Don't Try This at Home

Unbelievably wild. 

And it's a Hoonigan.

WoW so good! 👌 pic.twitter.com/wRtQGGOqn3

— Figen (@_TheFigen) September 10, 2022

Woman Cliff Dives in Swiss Alps Wearing Nothing But a Parachute (VIDEO)

Well, this makes you wanna go cliff diving, lol.

At London's Daily Mail, "Adrenaline junkie throws herself off a cliff completely NAKED for her first ever base jump (good job she was wearing a parachute): Annelise Temple threw herself off the drop in Lauterbrunnen, in the Swiss Alps."

Why Women Live Longer Than Men

Freakin'-a no doubt!

Seen on Twitter:

As my wife says to me often, "this is why women live longer than men." https://t.co/VGF6F2qFoU

— Clay Routledge (@clayroutledge) May 1, 2017

Nope nope nope... 😳😳😳

Credit: https://t.co/l48z1cr3qj pic.twitter.com/3vVf6l7bdR

— SPORTbible (@sportbible) March 8, 2017

Cliff Diver Almost Hit the Rocks at Crystal Cove (VIDEO)

This local story got a lot of coverage, here at home, at LAist, "Video: Cliff Diver Almost Smacks Into Rocks Diving Into Crystal Cove," and abroad, at London's Daily Mail, "'I thought I was f*****': Heart-stopping moment daredevil narrowly misses landing on ROCKS after leaping off a dangerously high cliff."

Watch, at CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Daredevil Robbie Knievel Jumps Over 18 Corvettes (VIDEO)

Heh.

Make America Great Again!

Watch, via CBS News 2 Los Angeles:



More, at the Dallas Morning News, "Watch from Robbie Knievel's bike as he jumps 18 Corvettes."

Students Take a Stab at Sword Swallowing

I don't know about this.

Sounds freakin' dangerous.

At WSJ, "Sword swallowers are on edge as TV and the Internet spur neophytes to guide sharp objects down their throats":

Don’t try this at home, the master of ceremonies of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow cautioned, and with good reason.

One performer was reclining on a bed of spikes. Another danced on a pile of broken glass. And his own “human blockhead” act involved hammering a nail into his nasal cavity.

Then there was Betty Bloomerz, who wore a black skirt and fishnet stockings as she moved playfully in time to Louis Prima’s swing classic “Sing, Sing, Sing.”

As about 30 spectators looked on in a small Brooklyn theater, Ms. Bloomerz tilted her head back, placed a foot-long blade into her mouth and, using her tongue, began to move it in time to the music. She let the sword drop downward until its metallic gold hilt came to rest near her bright red lips. Then she pulled it out with a flourish.

Point taken.

But Betty, whose real name is Kiri Hochendoner, wasn’t finished there. Also down her gullet went a wire hanger reshaped into an elongated oval, followed by two 20-inch blades, which she swallowed simultaneously.

“It’s all about safety here,” joked Ray Valenz, the MC. “Safety third!”

The crowd, which included children, shrieked and hooted with each grisly gulp.

Asked about the risks, Ms. Hochendoner, a sword swallower since 2008, said, “I’m not worried about it, I’m thinking about it.”

Specifically, she is focusing on relaxing her throat and esophagus. The more tense they are, the object-swallowing community says, the more chance of injury.

Dick Zigun, founder and artistic director of Coney Island USA, the nonprofit organization that operates the Coney Island sideshow and sideshow school, said he thinks sword swallowing might be his outfit’s most dangerous act.

“Knock on wood,” he said. “I’m very proud of the fact that 30 years into running the sideshow we have not had any major accidents here.”

He credits the school, which offers twice-yearly sword-swallowing classes, with making in-person instruction more available.

The number of professionals currently practicing the ancient art—believed to have originated in India 4,000 years ago—is a matter of debate. Mr. Zigun estimates about 150. Dan Meyer, a Tampa, Fla., practitioner who tracks the profession through his organization Sword Swallowers Association International, thinks the number is closer to a few dozen...

Ahem, I think I'll pass, lol.

Keep reading.

ADDED: Here's one of the dudes interviewed at the piece, Todd Robbins, doing it on YouTube.

Base Jumper Dean Potter Killed at Yosemite

You can only defy the odds for so long.

At Outside, "Dean Potter Killed in BASE-Jumping Accident."

And at the Los Angeles Times, "Extreme athlete Dean Potter dies in BASE jumping accident in Yosemite."

Here's Potter in a National Geographic video from 2012:

Trevor Carlson Wild Card Submission

Wicked.

I found this dude on Facebook.

Hawaiian Surfer Garrett MacNamara Returns to Nazaré for Giant Waves

At NBC News:

Google Executive Breaks Space-Jump Record

So, how long until Felix Baumgartner suits up to reclaim the world record, heh?

At the New York Times, "Parachutist’s Record Fall: Over 25 Miles in 15 Minutes: Alan Eustace Jumps From Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baumgartner’s World Record."

The Coast Guard Told Him He Was Going to Have a Hard Time Pushing Through the Gulf Stream

The dude still had supplies of water and power bars, lol.

But the Coast Guard told the dude "you better come with us," heh.

High-Altitude Acrobatic Skydiving

Via Mudville Gazette:

BASE Jumping the World Trade Center

At the New York Post, "WTC BASE jumpers’ wild ride through their eyes."

And at Hot Air, "Video: The Freedom Tower BASE jump":

Footage that’s simultaneously old and new. The jump happened six months ago but the clip didn’t hit YouTube until yesterday, when the responsible parties finally surrendered to the NYPD to face charges of burglary, reckless endangerment, and jumping from a structure. (“Burglary” in New York is broader than theft committed while inside a building unlawfully.) The cops have been looking for them since September. Partly that’s because the idea of strange men parachuting onto the streets of lower Manhattan with impunity is … problematic, and partly that’s because it’s a staggering security lapse for the city to have missed a bunch of guys sneaking undetected into the tower that replaced the World Trade Center. (According to one defendant, they simply stepped through a hole in the fence around the perimeter that was covered with a tarp.)

So, with nothing left to lose and maybe a little to gain, the BASErs finally put the clip online...

Evel Knievel

Ed Morrissey tweeted last night:

Would be on Spike TV now RT @TVGuideArchives: NBC Primetime Jan 31 1979: 9PM Evel Knievel's 1st Movie: 'Viva Knievel' pic.twitter.com/KKvFbzVUrs

— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) February 1, 2014

Check the thread.

Then Dan Riehl sent this one.

Evil Knievel Snake River: http://t.co/a7lvTF94qp via @youtube cc @EdMorrissey @AmPowerBlog

— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) February 1, 2014

And that had snippets of the Caesar's Palace crash, which is iconic.

Mackenzie Wethington Survives 3,500 Sky Dive After Parachute Fails

A lot of skydiving miracles lately.

At Fox News Insider, "‘God’s Hand Caught Her’: Teen Survives Skydive After Parachute Fails."

And at ABC News, "Dad Speaks Out After Teen Parachute Malfunction (VIDEO)."

Skydiver James Lee Knocked Unconscious is Rescued by Quick-Thinking Friends (VIDEO)

It's a miracle.

At ABC News, "VIDEO: Helmetcam Shows Unconscious Skydiver's Descent." And at London's Daily Mail, "Terror at 12,500ft: Watch the horrifying moment a skydiver plummets to the ground unconscious after being knocked out by another jumper in freak accident."