Jeb Corliss Crashes

[Darrell]

Corliss hit Table Mountain (in S. Africa?) while wingsuiting. From the video, it looks like it happened today (1/16). Amazing he lived, though from the sounds he made on the video he must be hurting a lot...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqiV_O8c ... r_embedded

You may remember him in this vid, "Grinding the Crack":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iN ... r_embedded

I didn't realize that Corliss was the guy flying with the dude who flew into the Royal Gorge bridge here in CO some years ago:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/171895/skydiver_tragedy/

Crazy. At some point do such people say, "Okay, that's it, I've had enough?"

[AZMARK]

Remember that old, bold saying?
I think Jeb's going for bold.

[MarkD]

When I saw "Grinding the Crack" I wondered why he had bothered with a helmet, if he crashed they'd have to mop him up anyway. He's got some serious adrenaline issues.

[Jericho941]

Well, it's something to mount a camera on. Plus, there are other ways head injuries can occur when you're doing that than a 120-MPH header, I imagine.

[Frankingun]

The people who undertake extreme sports see death as an acceptable consequence of failure. They are simply not afraid to die.

[Aglifter]

I suspect part of the reason for a helmet could be insects

[Windy Wilson]

Found it! XKCD had a cartoon on this subject a little while ago.
http://xkcd.com/962/

[moose42]

People like that aren't right in the head.

That said... more power to them.

I hope he recovers to throw himself off more mountains.

[workinwifdakids]

The first video's dead. They cut it.

Here's something I found that may or may not be the same.

It has an annoying 24-second ad lead-in, but that's what there is.

[mekender]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/new-hea ... rspective/