of people on their burner parties. Or whatever you call the night sometime before your wedding when your mates drag you out to do something amazingly foolish?
[img]http://koti.mbnet.fi/cijk/Benjialasti.jpg[/img]
[b]/EDIT To further clear things up, this isn't me. I'm not that tight. ;) [/b]
More or less 3 of these guys and gals were around during the hour-and-a-half that the whole thing took us. :D I just might not have been the biggest lookin' idiot of the group after all. Or then again, maybe I was.
Anyhoo, it's a pretty rough ride but nevertheless recommended to anyone with the slightest bit of interest. Damn good fun. :)
Comments
i dont have a head for heights at all; tho strangely enough i've always wanted to go parachuting:confused: has anyone here ever done it?
Good going mate. Have been trying to get out to jump for a couple of years now, just that nobody wants to do it with me..
[B]your a braver man than me! you would [i]never[/i] get me doing that!:D
i dont have a head for heights at all; tho strangely enough i've always wanted to go parachuting:confused: has anyone here ever done it? [/B][/QUOTE]
i think i'd rather jump out of an airplane than bungee jumping.