I’ve written about these guys before, those brave but crazy few who climb into nylon flying suits and dive headfirst from ultrahigh perches to blaze through the sky at incredible speeds like a superhero or something from a dream. I’m envious beyond belief at the thrill and sensation they must be feeling as they hurtle through the sky and everytime I come across videos of them doing their thing I’m mesmerized.
Jeb Corliss is one of the big daddies of wingsuit jumping, shown here as he flies over Sugarloaf in Brazil, and travels the world over finding new challenges to conquer. Besides an upcoming threading of a narrow canyon with his wingsuit in China in late September, his goal is to do this at some point completely without a parachute, landing upright on the ground.
This is his newest video called Grinding the Crack which shows him in Switzerland, I believe, where he soars along a rockface ( watch for his timy shadow as it descends away from him on the rocks) and threads through several trees barely 10 or 15 feet from the ground. There are shots from the ground in this video that show how close it really is.. It’s pretty remarkable. It certainly makes my day look pretty dull, and extremely safe, by comparison.
I’m not complaining. It’s just that this is- wow!
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The photo is just funny to me. It looks for all the world like he’s about to get swatted by Jesus, like some annoying bug.
That video is something, though. I don’t understand the urge to do that – it’s a kind of risk-taking I can’t conceive. But like everyone else, I’ll watch the video. 😉
It looks like Jesus has released him from his hands like someone releases a small bird, with hands in front of him then pulling them back to the sides so it can fly free.
Sometimes your blog is like a wonderful Rorschach!
Hey Gar! I just ran across this video elsewhere myself. There are many more great flight suit video out there – one in particular is of Chris McNamara and a woman jumping on Baffin Island. Check it out if you get a chance.
Thanks, Jer! Hope to see you and Eliza soon!