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Epic Failure: How Not To Parachute

Posted from Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmo... 89 days ago
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This is a video of basejumper Hans Lange vampire suiting around in Norway. Everything goes smoothly until his parachute fails to deploy properly and he ends up tumbling down the mountainside until he's stopped by a tree. He caught it all on film thanks to a helmet cam. Hans, you are one lucky mother -- an improperly deployed parachute is better than no deployment at all. Seriously, I went on one of those discount skydiving adventures once, and, long story short: they pushed me out of the plane with a fucking bookbag. Thankfully, my ghost is a hell of a blogger. First Person View of an ... (original story)