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- Skydiving: Friday Freakout: Swooping Fails… Many Fails.
- Skydiving: Friday Freakout: Low Hook Turn, Bounce, Broken Ankle
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- Twin Falls Idaho: Current Conditions : 68F, Clear - 10:53 PM MDT Jun. 27
- Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland: Current Conditions : 10.4C, Scattered Clouds - 7:44 AM CE
- leaping off 2,000ft snow-capped peak in the Canadian wastes
- Valery Rozov, Russian Sets World Record For Highest BASE Jump Off Mount Everest
- Woman (102 year old), in Bridge Jump Birthday Celebration
- Base jumper survives 1000ft fall with minor injuries
- Tor Systems Used for Illegal Activities
- Speedflying Video: Speed Flying NorCal
- Twin Falls Idaho: Current Conditions : 79F, Clear - 10:53 AM MDT Jun. 27
- Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland: Current Conditions : 13.8C, Mostly Cloudy - 7:40 PM CEST
- Skydiving: Chasing & Catching A Freefalling Shoe
- Skydiving: A Day Off A Wind Turbine
| Skydiving: Friday Freakout: Swooping Fails… Many Fails. Posted: 28 Jun 2013 05:30 AM PDT “This is Sparta SoFPiDaRF!” Pull them strings, people. It’s a good thing these guys were swooping over water, cuz the ground wouldn’t have been so friendly. Ouch. Take the time to learn swooping safely — seriously. Oooor just trust your rears and never give up the gates. The post Friday Freakout: Swooping Fails… Many Fails. appeared first on iLoveSkydiving.org. More... by iLoveSkydiving |
| Skydiving: Friday Freakout: Low Hook Turn, Bounce, Broken Ankle Posted: 28 Jun 2013 05:30 AM PDT In Soviet Russia, ground swoops you! For those of you paying attention, don’t do this! Low hook turn, bad. Broken ankle, bad. Teaching yourself to swoop, bad. The post Friday Freakout: Low Hook Turn, Bounce, Broken Ankle appeared first on iLoveSkydiving.org. More... by iLoveSkydiving |
| Speedriding Video: saint vincent les forts speed riding Posted: 28 Jun 2013 03:22 AM PDT saint vincent les forts speed riding by Youtube Speed Riding |
| Twin Falls Idaho: Current Conditions : 68F, Clear - 10:53 PM MDT Jun. 27 Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:44 PM PDT Temperature: 68°F | Humidity: 61% | Pressure: 30.03in (Rising) | Conditions: Clear | Wind Direction: SSW | Wind Speed: 4mph More... |
| Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland: Current Conditions : 10.4C, Scattered Clouds - 7:44 AM CE Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:44 PM PDT Temperature: 10.4°C | Humidity: 83% | Pressure: 1022hPa (Steady) | Conditions: Scattered Clouds | Wind Direction: SSE | Wind Speed: 0.0km/h More... |
| leaping off 2,000ft snow-capped peak in the Canadian wastes Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:42 PM PDT That's some triple jump! Beautiful pictures of three daredevil basejumpers leaping off 2,000ft snow-capped peak in the Canadian wastes By Nick Enoch Leaping from the edge of the world never looked more beautiful for these three base jumpers. The daredevils were caught on camera by 28-year-old photographer Matt Irving, from Idaho, as they plummeted 2,000ft into the icy depths of the breathtaking Sam Ford Fjord - a meeting of two fjords high in the Arctic circle in Canada. The jumpers, JT Holmes, 32, Jesse Hall, 30 and Tim Dutton, 26, had expected a helicopter to take them up to the top of 'The Beak' - a rock wall twisting into the sky from sea level - where they would jump.  Base jumpers JT Holmes, Tim Dutton and Jesse Hall leap off 'The Beak' rock wall on the Sam Ford Fjord, a 2,000ft cliff in Canada The trio leapt together from the overhanging face on Baffin island, Nunavut, in the Arctic Circle  The jumpers were in free-fall for 11 seconds before deploying their parachutes and floating to the sea's frozen surface But the harsh northerly weather in Baffin Island, Nunavut, forced them to hike instead, trudging through waist-high snow to the top. As if that wasn't enough excitement, the trio then leapt together from the peak - free-falling for 11 seconds before deploying their parachutes and floating to the frozen surface of the sea. 'Why did we jump three at a time?' Holmes said. 'It's way more fun. It's cool to see your friends falling and it provides more reference than just seeing the wall rush by.' Without a harness or rope holding him down, Irving positioned himself on a dining room table-sized cliff edge to get the perfect shot of the fall.  Base jumpers (l to r) Jesse Hall, Tim Dutton, and JT Holmes near the summit before their death-defying leap Without a harness or rope holding him down, photographer Matt Irving positioned himself on a dining room table-sized cliff edge to get the perfect shot of the fall The remote location is only accessible by several plane rides and an eight-hour journey in a sled pulled by a snowmobile THE BASICS OF BASE JUMPING Basejumping is an extreme sport in which daredevils leap from a fixed pointbefore using a parachute at the last minute to break their fall. Theword 'Base' is an acronym of the four bases from which they can leap: buildings, antennas, spans (bridges) and earth (cliffs). 'Definitely one of the most beautiful places I've ever been,' he said. The crew set up camp on the stunning frozen fjord under extreme weather conditions. Base jumper Hall built a wall of packed snow to protect the crew's tents from the wind. The remote location is only accessible by several plane rides and an eight-hour journey in a sled pulled by a snowmobile. 'There's quite a bit of travelling involved,' added Irving. 'It's not smooth at all and, by the end, my back was killing me.' The photographer has filmed several base jump expeditions, with this latest leap recorded on video camera for Pirelli Tyres.  'Why jump three at a time?' Holmes said. 'It's way more fun. It's cool to see your friends falling and it provides more reference than just seeing the wall rush by' |
| Valery Rozov, Russian Sets World Record For Highest BASE Jump Off Mount Everest Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:28 PM PDT Valery Rozov, Russian Daredevil, Sets World Record For Highest BASE Jump Off Mount Everest Posted: 05/29/2013 3:49 pm EDT | Updated: 05/30/2013 12:41 am EDT Valery Rozov lept from Mount Everest at a jumping point 23,688 feet above sea level. A daredevil from Russia reportedly set a world record for highest BASE jump when he leaped from Mount Everest -- from a point 7,220 meters (about 23,688 feet) above sea level. Valery Rozov, 48, made the leap on May 5 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of the world's tallest mountain by Edmund Hilary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, according to the Telegraph. A video of the historic moment was released on Wednesday, showing the daredevil's bird-like descent. The extreme sportsman prepared for the leap for more than two years, even developing a new, special wing suit, ITN News reported. He reached speeds of more than 120 mph during the jump and glided in his winged suit for more than a minute before coming to a landing at a spot 5,950 meters above sea level. Before the jump, Rozov spent three weeks at a base camp to acclimate to the altitude, ABC News reported. He and his team then completed a four-day hike to the jump point. "Only when I got back home did I see how hard it was for me both physically and psychologically," he told Red Bull, a sponsor, after the jump. The Huffington Post contacted Guinness World Records to confirm Rozov's record, but has not yet received a response. According to its website, the current Guinness World Record for the highest altitude BASE jump is 6,605 m (21,666 ft), set by a pair who jumped from a ledge on Mount Meru in India in 2006. Rozov's video release comes just one week after an 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest by climbing to the 8,860-meter (29,035-foot) peak. |
| Woman (102 year old), in Bridge Jump Birthday Celebration Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:19 PM PDT |
| Base jumper survives 1000ft fall with minor injuries Posted: 27 Jun 2013 03:17 PM PDT Base jumper survives 1000ft fall with minor injuries 12:11PM BST 21 May 2013 Matthew Gough, 25, was travelling around the world taking part in extreme sports when he decided to go base jumping in Lake Garda, Italy. His previous 180 leaps have gone perfectly - but this time his parachute opened backwards and became twisted. He briefly floated before smashing into rocks and hurtled down the cliff face at speeds of 40mph, all the while filming his descent on his headcam. After bouncing down the cliff he landed just inches from death when a metal spike on the ground knocked his helmet off. He was found at the foot of the cliff stunned but mostly unharmed except for minor injuries to his knees and ankle and was taken to hospital but was released a few hours later. Mr Gough, who took up the sport after completing over 700 sky dives, recalled the horrifying moment he thought he was going to die. He said: "I prepared for the jump, everything felt really good. Then I performed a 'track', which means you are flying in a forwards direction. "Everything was going fine and then I pulled the parachute. The problem was the deployment was really slow, it comes down to simple bad luck, nothing else, the conditions were fine, the parachute twisted and when it inflated it was facing backwards. "Due to the twists I couldn't control it, I did the best I could with the situation and tried to avoid the cliff but I didn't have the time or the space to avoid the impact. "When I impacted the first time I started spinning which made the situation worse, the parachute twisted even more before going into a dive and then spiralled towards the ground while I was smashing against the cliff. "I was trying to think about what to do, but all I could think about was trying to stay alive, I knew the final impact was coming soon and I knew if I hit the floor at the speed I was travelling, I was in a whole lot of trouble. "I managed to hang off one side of the canape and get away from the cliff but couldn't control it still, I didn't know if I was going to hit the floor or go into the lake. "I thought both of my legs were broken so I knew I couldn't go into the lake, plus, I can't swim which made things even worse." He added: "All I was shouting was 'give me something' it was like I was in a gladiator arena faced against ten guys and I was given just a spoon to fight with, I felt I was desperately fighting to stay alive. "I was trying everything I could to get some kind of control, then I looked down and saw around ten spikes which I believe were used to hang up wet suits. "At that point I thought I was going to die so the last thing I shouted was 'I'm going in' which means I'm dead. I was trying to tell the guys at the top of the cliff what was happening to me. "The spikes were around a foot long and there was ten of them, the one right in the middle brushed my face and went between my helmet and my face and ripped my helmet off, I think it cushioned my fall slightly. "When I hit the floor I was so shocked I was alive, I was thinking, I have seen this stuff on videos but now it is happening to me, I was in total shock that I was alive, that was when the pain set in." Since returning to the UK, Mr Gough has been seen by doctors who have examined minor injuries to his knees, coccyx and heel. Despite his fall, which happened on April 23, he insists he will still continue to base jump. He said: "I feel massively lucky to survive, I have never heard of this sort of thing happening before and especially no one surviving from it. "I am still going to base jump but it has made me more aware of the risks, I wouldn't want this happening to me again and wouldn't wish it one anyone else. "Some jumps I may not do, I may avoid the more technical ones but I will carry on jumping, my parents are desperate for me to stop, but I fully accept the dangers of this sport and don't expect any sympathy." |
| Tor Systems Used for Illegal Activities Posted: 27 Jun 2013 02:43 PM PDT Tor Systems Used for Illegal Activities Added: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 According to statistics, many thousands of people access shady sites via Tor every day. While most users say they use the systems because they want to stay anonymous, some exploit the layers of proxies to find drugs. Originally, the Onion Router has been created by the US Navy a decade ago in order to keep government communications safe from prying eyes. The reports say that Tor had reached about 600.000 users annually. The way it works is quite simple to understand – instead of using one proxy to hide the IP addresses, it uses a whole chain of proxies, hence its name. A decade ago nobody had this concept of privacy, but now this doesn't seem so far-fetched anymore. While Tor claims to be used daily for various purposes by the military, journalists, law enforcement officers and activists, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center is warning that 1/3 of its users are suspected of conducting a wide range of unauthorized activities. Some people confessed they had started using Tor to buy drugs online. This is why some experts now believe that Tor should be blacklisted by governments. As for the United Kingdom, the country's Prime Minister believes that sites and search engines have to take responsibility for what they offer, particularly when it comes to kids porn. David Cameron believes that Internet companies and search engines should use their extraordinary technical abilities to do more to root out child pornography. As a result, the government keeps convening a round-table of the largest online companies and demands to do more. In the meanwhile, the backside of the problem is privacy – this is an overgrowing concern in the past several years. The experts admit that because of government collusion with record companies and rights owners to crack down on file-sharing copyrighted content, Internet users had to start using such networks as Tor, which were previously only used by advanced users and people looking for illegal content. So, people targeted by this type of law will do what they can to seek out material. Among Tor users, there are innocent family people – they use Tor because they just don't want themselves or family followed around by councils or the police. While the industry experts agree that the problems at hand can't be ignored, the issue could easily get out of hand, like it happened with P2P. by sam |
| Speedflying Video: Speed Flying NorCal Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:40 PM PDT Speed Flying NorCal by Youtube Speed Flying |
| Twin Falls Idaho: Current Conditions : 79F, Clear - 10:53 AM MDT Jun. 27 Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:40 AM PDT Temperature: 79°F | Humidity: 44% | Pressure: 30.09in ( Falling) | Conditions: Clear | Wind Direction: Variable | Wind Speed: 4mph More... |
| Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland: Current Conditions : 13.8C, Mostly Cloudy - 7:40 PM CEST Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:40 AM PDT Temperature: 13.8°C | Humidity: 58% | Pressure: 1023hPa (Steady) | Conditions: Mostly Cloudy | Wind Direction: NW | Wind Speed: 9.7km/h More... |
| Skydiving: Chasing & Catching A Freefalling Shoe Posted: 27 Jun 2013 05:24 AM PDT Yet another ‘choo lace malfunction strikes again! Lesson learned: if you do CRW, you’ll lose a shoe. Normally this would be a problem, but not when your teammate spirals down, swoops it a bunch of times, and then literally catches your shoe mid-air under canopy. Those are some important Adidas! And a great teammate. The post Chasing & Catching A Freefalling Shoe appeared first on iLoveSkydiving.org. More... by iLoveSkydiving |
| Skydiving: A Day Off A Wind Turbine Posted: 27 Jun 2013 05:24 AM PDT Team Triquetra Freefly doing a bit of BASE jumping off a wind turbine somewhere in Holland, with the help of a drone for the cool creative camera angles. Nicely done boys. The post A Day Off A Wind Turbine appeared first on iLoveSkydiving.org. More... by iLoveSkydiving |
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