Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Picture vs. 1,000 words

I don't think anything I say will add to this post. The photos say enough.

This was taken by a friend of my coworker. There were 4 other photographers there and a video crew from Teton Gravity Research so keep your eyes peeled. I am sure different versions will pop up in various magazines eventually.

Oh, and I neglected to say, the guy landed on his head yet walked away with only a cut lip.

245 feet.





4 Comments:

Blogger Sister Snoopy said...

No ideas... Any of you Long boys... Got it?????

9:07 PM, January 31, 2006  
Blogger Andy said...

omg. I wanna do that!

10:38 PM, January 31, 2006  
Blogger Jon said...

Andy? is that you? You are alive!!! Where have you been?

If I ever did that I think I would want a parachute for when I landed.

He had over 4 seconds of free fall. One of the photographers had his camera on motordrive and shot an entire roll of film while the guy was in the air, 36 frames at 6 or 8 frames a second depending on the camera.

I guess by the time he landed they figured he was traveling 50mph.

Did I already say he landed on his head?

12:13 PM, February 01, 2006  
Blogger Brian said...

I take it this guy lost a bet...? Jon, I have a raw file for you. Watch the email.

11:44 AM, February 04, 2006  

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