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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Darwin loves...

...base jumpers:

Authorities say a 73-year-old BASE jumper who died after leaping from an Idaho bridge had set his parachute on fire as part of a stunt.


"Hey, I got a great idea! Ima light my parachute on fire and jump off this bridge! Hold my beer..."

How that moron made it to the age of 73 is something of a mystery. But wait, there's more!

On March 9, 32-year-old Vancouver, British Columbia, resident Bryan Turner died after jumping from the bridge because his parachute didn't open properly.


Ding!

Dean Potter, 43, and Graham Hunt, 29, were jumping illegally from a cliff in Yosemite when they both hit the rocks and died last week.


Ding! Ding!

The men were wearing wingsuits, bat-like gear that allows them to stay aloft longer and control their flight path.


Not so much with the "stay aloft" part. Or the "control" bit, apparently. Seems like their "flight path" was more lawn dart-ish...


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