Felix Baumgartner Won’t Space Jump Today, So Here is Another Red Bull Athlete Crashing From the Sky

All, X-Treme Sports! Stephen Douglas October 9th. 2012, 3:02pm

Felix Baumgartner* was supposed to jump out of a balloon space ship thing from 23 miles (120,000 feet) above the earth today, but the experiment was ~~canceled~~ postponed** because of wind. To help you sate your blood lust, here is Cam Zink trying to jump Springfield Gorge at the Red Bull Rampage this weekend on his bicycle. About 60-feet in the air he let go of the bike. Ouch.

[BNQT]

*Around?
**They will try again on a day when wind does not exist.

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45 Responses to “Felix Baumgartner Won’t Space Jump Today, So Here is Another Red Bull Athlete Crashing From the Sky”

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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:04 PM
Love the dog rushing in to help. Hero.
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giggy09 Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Holy hell. How are his knees not in his chin?
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Any Physics experts, or potheads, in here have any guess as to what Baumgartner would do to the desert floor if his chute completely failed?
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KC Resident Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
but the experiment was canceled because of wind
Postponed. They are going to try on Thursday.
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sousedbergin Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
“Then came the jagged rocks, hitting me with their jags.”
Simpsons pub trivia tonight, will try to break into the top 30.
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KC Resident Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Any Physics experts, or potheads, in here have any guess as to what Baumgartner would do to the desert floor if his chute completely failed?
I believe the technical term would be “splat.”
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guinnessgirl13 Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Holy hell. How are his knees not in his chin?
Seriously. I quite expected to see mangled legs.
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KC Resident Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Any Physics experts, or potheads, in here have any guess as to what Baumgartner would do to the desert floor if his chute completely failed?
Oh, to the desert floor. I wouldn’t imagine too much. It isn’t like he is hooked up with explosives.
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ButtersBC Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Simpsons pub trivia tonight
Sounds like the greatest thing ever, they generally keep it to the older episodes or do you have to know the names of the people Homer runs away with after not wanting to give Grandpa the kidney and the like?
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gfunk supreme Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
Felix Baumgartner was supposed to jump out of a balloon space ship thing from 23 miles (120,000 feet) above the earth today, but the experiment was canceled because of wind.
Sounds well thought out.
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
Oh, to the desert floor. I wouldn’t imagine too much. It isn’t like he is hooked up with explosives.
I imagine a cartoon-style indentation, albeit only about an inch of soil compaction. If he were to land on my lush lawn, I would think 8 inches.
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sousedbergin Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:13 PM
Any Physics experts, or potheads, in here have any guess as to what Baumgartner would do to the desert floor if his chute completely failed?
Given terminal velocity and his weight I am confident he would fall to the ground.
/you’re welcome
//”I fell 8,000 feet onto a pile of jagged rocks. ‘Course folks were tougher in those days. I was jitterbuggin’ that very night!”
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Liquor Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:13 PM
experiment was canceled because of wind
I think its always windy at 120K feet, has he done his due diligence on this deal?
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Nada Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Felix Baumgartner was supposed to jump out of a balloon space ship thing from 23 miles (120,000 feet) above the earth today, but the experiment was canceled because of wind
A little flatulence never stopped Napoleon or Hitler. What a pussy.
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Nada Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:18 PM
any guess as to what Baumgartner would do to the desert floor if his chute completely failed?
It’s not the 120,000-foot fall that’s a bitch, it’s the sudden stop.
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Nada Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:19 PM
Sounds like the greatest thing ever, they generally keep it to the older episodes
Just me, or did anyone else find the Treethouse episode last Sunday just meh?
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sousedbergin Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Sounds like the greatest thing ever, they generally keep it to the older episodes or do you have to know the names of the people Homer runs away with after not wanting to give Grandpa the kidney and the like?
Questions from Season 1 through 11 and they show 3 episodes in the bar. Good times, questions like:
1. Name as many Troy Mcclure movies as possible?
2. Name all of Krusty’s sideshows castmates?
3. Bart and Lisa’s names they want to legally change to?
4. What was Krusty doing when he was arrested by the IRS?
/Good times but nerds taking it very seriously
//Normally full blown drunk by the last round
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ButtersBC Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
I imagine a cartoon-style indentation
Really hope he would have little signs with messages of woe on them to flash for the cameras if things are going to end badly…perhaps one with an image of a donkey on it for instance
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KC Resident Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
I think its always windy at 120K feet, has he done his due diligence on this deal?
As someone pointed out earlier, he has already successfully jumped several times with this get up including one from 96,640 feet. I think they have it figured out. Just being cautious with the millions of dollars, er, I mean Felix’s life.
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Nada Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
I believe the technical term would be “splat.”
Reminds me of the time one guy’s chute failed to open at W.Va. Bridge Day one year. According to one newspaper report, “he hit with a loud crack.”
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ButtersBC Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
1. Name as many Troy Mcclure movies as possible?
Christmas Ape and Christmas Ape Goes to Summer Camp better be counted seperately
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Nada Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:23 PM
Simpsons pub trivia
I stopped doing trivia nights when I noticed how many participants use their phones to look up answers. Fuckin’ cheaters.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:23 PM
1. Name as many Troy Mcclure movies as possible?
2. Name all of Krusty’s sideshows castmates?
3. Bart and Lisa’s names they want to legally change to?
4. What was Krusty doing when he was arrested by the IRS?
1. Christmas Ape, Christmas Ape Goes to Summer Camp, Locker Room Towel Fight – The Blinding of Larry Driscoll, Mommy What Happened to That Man’s Face, The Muppets go Medieval, so and so and so on
2. Sideshow Mel, Sideshow Bob, Sideshow Raheem, Sideshow Luke Perry
3. Lois Sanborn, Steve Bennett
4. Making Jiffy Pop on the stove.
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Watsonian Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
Wait, wasn’t it delayed due to wind, but then actually postponed when one of the radio’s wasn’t working? That’s what I read somewhere.
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Watsonian Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:25 PM
*radios
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Nada Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:26 PM
OK, here’s one I’ve never gotten a straight answer on:
When Maggie gets scanned in the opening credits, how much does the register show she’s worth?
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ButtersBC Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Note to self: Never challenge Moleman to a Simpsons trivia contest for cash
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Reminds me of the time one guy’s chute failed to open at W.Va. Bridge Day one year. According to one newspaper report, “he hit with a loud crack.”
/Pours one out for the Bungee category
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heldover Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:27 PM
The Revenge of Abe Lincoln
The Wackiest Covered Wagon in the West
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ButtersBC Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:28 PM
When Maggie gets scanned in the opening credits, how much does the register show she’s worth?
$300-something in the original credits (at least that’s what I think they said in the 138th Episode Spectacular) but I think in the clearer HD ones now it has a higher amount
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:29 PM
When Maggie gets scanned in the opening credits, how much does the register show she’s worth?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR9xoDSz5mA
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KC Resident Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:30 PM
When Maggie gets scanned in the opening credits, how much does the register show she’s worth?
NRA4EVER.
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sousedbergin Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:30 PM
2. Sideshow Mel, Sideshow Bob, Sideshow Raheem, Sideshow Luke Perry
You forgot SIdeshow Paul you FUCKING RETARD!
/we will keep your resume on file
//let you know if we have an opening
///only a 13 hour drive or whatever
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ButtersBC Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:31 PM
NRA4EVER
Goddammit, that’s from the 138th show…I need to be unemployed again so I can waste hours on end rewatching the show, ever since the syndicated episodes all became newer ones my grasp on the details has waned
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:32 PM
You forgot SIdeshow Paul you FUCKING RETARD!
/we will keep your resume on file
//let you know if we have an opening
///only a 13 hour drive or whatever
Pretty sure there are more.
At Krusty’s funeral when Mel says “And all the other Sideshows” the camera pans past several people, those are the only ones I can think of.
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ButtersBC Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:33 PM
I would have put down Sideshow Cecil and argued for the point
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sousedbergin Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Shit is it Phil? Motherfuck. He was never on screen he died in the canon.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:37 PM
I got furious with a trivia guy once for asking “who is the only character to feature with five fingers on The Simpsons” and I wrote down Bart and Lisa because they have five fingers in Lady Bouvier’s Lover, even though he was looking for God. Dude wouldn’t give me the point.
That bar later burned down.
Coincidence?
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sousedbergin Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:39 PM
At Krusty’s funeral when Mel says “And all the other Sideshows” the camera pans past several people, those are the only ones I can think of.
Limited to the first 11 seasons, need a perfect score to win generally, top 3 teams get a box of donuts. Winning team has reserved seating for the next months which is huge because 300 plus people cram into the place.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:40 PM
Limited to the first 11 seasons
BART THE FINK IS SEASON SEVEN YOU STUPID FUCK
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ButtersBC Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:40 PM
The dumbest bar trivia anger I had involved the guy asking which bowl became the Hawaii Bowl and he accepted the Oahu Bowl even though it was the fucking Aloha Bowl
/Eye begins twitching again
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sousedbergin Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:41 PM
Coincidence?
Fire made it better.
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KC Resident Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:44 PM
NRA4EVER
Goddammit, that’s from the 138th show
I’m getting rusty, as well. I originally put NRA4LIFE, but that didn’t sound right so I google.
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sousedbergin Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:48 PM
BART THE FINK IS SEASON SEVEN YOU STUPID FUCK
THEY DON’T HAVE FUCKING NAMES CUNTARD WHAT YOUR GOING TO PUT DOWN SOME FUCKING AUSTIM PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY DRAWING OR A LENGTHY DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO SCRIPT FOR THE BLIND? IS THERE GOING TO BE A POLICE SKETCH ARTIST TO TAKE DOWN ALL THE MOTHERFUCKING ANSWERS? FUUUUUUCK.
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Nada Says:
October 9th, 2012 at 3:56 PM
The dumbest bar trivia anger I had
My sister put together a team to compete in a charity fundraiser trivia contest. On the question, “What were the first words spoken on the Moon?” her team answered “The Eagle has landed.” The emcee refused to accept it and insisted it was “That’s one small step …”
Funny thing is, they were both wrong.