Skydive 25000 Feet Without a Parachute

[Bailey Guns]

I just heard about this today. A guy named Luke Aikins jumped out of a plane from 25k feet and landed in a net about 50 yards square (I think) suspended about 150' above the ground by 4 cranes. I'm guessing on some of the details there but that's what it appeared to be.

Why on earth would you do that?

I didn't see it live but watched it here: https://twitter.com/HeavenSentAPE

Scroll down towards the bottom for the video

[rondog]

I didn't watch the video, but I used to skydive in the 80's and I ain't buying it. You need oxygen over 12-13,000 feet, and even spotting your landing area is tough from that high. Getting to it is tough too. But from 25,000 ft? Mmmm....

Not to mention winds aloft blowing you off course, and the terminal velocity speed you'd reach from that high. Not saying he didn't do it, just smells a little bs'y to me. I'll try to watch it on something besides my phone.

[00tec]

I didn't watch the video, but I used to skydive in the 80's and I ain't buying it. You need oxygen over 12-13,000 feet, and even spotting your landing area is tough from that high. Getting to it is tough too. But from 25,000 ft? Mmmm....

Not to mention winds aloft blowing you off course, and the terminal velocity speed you'd reach from that high. Not saying he didn't do it, just smells a little bs'y to me. I'll try to watch it on something besides my phone.

He had 3 other skydivers jump with him (they had chutes)
He handed off the oxygen to one of them at appropriate altitude.
He rolled over and landed on his back in the net and wore one of those foam collars to keep from turning into a vegetable.

[Gman]

Saw this was coming in the news earlier in the week. I wonder if they warned people at the beginning of the show...."Do not try this at home."

[bczandm]

Saw this was coming in the news earlier in the week. I wonder if they warned people at the beginning of the show...."Do not try this at home."

yes they did, and I found the whole thing to be rather boring.

[GilpinGuy]

WTF is next? Lunatic. Biggest balls on earth though. Could he even see the net from 25k feet?

[buffalobo]

I wonder how many attendees in the crowd were there hoping he'd pile drive on their Facebook live stream. Then they could pretend how scary and tragic it was while racking up likes.

yes they did, and I found the whole thing to be rather boring.

+1

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[Duman]

I didn't watch the video, but I used to skydive in the 80's and I ain't buying it. You need oxygen over 12-13,000 feet, and even spotting your landing area is tough from that high. Getting to it is tough too. But from 25,000 ft? Mmmm....

Not to mention winds aloft blowing you off course, and the terminal velocity speed you'd reach from that high. Not saying he didn't do it, just smells a little bs'y to me. I'll try to watch it on something besides my phone.

At that altitude it's probably approaching -40F, not including wind chill factor....

[StagLefty]

I actually watched it on 31-55 minutes of boring hype !! It was kind of interesting watching him do it but I could have wasted an hour on something else.

[BPTactical]

UPS just delivered 8 boxes of "Nope".



I think I will use them here.