The men who jump off buildings

[seggers]

Anyone else watching it? very interesting programme will be on channel 4+1 at 10. i suggest watching it if your not busy.

 

[Easy 10]

Well, I am rather busy on here at the moment.

 

[warsaw]

Those guys are fuckin MAD

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Yeah am watching. Would love to give it a go

 

[jordanseagull]

Thanks seggers

 

[seggers]

Yeah am watching. Would love to give it a go

Yeah me too, must be one hell of a thrill, but is it worth the risk?

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

That poor bloke in the hospital is being filmed by his mate who is taking the piss!

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Yeah me too, must be one hell of a thrill, but is it worth the risk?

Probably not.

 

[Marc]

oh BASE JUMPING, thought it was about men who just jump off buildings and DIE or something!

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Yeah me too, must be one hell of a thrill, but is it worth the risk?

Probably not.

That Dan chap did make it all look so easy though!

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

I would LOVE to give that a go but 1 in 6 die, for f*** sake!!

 

[steward 433]

Base jumping was so 10 years ago now!!

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

I would LOVE to give that a go but 1 in 6 die, for f*** sake!!

1 in 6 jumps end in death or 1 in 6 jumpers die? I didn't really hear it when they mentioned that stat

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Yeah, I have no idea but take it as 1 in 6 jumpers die due to lack of preparation, etc...but then they did mention it being like russian roulette which makes it sound like 1 death every 6 jumps.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Yeah, I have no idea but take it as 1 in 6 jumpers die due to lack of preparation, etc...but then they did mention it being like russian roulette which makes it sound like 1 death every 6 jumps.

But then that bloke had done nearly 1000 jumps himself?! There must be loads of jumps done that no one knows about too so it's a bit of a loose stat

 

[steward 433]

1 in 6 jumpers die and usually due to bad prep or freak gusts that blow you into the building you jumped from

 

[Billy the Fish]

Was going to start a thread on this.

Cracking documentary that was, that Dan bloke is mental. I think the fact they were all so honest and matter of fact made it good. If they were americans they'd be whooping and high 5ing all the time and it would be crap. It's just a couple of normal blokes doing what they love.

His mate was on the floor with a broken leg surrounded by paramedics and he was just taking the piss

 

[Johnny Fever]

The bloke is a bit of a Billy Big Bollocks, but quite likeable really. It seems that jumping off the building is sometimes the easy bit while getting into the building and to the top is a big part of the challenge.
I must say that the programme had me gripped. you just knew his mate was going to get injured on that 'just one more jump' at the end.

 

[Marc]

I really enjoyed watching that, wonder if the West Stand Arch is high enough for him?

 

[bhaexpress]

They can jump off what they like as long as they have their own health insurance.