Top ten jumps of all time

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TriRacer27 4/16/2010 9:19am
4/16/2010 9:19am
Those last two made all the others seem easy. Not that the others weren't dangerous but dang, close to 100,000 foot parachute jump?
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zookrider62! 4/16/2010 9:31am
4/16/2010 9:31am
that last jump is insane, Idont know how the parachute didnt rip

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devonb 4/16/2010 11:14am
4/16/2010 11:14am
zookrider62! wrote:
that last jump is insane, Idont know how the parachute didnt rip
He would have slowed down once he got low enough for the wind resistance to have an effect
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Racer111 4/16/2010 11:56am
4/16/2010 11:56am
zookrider62! wrote:
that last jump is insane, Idont know how the parachute didnt rip
"On Aug. 16, 1960, Kittinger set the world's record (which remains unbroken) for the longest (19.5 miles) and fastest (4 minutes and 36 seconds) skydive. He reported his experience in National Geographic. His epic dive started from a helium balloon that he floated to an altitude of 102,800 feet (31,330 m). This high, the sky is black and the Sun intense."
TriRacer27 4/16/2010 12:45pm
4/16/2010 12:45pm
zookrider62! wrote:
that last jump is insane, Idont know how the parachute didnt rip
devonb wrote:
He would have slowed down once he got low enough for the wind resistance to have an effect
Yeah but even at that speed his chute would not have ripped because there would have been less wind resistance. When he was at 90,000 feet, he was probably already going around 1000 km/hr, but if he had deployed his chute it may not have even opened because there's no air to catch it.

He would be traveling at terminal velocity the whole time, so when he finally deployed it, he was probably going at the same speed anyone else would have been traveling at that altitude.

As my parting shot before I die, I want to combine #2 with #1. Jump out at 100,000 over North America and use my wing suit to end up in Brazil, or something like that.
rey720mysterio 4/16/2010 1:46pm
4/16/2010 1:46pm
#1 is joseph kittenger
he did that in the 1960's
red bull is trying to break that record this year with the red bull stratos, plus the guy will try to break the sound barrier with his body
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burnside 4/16/2010 1:58pm
4/16/2010 1:58pm
That last clip get me eveytime... incomprehensible!

If Nitro Circus ever get a movie.... Woohoo hahaha.
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motomike894 4/16/2010 3:22pm
4/16/2010 3:22pm
that last one is insane, my god, that guy is nutz.
Bronson905 4/16/2010 9:25pm
4/16/2010 9:25pm
Holy crap I thought that last one was fake till I read what yanks_178 posted.... that is the craziest thing i have ever seen.
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Yaya 4/16/2010 10:08pm
4/16/2010 10:08pm
Shit damn, that last jump was insane!!!! I would have shit myself literally about two or three times over.
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Hank_Thrill 4/17/2010 12:17am
4/17/2010 12:17am
I would have a full blown panic attack if someone threw me into the #1 jumps position. That made the palms of my hands sweaty just watching it.

Tri-Racer27, you should totally do that! That would be INCREDIBLE!
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Ddavis 4/17/2010 12:25am
4/17/2010 12:25am
and people think that TP is gnarly for jumping out of a airplane with no parachute? Try going skydiving from SPACE :D hahahahahaha
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wilcom121 4/17/2010 2:22am
4/17/2010 2:22am
4 and half minutes of free fall... insane. I felt bad ass for jumping with a guy strapped to my back haha
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JW381 4/17/2010 7:57am
4/17/2010 7:57am
Yaya wrote:
Shit damn, that last jump was insane!!!! I would have shit myself literally about two or three times over.
You'd of had enough time, too. lol
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Craze 4/17/2010 4:31pm
4/17/2010 4:31pm
Yaya wrote:
Shit damn, that last jump was insane!!!! I would have shit myself literally about two or three times over.
JW381 wrote:
You'd of had enough time, too. lol
19.2 miles up (31 kilometers) falling at 621 mph (1000 kph).....it's amazing to what extremes the human body can endure

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