9 Skydiving & Wingsuit Jumps That Went Horribly Wrong

[@echoesstoriess]

Have you ever skydived? If not, would you like to try it?

[@pyt3z]

Nope, anything can happen up there 😂 😂

[@benjaminisawkardlmfao]

I’m underage

[@anniereddj]

I did once in college. It was an amazing, almost spiritual experience. So quiet and serene. Even though I tried to land as directed I ended up flat on my back with the wind knocked out of me. Thought I was dead, lol! Was awesome except for that sudden stop. Never again, although I would like to try a balloon ride as I imagine it would be similar without that landing. Great video. Thank you very much!

[@Ashlin_]

I have skydived a few times, first time was during the pandemic. Scariest part every time is when leaning back and forth on the ledge of the plane prepping for the jump. It’s an amazing experience and what sold me on it despite my fear was the caution and preparations the instructors and everyone jumping had a partner system where they had a clear list in doubled checking their own gear and then checking each others gear condition and straps and reconfirming their jump schedule

[@vikrantparmar1973]

Nope... N not over my dead self

[@k_DAN]

You don't force someone out of the plane into a jump when they are refusing to go.

[@prestonburton8504]

yep - simply why i carry now - everywhere i go! (hahahaha)

[@OneEyedJacker]

Murder?

[@CGDubz87]

@@prestonburton8504 Buddy, not only can you legally not carry on flights, but you're not pulling your piece out and using it thousands of feet up in the air while in an open doorway and strapped to another human lmfaooo

[@CGDubz87]

Referring to the moment when her instructor is forcing her out the door despite what appear to be her having second thoughts, the Oakdale, Calif., woman said that's not really what happened. She said her bad knee gave out as she was at the door. "He had to give me a little nudge," Everett, now 81, said. "He knew how bad I wanted to jump."

[@sludge8506]

Remember; Life in prison doesn’t mean anything to a senior!! 😜

[@someotherdude]

Jeb Corbliss hit that rock ledge AFTER the infamous 'bridge crash' jump in which his buddy died! And yet there he is, saying 'watch me miss this ledge by 1" and look at that- he was a bit off. The logic of these jumps is no different than playing Russian Roulette.

[@sludge8506]

Playing Russian Roulette with five rounds in the revolver. 🤪🤪

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

There was a very good article about him in Outside magazine about four years ago, called "What's Wrong With Jeb's Brain". Corliss described himself as having a psychological disorder. Reading about him is both amazing, but also rather off-putting. Not just the insane level of danger, but as someone you would have a hard time actually just being around for very long, as his view of "life" is quite different than the rest of us.

[@craigsheffield6546]

But, each click of the hammer gives them a higher and higher thrill.

[@markd6634]

Those darn Russians.

[@melvinatkins998]

Not skydiving…. But I was like 10 years old…. Used to play in a local swamp with an alligator!.. I called him, ‘Charlie!’…. I considered him a pet!…. I’d carry a stick to scare him away if he got too close!…. Now I’m 50 years old, and old enough to realize he wasn’t a pet!…. He wanted to eat me!…. Miss Charlie sometimes!…. 😂

[@craigsheffield6546]

Yeah, we did the same with large snakes when I was 6 or 7. Then my Dad......found out.....He was a Staff Sergeant, and was able to show us what those snakes could do. To this day, I still like snakes, but they can make me jumpy.

[@tomhaskett5161]

Good job Charlie missed you! 😁

[@CommandoMaster]

d drainers

[@mrmanio4935]

🐊

[@taylortaylor4985]

Couldn’t be worse than “trying” to bring home a rattlesnake

[@cjod33]

My brother used to be in a world champion skydiving team. He got into base jumping and One of his mate died in Bungonia gorge . On the way to the funeral they did a memorial jump in Bungonia gorge and One of them died. He hasn't been base jumping since.

[@danieldiasgranados2311]

was this in 2004?

[@gem9089]

Sorry for your losses. Jumping at Bungonia Gorge after the 1st friend died doing the same, I would have thought that a bad omen & certainly wouldn't have jamp again...

[@gem9089]

​@jasonvoorhees5640what's funny? Someone dying?!

[@Chris-fj9ir]

That was in the early days.. its very safe now

[@kelvinosas6518]

​@@Chris-fj9irthere is no time it is ever safe!

[@masudashizue777]

I didn't reach the age of 70 by jumping out of planes.

[@peach7210]

Right?

[@Buryllium]

The boss of our dropzone is 70 with 38000 jumps so whatever

[@jeremymichellemangus9424]

range?@@Buryllium

[@jamesferguson2353]

@@Buryllium triggered!

[@ericgee6585]

I did :) (75 acually)

[@katamine11]

I think what disturbs me so much about this sport is that it doesn’t matter how good you are, how experienced you are- you can be the very best of the best and it’s still only a matter of time until your luck runs out…

[@FlyingTP]

That’s the thing. There is people who trust in luck and people who doesn’t. I’ve met skydivers who hasn’t trusted luck in 55 years and are still going strong and I’ve seen 100 jump wonders strusting their luck and running out of it. Skydiving or base jumping is a dangerous sport but luck plays a very small part in it. For my students I rather categorize them as unforgiving sports. Sure there are just unlucky freak accidents, but those are 1 or 2 globally every year, some years not even that. There are millions of jumps done every year globally. All of the accidents for example in this video are caused by either lack of experience or bad/stupid decisions, even though the author tries to make it seem otherwise. I’ve read all of the official reports from all of these accidents. No bad luck here.

[@TheHellis]

There are of course occasions where luck has been a factor but for the vast majority of jumps I have relied on skill. If you can't accept skills in skydiving/BASE then you could also say that any top athlete is just lucky for running the fastest, or lucky to win a golf tournament, or lucky to be the world champion in chess. All these "lucky" people will some day run out of luck and some 5 year old will beat them. Do you see how ridiculous that sounds?

[@kyledavis4325]

​​@@TheHellisSkydiving and regular BASE jumping is one thing. I've jumped out of a plane thousands of times in the 82nd Airborne and so have thousands and thousands of others. If you actually do wingsuit base jumping, the odds are stacked against you, no matter how good you THINK you are. Odds are you won't see 50.

[@TheHellis]

@@kyledavis4325 so you're saying you were just luck each time or what? The odds are also stacked against anyone competing in a world championship but one of them with enough skill will win. The others aren't by default unlucky, some might have been unlucky. If you live your life thinking of luck and how odds are then that is your choice. But please don't walk around talking about skydiving, BASE jumping or wingsuit BASE as luck or odds, you don't have any experience of it.

[@colincheshire6366]

You literally just described life as a whole

[@littlemissgwendolen1466]

Tiny correction: Mark Sutton was dressed as the Queen, not James Bond. ❤

[@echoesstoriess]

🫣

[@knowjusticeknowpeace15]

I was wondering about that. I thought I saw the person jumping in a pink shimmery dress.

[@blueskyguyvideo]

No , Gary Connely was dressed as HM Queen , Mark Sutton was JBond.

[@redblade8160]

@littlemissgwendolen1466 He got himself killed because no one said, "God save the queen," just before he jumped!

[@ncordeau45]

Mark Sutton, 42, was killed when he hit a mountain ridge, after jumping from a helicopter while wearing a wingsuit above the Grandes-Otannes

[@Kepi_Kei]

You forgot Ivan McGuire, the skydiver who mistook his video gear backpack for a parachute in 1988. There is video and articles on the net, obviously he didn't survive.

[@mirandahotspring4019]

He did get some great video on his way down though.

[@mirandahotspring4019]

@devanov3103 so what?

[@gem9089]

​@@mirandahotspring4019i don't think the video comforts his family much.

[@mirandahotspring4019]

@@gem9089 They don't have to watch it!

[@OneEyedJacker]

I can just imagine how much fun that jump with Laverne would have been.

[@DavidSherman-m5l]

My brother decided he wanted to go skydiving. The rest of the family was invited to watch. But, the night before, I had a terrible feeling and somewhat of a premonition something bad was going to happen. I thought I was going to witness my brothers' death from a front-row seat. Everything went well, and he had a blast. Thank God.

[@mastpg]

Awe....you don't know how reality works. That's so cute.

[@mandelaeffect1111]

@@mastpg🤣

[@fredspofford]

I had a dream I was a banana. When I woke up, I thought everyone was going to peel and use me as a good source of potassium in their smoothies or inside a bowl of cereal like they do in the commercials. The day progressed according to routine and I met a pretty girl who later became my fiancee. Thank God.

[@sludge8506]

I had a dream that I was a bowl of meat. A dog came and had me for lunch. Being a dog lover, this made me happy. 😆😆

[@sdriza]

not the right time

[@leisulin]

I did 24 skydives in 1989 when I was younger, but I didn't take it up seriously as a sport I would continue doing. But now, I'm 67.5 and I'm thinking of doing a tandem jump when I get to Dallas in April

[@TerryJ-qv7mp]

Go for it

[@jimday666]

Go ahead!

[@jimday666]

Today skydiving is MUCH more safer that is was back in the '89

[@TV-yb2bn]

I skydived over lake taupo in New Zealand. Was thrilling & gorgeous. But that is my one & only time- if I survived the first time, why tempt fate again lol

[@prestonburton8504]

never never never - i always said -maybe, if i first learned how to pack my own chute! I did climb - learned first at Raven's Roost, Virginia and then Senica Rocks, WVA (america) so long ago. But i always had control.

[@mirandahotspring4019]

Tandem jump with an expert is a bit different.

[@slashmaster84]

Anybody can tell from the videos the effort and work that you put for making each one of your videos. Thanks for your time and work, and for sharing all your content!

[@rezasoekotjo5082]

I've been a static jumper all my career and never lucky enough to cross over to free-fall, or had an opportunity to transition to wingsuits. I remember my first jump and it was the biggest rush ever! I can see why people become addicted and like all addictions why some of us need more and more to elicit the same high that first jump brought on. Whether your first or your last jump, may St. Michael accompany you safely down to make another one, or carry you lovingly to the pearly gates. "one thousand-two thousand-three thousand-look up"!

[@duncanidaho2097]

Hey Mr. adrenaline junkie, it’s not too late to get that wingsuit. Try proximity flying as close to rocky cliffs and trees as you can get. As they say, die doing what you love.

[@RickLancaster-w2x]

This is what always upsets me. People do stupid extreme things like this and now 100s of rescuers with family have to risk their lives to go find you!!!

[@techbluestuff]

😂😂😂😂😂 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Lisa1111]

It's the risk you take to rescue others in the profession that you've chosen. Live life! It's short. And just what would these wonderful rescuers do if their were no risk takers or just plain idiots 😂

[@PK-pp3lu]

@@Lisa1111 What a regarded statement.

[@rosered103]

Not me....Nope...Nope....And Nope.

[@prestonburton8504]

sweeeeet! God bless you!

[@roflmows]

haha you sound like my wife. NOOOOPE do you want to do this, that, or this? NOOOOPE!! i'll stay right here with the cats, thanks. don't you ever want some thrill in life, some excitement before you die? NOPE. I'M GOOD. gotta love her ;)

[@DavidSherman-m5l]

How did these skydivers allow Laverne to skydivers without being in a jumpsuit??? She's wearing civilian clothes! If she was wearing a jumpsuit, she wouldn't have fallen out of the harness so easily.

[@jeremymichellemangus9424]

not sure where you are getting your info but we wear jumpsuits for drag during freefall they have nothing to do with safety we even jump naked sometimes lol that was an issue with the harness not being properly fitted and with the resistance she put up combined with her age the TI should have never jumped

[@redblade8160]

@@jeremymichellemangus9424 You're talking out of your backside. Parachuting is always risky at the best of times. You need to wear the correct gear when parachuting, or the risk factor will go up. But you continue with your ludicrous behaviour, but don't give people advice on something you're not qualified to do!

[@mirandahotspring4019]

A properly adjusted harness will work over just about anything.

[@redblade8160]

@@mirandahotspring4019 You need to wear the correct full gear when parachuting for ultimate safety. It's not like simply putting on a hat and coat to go for a walk outside.

[@mirandahotspring4019]

@@redblade8160 It was a simple case of her harness not being correctly adjusted or even checked prior to exiting. I have done over 60 parachute jumps, all solo, and so far three base jumps. How many have you done?

[@catwell88]

I die enough with elytra on Minecraft to try this stuff

[@cathy2773]

Way back in 1981, when I was a 21 young girl, I live near Grants Pass, Oregon. A group of people I met all did Skydiving. I would go watch them jump out of the plane, a few times. I could hear them laughing as they all drifted down to land. I thought this must be fun, so I put skydiving on my bucket list. Fast forward couple years, I was back in my home State of California. My family took a trip to an Amusement park. It had a ride there called, "The Edge" it was a Drop Zone ride. The ride mimicked skydiving, so I was the excited to ride it. Finally, it was our turn. The ride lifts up really high, then it moves outward, then drops into the free fall, slows to a stop. Once the ride was over, I remember saying out loud, "nope, I am scratching Skydiving off my bucket list" That ride scared me so much, the rush from free fall was so overwhelming. I just knew that I would probably have a heart attack from the adrenaline if I tried sky diving.. So, no thank you.

[@nelsonckim]

Jumping for the first time when you're 80 actually makes more sense than jumping when young -- life expectancy at that point is actually pretty low, so even if the worst happens, you've only missed a few years that would probably have been quite miserable

[@TexasHoosier3118]

Cutting out the bedwetting years.

[@beyondview]

This is incredibly horrible logic

[@nelsonckim]

@@beyondview Reality is horrible some times.

[@lilithrealm]

Yeah, but I still did at 22 and I’m still fine

[@wwindsunrain]

Hmm, I've heard better write-ups about that group of parachuters that accidentally jumped into Lake Erie. - This is Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes. It's not "a lake". The photo of the little mountain lake is misleading, especially since one of the problems was that they were miles offshore. - wet clothes bog swimmers down, but they don't "pull them to the bottom". - "two men saved three skydivers, but none of them could be resuscitated". What the heck, what kind of saving is that? That's just pulling bodies out of the water. And so on. Was this written by AI?

[@elliottdiedrich3068]

Whatever it was that wrote the script, wasn't that intelligent.

[@fromtheblonx]

Not forgetting "isolation" instead of insulation🙄

[@pmarie72742]

I was really confused on that also.

[@simonforbes2453]

I can't agree with your statement that skydiving is safer than driving a car.

[@chudleyflusher7132]

That’s the good thing about facts. They don’t care whether you agree or not. So what has ruined your mind? Religion? Politics?

[@konroh2]

It's not safer than driving a car. He said 1 in every 147 accidents are fatal, 1 in every 10,000 skydiving (with a graphic that said 100,000?) are fatal. But any skydiving accident is near fatal. It's still higher risk than driving. Do you have an accident every 10,000th trip?

[@chudleyflusher7132]

@@konroh2 You’re so unbelievably confused that I don’t even know where to begin…

[@konroh2]

@@chudleyflusher7132 What part didn't you understand? If you have an accident skydiving you're dead, with car accidents it's rarely fatal. And given how many times we ride a car compared to skydiving statistically you simply can't say skydiving is safer. If done right though, both don't need to be dangerous.

[@qritique]

Skydiving =/ Basejumping, it would be like comparing snorkeling with deep-sea diving.

[@peterbatt7169]

Yup

[@stellviahohenheim]

Everyone already knows, otherwise you'd have more likes

[@tanky1734]

@@stellviahohenheim Judging from the way the video treats skydiving, BASE jumping, and Wingsuit skydiving/BASE Jumping, as interchangeable. As well as the comments on here. It's clear that many people assume the risk difference between these is negligible. The reality is Skydiving if taken seriously, is a very safe sport. Most accidents in skydiving are user error and a result of complacency or individuals trying to execute maneuvers outside of their skill level.

[@efg9351]

And low flying basejumping, your in the cavediving terrotory

[@leisulin]

The statistic for the odds of having a serious accident was stated as 1 in 10,000 in the audio, but 1 in 100,000 in the video. Which one is correct?

[@someotherdude]

All the safety talk in skydiving, wingsuit jumping, and even general aviation, is b.s., it's just geared at perpetuating the 'sport' so the lying person can still have a job.

[@leisulin]

@@someotherdude You're a fool if you really think that. You have obviously never skydived. On your first skydive (and probably several more after that), your mind rebels and recoils at what you are doing. It's extremely scary. You go into sensory overload. I heard stories at the drop-zone about tough guys claiming they weren't afraid and acting like it was nothing....and then having TOTAL brain lock after they exited the airplane. Without experienced instructors falling with them, guys like that could easily fall to their deaths (or they might be saved by an Automatic Activation Device). It's the ones that aren't afraid to show their fear who have a better chance of avoiding brain lock. Even after a few jumps, weird stuff can still happen which would be extremely dangerous without a jump-master falling with you. And as far as general aviation is concerned, clearly if safety weren't a priority, we'd be having a lot more people dying in plane crashes than we do now.

[@TwilightSun32]

and both numbers are wrong. skydive statistic suggest it is between 1/300,000 and 1/1,000,000 afaik, and heavily depends on safety standards.

[@Andfd]

​@@TwilightSun32 1/50000 to 1/80000 to be realistic. Your figures seem to be for tandem jumps.

[@TwilightSun32]

@@Andfd have you a link to an article or smth ?

[@jimday666]

Downvoting because this video spreads misinformation, wrong title, wrong thumbnail and a mishmash of random skydive, BASE, BASE wingsuit, paraglider videos. -Skydiving is not BASE jumping, not paragliding, etc. -There are no great number of tragic cases in this sport. Motorracing or any other sport is more dangerous -Group parachuting is not dangerous -In 1967 parachuting was far more dangerous of the technical aspects and gear, they did not have AAD, etc.

[@sekgo1265]

Yeah its like "9 of any gravity/para sport gone horrible wrong". I kept thinking when hang gliding was going to show up...

[@roflmows]

me: "have you ever secretly wanted to do something crazy like sky diving?" wife: "nah, i've never had the urge to dislodge a pine tree out of my ear" 😂

[@qwipperty]

How do these people afford to do this? Travel around the world, get expensive gear, and spend their days jumping off mountains? Yet so many others work themselves to the bone and can barely afford a roof over their heads.

[@FranktheDachshund]

Trustfunds

[@sekgo1265]

I do skydiving, not base jumping, so I know a lot of people who travel for the sport. The average skydiver has a normal career/job, and go to the dropzone on the weekends or after work on some days. It's expensive, but it's not so expensive that it isn't more of a prioritization on how you spend you money compared to simply making a lot of money. So if you prioritize skydiving then it's affordable. Usually the really good skydivers work at the dropzone either as a parachute packer, filming tandems or as a tandem instructor - at least they work as staff of some kind at a dropzone. Honestly the pay is shit compared to having a career/job, so they live in tiny huts/rooms or caravans, and then cut living expenses to the minimum by eating cheap etc. But they get to jump pretty much every day, and therefore get a ton of experience and have a lot of fun with it. BASE jumpers who travel around the world to jump either have a lot of money saved up, are somewhat famous (Jeb Corliss) or live as e.g. digital nomads and work remote. The average BASE jumper don't travel 24/7 365 for jumping though, but maybe take vacation once or twice per year from their regular day job to visit e.g. Lauterbrunnen, Monte Brento or similar BASE jumping hotspots. Then on a more "day to day" basis (the average BASE jumper doesn't jump every day) they visit the lesser known BASE jumping sites (usually illegally) in their home country (small mountains, antennas, buildings, wind turbines, cranes etc.).

[@codymclean6487]

Shoot I spent about 15 grand my first year skydiving , between getting licensed, jumps and buying gear, also traveling to boogies. But it’s not about the money it’s about the memories. Best decision I’ve ever made! And one of the greatest communities out there !!! 🪂

[@danielc3003]

The illusion of controlled flight in a wingsuit often ends in the reality of death by gravity.

[@raymondo162]

true dat

[@jimday666]

No it's not. Maybe BASE wingsuiting, but not skydive wingsuiting.

[@sekgo1265]

@@jimday666 Yeah it's laughable how many people confuse the two. Also controlled wingsuit flight is not an illusion. It's very much controllable, people just push their margins too much. Fun fact: When wingsuits started becoming a "thing" in the BASE jumping environment, the general thought was that it would make the sport much safer than it currently was at the time, as you could fly away from the wall and therefore had less of a chance of object strike.

[@jimday666]

@@sekgo1265 average normies don't know cr@p about anything in the sky.

[@lilithrealm]

I’m still alive

[@austinhinrichsen4741]

Is it accident with 1 in every 10,000 jumps like you said? Or 1 in 100,000 like it was written on screen? Legit question of mine. And the only one that I was left with after this informative and very interesting/cool ass video. Thank you for making and posting this! 😊 Thank you, thank you.

[@jeremylove8837]

1 in 100,000. The reality is that there are many more deaths per year related to fishing than skydiving.

[@Hundert1]

Thanks for showing us all the deadly activities people do that aren't spoken about. These daredevils would serve the world much better if they valued their lives and got a regular job helping others just survive a normal life.

[@officerhogue]

I am in absolute SHOCK you didn’t talk about Dwain Weston in this video.

[@craigsheffield6546]

Skydiving has been on my bucket list since I can remember. I would love to do it.

[@raymondo162]

do it, do it, do it, do it........................ ah dun it two times.............

[@lilithrealm]

I didn’t three weeks ago and it was worth it

[@rabaohong9492]

I have 178 skydives 100% solo from back in the 70s. We use to do it the old fashion way, we used a parachute.😂

[@jon590]

Not to be picky, but you wrote "1 in 100,000" but said "1 in 10,000" around 15:10

[@davidvalensi8616]

You're a human, not Rocky the flying squirrel.

[@usafwilkerson]

I identify as a flying squirrel

[@lilithrealm]

I am

[@jamesnewberry1191]

Very entertaining !

[@ScottDaddyMac]

I worked at a drop zone in the 90s packing parachutes for some extra money. My buddy was an instructor and his wife shot video. Every single weekend they would try to get me to do a jump. Every single weekend I would flat out refuse and enjoy the partying after the day of skydiving was done. To make a long story short, about 1/3 of the people I knew at this drop zone are now dead because of BASE jumps or sky diving incidents. Thankfully my friends are still here today and they are still getting my flat out refusal to go skydiving.

[@vandalsgarage]

It wasn't a "dispatcher" in the Lake Erie disaster. It was a federal Air Traffic Controller, who misidentified the jump aircraft, confusing it with the photo plane.

[@jimday666]

so much misiformation in this video. That's why I'm downvoting it

[@marksauce2383]

For the jumper's, moot point. Dying either way. 😢

[@briangilley5093]

I was there when J Stokes made the record jumps, i jumped with Alexander Polli and Jeb Corlis. After 23 yrs ive lost 42 skydive friends. Many were BASE!

[@charlescouncill]

#BSBD

[@briangilley5093]

@@charlescouncill yes! BLUE SKYS BABY!

[@FlyingTP]

Just in case someone is really reding these comments, this author hasn’t jumped a single jump in his lifetime and doesn’t understand anything about skydiving or base jumping.

[@miracleyorkies4212]

And do we care? Still an interesting and informative video

[@marksauce2383]

He's a wise man. 🦉

[@FlyingTP]

@@miracleyorkies4212 I do care when the information is inaccurate

[@mjleger4555]

I knew a base-jumper once, but as the adage goes, there are quite a few base-jumpers but no old base-jumpers; same goes for wing-suit jumpers.

[@ParisAnderson-b1t]

It's really hard listening to a non jumper tell these stories... This is why I jump and smoke cigarettes.

[@usafwilkerson]

That it is

[@DomesticTruther]

I don't think anyone who ever decided to skydive did it to lose weight😂

[@vikrantparmar1973]

My wife loves to skydive... Freefall... And on top of that is found bungee jumping.... 😶‍🌫️ I ain't very attracted to suicidal sports

[@Faeishly9]

SHE sounds like a firecracker! Ghost PFP!!!

[@raymondo162]

gordon bennett mate if i was you, i'd take out some insurance

[@mike_skinner]

My main failed and I capewelled and pulled my reserve. That failed and my soul floated out of my head. I managed to will my soul back and sort my reserve out. I crashed into the ground in a field and raised my head. There was a guy standing by me who showed me where my parachute had floated to. I picked it up and turned round and he had disappeared. For three days I saw strange colors. The guy who came to pick me up said that he wished he had filmed me. I said why and he said it had looked like everything was in slow motion.

[@billythekid3234]

MIKE SURE YOU DID,LOL

[@allgirrrlrider5395]

I think you might be drunk

[@sekgo1265]

Sounds like some BS to me lol

[@Eleuthereus]

This is why everyone have to watch Deadpool 2 before skydiving.

[@CS-mo7xp]

they call it 'skydiving' because you are essentially 'diving' into the 'sky', as it were...

[@metricdeep8856]

"Sky-dying"

[@davidponseigo8811]

I have a friend who skydives and while he was with multiple trainees and the plane malfunctions and everyone had to jump before the plane went down. Everyone was ok but I told him it was the only time he jumped with a good reason.

[@prestonburton8504]

very awesome work here I'm reminded by those very few that actually fell from a plane without a chute from 10k+/ft (allied war pilot whos chute was destroyed landed in a tree in Germany? - and the poor poor unfortunate young lass that was sole survivor in amazon jungle - not only surviving an incredible fall but lived a few days before a tribe found her and brought weeks later to civilization? i probably have those somewhat wrong but what i remember - probably just a few others! perhaps a topic you might explore one day? i'd love to get the facts on those!

[@sludge8506]

And then there was that poor guy who was blown way off course by an unexpected wind. He was severely hurt during the landing and wasn’t found for ten days. A group of grizzly bears took care of him, providing him with food!!

[@prestonburton8504]

@@sludge8506 ive heard of stories like these. when i was five? Romulus and ramous - lost to the winds and then taken by a tribe of wolfs to be educated by them - HS is here and each of us has a purpose. i did not wish to know this and walked away from it - until it finally was the truth

[@MountainStreamLives]

Dude, you can’t make the case that sky diving is less risky than driving by saying that 1 in every 10,000 jumps results in death compared to 1 death in ever 147 car accidents. That’s just stupid math and logic. How many deaths occur per 10,000 trips in a car? How many deaths result in every 10,000 skydiving accidents? What is the survival rate of a skydiving accident? I’m not saying that skydiving is statistically more dangerous than driving but your argument doesn’t hold water as presented. It’s rather telling that searching for statistics on survival rates during skydiving accidents produces nothing but a flood of sites insisting on how safe skydiving is and how rare fatalities are per dive. My question is, what’s the percentage of survival per accident?

[@sarahlouise7163]

"skydiving burns calories and is much safer that it might seem" fooking LOL

[@TheLoneCamper]

Cool videos but you know zero about wingsuit flying or skydiving. Just make up ridiculous statistics about a near 0 survival rate if something goes wrong. We have a backup parachute and AAD which automatically deploys it in case of an emergency.

[@rule1dontgosplat]

i even have a reserve chute on my paramotor. I’m literally flying under a canopy and have a spare…

[@mindfornication4funn]

Injuries not compatible with life !! awesome line..

[@Rick020]

I almost lost my shoes first time skydiving xD But would be worth it nevertheless, unforgettable experience!

[@canterburytail2294]

Is that a flashlight at 7:03? If so where can I get one?

[@jimday666]

internet

[@DavidPigbody]

​@@jimday666😅

[@LuigiAiello-fc8nc]

Honestly, this won’t overcome my fear, it’s most likely that it won’t happen, I still wanna go skydiving but I’m still not old enough 😭

[@LennardA320]

At 15:09 The Narrator in the video says that 1 in 10.000 Jump will end deadly, however in the video at the bottom they showed a number 1 in 100.000 people don't survive a jump. So that is a huge difference if the fatality is times more what he says than what is showed on 1 out of 100.000 screen. An Skydiving Instructor needs at least an average of 1.000 Jumps to be allowed to perform Tandem skydiving jums and an instructor can easily have multiple thousands of jumps. So if the fatality rate is 1 in 10.000 then your chances of surviving your instructor's career at the end with thousands of jums will have serous risks that your change to die grows 10% every time you performed 1.000 jums and on a particular day you do 5-6 jumps and over a year it add up quickly. So if thr fatality rate is 1 for every 10K jumps your changes to not survive it is terrifying high at 30% to 50% on average. So that would be unacceptable rate especially if you are financially dependent on it. However if it is 1 in 100K we talk about 10 times lower chances. 5% is still high but it is a dangerous sport and there are many jobs that are dangerous. And you also need to think that more safe jobs where you are sitting behind a desk all day that it is pretty safe but a career sitting is not so healthy so jobs that are not healthy in the long run will rise changes of getting ill sooner. Getting overweight or obesity is the new smoking and that with nowedwys a lot of sedentary work it will have health effects and that will ultimately rise changes to get a lot of illnesses and a shorter lifespan. So what do you prefer. A healthy great job life with a higher change it can be fatal one day for someone unluckily or with almost half of people in the western developed countries are overweight especially in the US where you already can see differences between Europe that a large cup of soft drinks in Europe is in comparison Small or at the max Medium in the US. Where large in my country the Netherlands is 500ml = 16 ounces, in the US a large is double 1,000ml is 1 liter over 30 Ounces. Small in Us is 16 ounces = 500 milliliter what is exactly large in the Netherlands. I think that this comparison says everything. How you get at the end double the calories. Also with pizza's. If I see what a large Pizza is in the US. A quit large pizza in here is 30 Centimeters/12 Inches in the us it is normally between 45-60 centimeters/18‐24 Inches. And a round object double in diameter is not double in size/surface but exponentially more. So don't know why but eating and drinking at least twice at much than most of Europe where also weight is a bigger and bigger problem. You won't solve it with more. More = Less

[@demolitor2359]

640 jumps in one day? That's not possible

[@garycrowe1820]

you are right mate that is bullshit - even if if you did it for 24 hours straight without a break that works out about 27 jumps per hour or just over 2 minutes per jump including getting in the plane taking off again !!

[@larrynoe6162]

@@garycrowe1820it is a fact. It was over a 24 hour time frame. You have a lot of support to get you in and out of gear and you only go to minimum jump altitude.

[@sludge8506]

He had a dozen volunteers, four pilots, and three planes.

[@TheGeosto]

Still sounds like complete bullshit. Would love to see the documentation.

[@larrynoe6162]

@@TheGeosto Stokes really?

[@Michael-iw3ek]

They are having their fun without harming anyone. Let them do what they want.

[@HerbertTowers]

Which is more dangerous though? Skydiving or attending school in the US of A?

[@konroh2]

Obviously skydiving. School is very safe.

[@davidponseigo8811]

If you die skydiving it's no ones fault but your own. You took your own life in your hands.

[@carballo3869]

Mate, skydiving is an extreme sport for a reason. If they are putting themselves in that position of life and death, they accept whatever happens happily. This sport is their life and is what makes them happy so one must respect that. Also, these accidents are caused by not following safety measures and trying to do stunts. If you stick to the normal safe big canopies chances of something like this happening are very low.

[@amwilson195]

I went on a tandem skydive in August 2020, it was one of the best experiences I've had in life! I did it once though, and will probably never do it again. Once is enough😁

[@Graham-zh4cp]

640 skydives in one day that's debatetable

[@sokha5911]

Suppose to have someone who makes something to save theirs life in the Future....

[@adamlangdon2245]

..sustained injuries that were incompatible with life... That's a nice way to put it.

[@jamesschenk]

Theres no way i jump from a perfectly good running airplane

[@ianmangham4570]

Richard "Ira"Bong p38 ACE

[@jasonduvall9480]

holy crap... a mid air collision between planes that resulted in a fireball and everyone lived? damn

[@charlescouncill]

“You can’t appreciate life, until you’ve appreciated death.” Burt Lancaster in the skydiving movie Gypsy Moths.

[@captaincripple280]

Richard I. Bong airport. That name makes me happy. Airport names generally don't...I mean, like LaGuardia? Meh. Bong did. Yowza! 14:52.

[@edwardandrews1381]

640 jumps in one day..... ?? Not without the help of Quantum Physics !!

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

I'd actually like to try wingsuit base jumping, at least with a LOT of training and practice. But all the same, there is no possible way I'd do one of those "proximity" flights, hugging next to rocks, cliffs, trees.

[@stejer211]

Proximity flying is easy, just don't steer into anything.

[@raymondo162]

proximity is fine just so long as you don't use the ground to break your fall.......... ?? Eh??

[@Andrew-el8xi]

It's beautiful sunny day for once ! pub garden is about my limit ...maybe some 5 aside football then pub at a push

[@BGPrivacy]

To think i was watching this and could only ever imagine to just be fortunate enough to be sitting for hours and enjoying the view where these people on mountains jump. i would even die first not ever getting the chance to stand on such wonderful mountains they chose to roll the devil's dice on by jumping.

[@mapquest681]

Worked at a local FBO when I was a kid. The old Hangar Rats had a saying about skydivers: "The only thing that falls out of the sky is birdshit and fools." There was a very active skydiving school there that was closed in the late 80s.

[@erictaylor5462]

Could an instructor be charged criminally if the client says no and he jumps anyway? Perhaps I feel like the straps are not properly secured. Even if I was wrong, and everything was fine, that guy is going to be secured to an extremely angry person. If it was me, someone is going to get their ass kicked.

[@paulnelson5314]

That was the most convoluted hodgepodge of bull sh*t I have seen in quite some time. I personally know some of the people in the scenes. I call BS

[@catwell88]

What exactly are you talking about? The videos obviously show it going wrong and so do the injuries that happened to the people.

[@TheHellis]

​@@catwell88there is a lot of things he says that is wrong. I believe he has done some research to this video and when his research didn't find what he was looking for then he gladly filled in the gaps.

[@sludge8506]

Laverne didn’t change her mind. The narrator was *lying.* That’s a fact.

[@sludge8506]

@@catwell88 The videos rarely showed the actual outcome. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@TheHellis]

@@sludge8506 where did you get that from? All the reports I have seen was that she did change her mind, which you can see on her face and the way she braces herself in the door. I have never heard that she did not change her mind, can you back that up somewhere?

[@stevenzilinsky3766]

Never in a million years did I think I would ever go skydiving but I ended up jumping out of a plane at 13,000 feet over Dubai. It was both terrifying and thrilling at the same time and something I never need to do again.

[@jsmariani4180]

the reason a lot of wingsuiters hit terrain is that they purposefully try to get very close to it - and fail.

[@FanTazTiCxD]

10:30 "Saw nothing but fog outside" (Shows skydivers jumping on a perfectly clear day)

[@wadewilson-xi1zs]

1 in 10,000? You close caption said 1 in 100,000 😂

[@jacobcouch7674]

He said it wrong, but the caption was correct. Is every 1 and 100,000 jumps results in a fatal accident.

[@TheLoneCamper]

Cool videos but you know zero about wingsuit flying or skydiving. Just made up ridiculous statistics about a near 0 survival rate if something goes wrong. We have a backup parachute and AAD which automatically deploys it in case of an emergency. And the vast majority of us wingsuit flyers jump from a plane and do not do dangerous proximity flying.

[@u.sonomabeach6528]

How the hell do train for your first wing suit jump?

[@metricdeep8856]

Baby steps...you get your wing suit on day 2.

[@u.sonomabeach6528]

@@metricdeep8856 I’ve seriously have always wondered this but have been too lazy and indifferent to google it

[@ElizabethTyler-rv5lk]

I did when I was young once never again still have nightmares of falling

[@samuelbailey1888]

I didn't join a Skydiving club in Melbourne, Australia when I heard that they kept landing in a Sewerage farm. - "A Soft landing!")

[@JacobEjgaard]

The first (back)story is incorrect

[@TheHellis]

There are quite a lot of inaccuracies. Both video and audio.

[@colinmccarthy7921]

You can never tell what will happen.

[@johnhenson8862]

Not only sky divers are mad, but so are hang gliders. One I know had safety link brake at 1,000 ft and he had to hold the bar to the ground in a violent spin. The third day in hospital was touch and go.

[@NF-im1wq]

When people start thinking they are invincible they find out the hard way they are not

[@ronnelcatenza4290]

I HATE SKYDIVING AND I HATE WINDSUITS JUMPING

[@seancarter6492]

"sometimes skydiving can save a life. Like in this next story wherein everyone died." Me: ".... Wait, wut?"

[@martinruddell2682]

She's 80 and bragging about jumping.. so they made her walk the walk 😂

[@lukycharms9970]

A B25 capable of carrying 3,000 pounds of bombs was overloaded with skydivers??? How many people were they trying to cram in that thing?!?

[@GrumpyOldMan9]

They all carry 17 high-res cameras on and around them, but when they meet their end, somehow there's at best shaky footage. What's going on here?

[@Gino419]

Most learned activities require a practical process with trial and error. But sky diving, im pretty sure there is no room for error.

[@CassiniA312]

I still want to skydive so bad, maybe in some years I'll do it in Punta Cana

[@lifestooshorttostress519]

they say "they died doing what they loved" but its the living who say that..... in truth they died screaming and splattered over some rocks with soiled underwear. and wishing they had taken up stamp collection instead. wasting a life when people are dying from terminal illness.

[@colincheshire6366]

And you’re also speaking for the dead while alive. It’s not wasting a life, wasting a life is going to a 9-5 each day for 60 years, living the same day over and over and over. That’s a waste of a life, extreme sports are making the most of the short time you have, and for those who do it it’s absolutely worth dying for

[@mohammedasad369]

You can do a million jumps and not die,then you can also die on your first jump,when your times up,it's up,moral of video is that you can't escape the angel of death