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28 November 2018, 05:04 AM
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Very 'lucky' guy!
This dude went hang gliding but wasn't atatched and had to hold on for dear life, scary as heck!
 
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28 November 2018, 05:18 AM
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Why didn’t he try to get on his back ?
I mean The pilots back ? He wouldn’t have suffered any injuries... ? Unbelievable nonetheless... It probably would’ve been risky . Check , check and check always for safety before deployment. |
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28 November 2018, 05:28 AM
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I saw this. It must’ve felt like forever he held on. Badly broken wrist is an amazing outcome.
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28 November 2018, 05:29 AM
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Crazy
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28 November 2018, 05:51 AM
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Wow just wow.
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28 November 2018, 05:55 AM
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It felt like forever just watching it. I couldn't imagine living it!
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28 November 2018, 06:02 AM
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Saw this on the news this morning.
Absolutely unbelievable as well as terrifying. What a horrible excuse for an instructor: straps himself in but doesn’t double (triple?) check his client. A$$hat! |
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28 November 2018, 06:04 AM
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The dude did an amazing job holding on.
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28 November 2018, 06:05 AM
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It’s like he was holding on for dear life or something
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28 November 2018, 06:16 AM
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Holy cow.
Basically the scariest thing ever. And here I thought you were going to tell me about a guy that scored a Pepsi.
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28 November 2018, 06:21 AM
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That grip was life saving. I still don't know why safety control measures weren't employed. Lucky him though
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28 November 2018, 07:44 AM
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It takes a lot of courage to hold on for that look, pretty sure he would be glad he hanged on.
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28 November 2018, 08:52 AM
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Holy crap, that was insane.
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28 November 2018, 09:45 AM
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Proves how much strength humans can collect when life is on the line.
His hands must not have sweat, otherwise I'd imagine his left grip would have been gone much sooner. Incredible. |
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28 November 2018, 09:49 AM
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hard to watch and yes a very lucky guy indeed
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28 November 2018, 10:39 AM
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Get well soon.. scary.. How about suing that instructor for negligence.
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28 November 2018, 10:45 AM
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I'm not looking!
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28 November 2018, 11:09 AM
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Very lucky guy
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28 November 2018, 11:23 AM
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OMG! As scary a video as I have ever seen. It’s a miracle he was able to hold on as long as he did with his muscles tearing from his weight.
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28 November 2018, 01:07 PM
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Glad he made it out relatively ok. Scary to think that he was put in that situation by the entertainment provider. However, that said, he would have done much better all around if he had just hung on to the bar with both hands instead of grabbing the pilots pant leg.
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28 November 2018, 01:12 PM
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Sky-diving tragedy here last year where an experienced sky-diver packed the wrong chute into his pack and it then released accidentally right under an instructor and his tandem-dive 'passenger' causing all three to die.
How does this stuff happen? Just unusual combinations of events I guess.
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28 November 2018, 03:59 PM
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So the AAD deployed (automatic deployment of reserve chute) and all three 'landed' pretty softly, but were already dead from the mid air collision. Damn that is bad luck.
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28 November 2018, 06:14 PM
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He is indeed a lucky guy, God loves him
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28 November 2018, 06:43 PM
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jesus, that was so close to being a tragedi.
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28 November 2018, 06:59 PM
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“This is your pilot speaking.....Don’t forget to tip your crew if today’s flight was memorable.”
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29 November 2018, 03:51 AM
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Holy...that was scary as hell. But at times during the video I also couldn’t help laughing. It was very well edited. I guess we can laugh about it as it had a happy and safe ending. Could have been so different and tragic. Good reminder to always check. Then check again.
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30 November 2018, 06:41 AM
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Very 'lucky' guy!
Just saw that video today - close call.
Torn bicep tendon apparently, one big adrenaline surge to keep hanging on all that time for literal, dear life.
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