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Old 10-04-2010, 2:00pm   #1
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.....I would still be too chicken *%&# to do this.

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Now that's an Adrenaline Rush!
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I saw this in the Discovery Channel, That would have to be untimate adrenaline rush.
I know they are traveling very fast, but how do they land/stop?
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I saw this in the Discovery Channel, That would have to be untimate adrenaline rush.
I know they are traveling very fast, but how do they land/stop?
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I've seen that on TV before. Gotta be a rush like nothing else!
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I would love to do it as well, but (and you can confirm this with Bucky) I would throw myself into the air and miss. I would smack a mountain or find the one lost buzzard.
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Garb55 Thanks for that second video. the parachute make this look crazy rather than freakin crazy.
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Garb55 Thanks for that second video. the parachute make this look crazy rather than freakin crazy.
That line between crazy and freaking crazy is a thin one huh?
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