With Luck, a Rocky Landing - extreme sport

[groovedaddy]

ADRSPACH, Czech Republic — Exactly a decade has passed since a man called Oxygen first hurled himself across Amerika. Known for his jumping ability, Oxygen, a lanky Czech, catapulted to legend status by leaping a nearly 10-foot-wide abyss separating two 100-foot sandstone spires.
Petr Kops, 21, is wearing Oxygen’s hand-me-down pants.

“I did not know Oxygen personally, but my sister did,” Kops said. “I wear his trousers for good luck.”

Minutes later, Kops was standing at the edge of a 70-foot chasm called Broken Bones. He announced that he was about to damage his ankle. Then he jumped.

While it may seem suicidal, leaping across a gaping crevasse is actually an extreme sport that is gaining in popularity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/sports/othersports/11jump.html?th&emc=th

[flvegan]

1. Oh, hell no.

[GCP]

2. It's like high-lining. I just don't get that need for adrenaline

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWqyuRhOLKM

[groovedaddy]

3. We did this shit when I was in the boy scouts - 12 or 13 years old

We were lucky we didn't break our damn necks!
One cliff we used to climb near Fort Knox, did have a fatality, though not while we were there. I remember being scared shitless climbing that thing - about a 160 foot free hand climb. I guess the supervision back in those days wasn't all that great!