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ITT: human beings doing completely fucking awesome things.

I've not seen this one posted on here (although I'm sure it has at some point), so...

Capt. Joe Kittinger (retired as Col.) steps out of Excelsior III at 102,800 feet, August 16th 1960.
>> Anonymous
W A T ?
>> Anonymous
he fell for 4 minutes and 36 seconds reaching a maximum speed of 614 mph (988 km/h or 274 m/s) before opening his parachute at 18,000 feet (5,500 m). Pressurization for his right glove malfunctioned during the ascent, and his right hand swelled to twice its normal size.[1] He set records for highest balloon ascent, highest parachute jump, longest drogue-fall (4 min), and fastest speed by a human through the atmosphere[2].
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so incredibly epic, here is the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thyTzCU9c2U
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Big Boss's father right there.
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EPIC
>> Anonymous
I don't know how I could ever thank you enough. This is one of the most mesmerizingly beautiful things I have ever seen. Just the shaky-cam of the atmosphere, looking out over that grand blue earth.
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>>430497
I know what you mean. It feels a lot more... I dunno', personal I suppose, when compared to those shots the astronauts take.
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Remember, this was before anyone, ANYONE went into space in a rocket. I say this fucker called dibbs.
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Superior quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2zKARkpDW4
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He went up three times higher than a normal HALO. That's fucking crazy.
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he is my hero
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What he did is incredible. It still is today.

I mean, he almost broke the sound barrier by FALLING. That's just... insane.
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I believe he lands safely, and instead of waiting for the rescue team, he beats up some kid and steals his surfboard to catch some mad waves.
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>>430622
+1 internets to you, sir.
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yeah, to catch the aftershock of when he landed.

awesome pic.
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gimme more pics of this completely insane stuff!!!!!!
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Damnit. Can't find an hr version of the pic of that car breaking the sound barrier, with the shockwave going level with it.
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This counts, right?
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i would be very interested in the car with the soundbarrier! give it to us!
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http://www.carsandtuning.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/thrust-ssc_5.jpg
That's the low-res one. There's got to be a high-res one out there.
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>>430658
lol skytower

I took some videos of people jumping off there when I was up there.
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need i say more
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Cooking gooks and nips.
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>>431309

>need i say more

Nope. It's quite obvious you're as full of shit as the Obongoid.
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>>431309

Yeah that was proven to be a shoop ages ago.
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>>431309

Need you say more? Explain why the British Navy were using that helicopter instead of one of their own.

Indeed, an obvious shoop.
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OP makes me light headed, gives chills and nightmares.
dude was fucking fearless.
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>>431620
MORE!
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Good thread.

And this totally counts.
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>>430424
>>430452
Fake. With balls that huge no parachute in the world could save you.
Just kidding.
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>>430452
OP. Just to say, that this is actually the video from Boards of Canada's Davyan Cowboy. It is real footage of the jump but, as if you needed telling, the end isn't.
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>>432190

Heh. Lulz.
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>>430658
Fuck, my stomach turns just looking at this
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wow... i went skydiving... from 14,000.

102,800
- 14,000
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88,800

this guys 88,800 feet cooler than i am.
hell, he opened his parachute farther up than i ever even was.
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Aye. 102,800 feet - that's 19.5 miles. Picture that - somewhere that's twenty miles away from you - and make that straight up. It's completely, indescribably fucking awesome.

Col. Kittinger is the coolest human being who's ever lived.
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>>432279
well to put your hopes down a bit...the international space station is at orbit somewhere around 220 miles

yeah..im an ass :>
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>>432529

no, you're just an ordinary idiot who thinks it's cool to call yourself an ass. You're such a rebel.

Now excuse me while I get some more sand out of my vagina.
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>>432529
PROtip: you can't skydive from space.

THAT'S reentry.

(that's what she said)

[oh god]
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OP one BAMF
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