Swans on Tea

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1. Mike S. on September 4th, 2011

   To use computer parlance, that near “landing’ was a feature, not a bug. He was demonstrating how under control he was. In a way this guy is just like a scientist. They are both pushing the limits. But when the scientist pushes the limits and fails, it damages the ego and the reputation, but he goes home and gets a good night’s sleep. If this guy ever pushes the limits and fails, he goes home on a stretcher or in a coffin. I am like the scientist in that whatever limits I push will be in a non life-threatening manner.

2. Emory K. on September 4th, 2011

   He was the surviving half in one of skydiving’s most famous accidents. At a festival, he was supposed to fly under a bridge while a friend simultaneously flew over it. The friend found the third available option.

   Corliss had to dodge his friend’s body in the air, not yet aware of the collision. He landed covered in blood, near his friend’s leg, but not near his friend.

   At the end of this short documentary excerpt, he says that his friend’s attempt to fly within five feet of the bridge was “I mean come on, that’s just unrealistic.” Yet he doesn’t have much more of a margin than that in the video you posted.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CdivYbxBuA

3. csmyth3025 on September 5th, 2011

   Even if I were 100% bent on suicide, this guy has more guts than I do.