Posted on Jul 30, 2016
Skydiver successfully makes 25,000-foot jump without parachute | Fox News
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What good is this other than a stunt? This only proves one thing, that accuracy is very important.
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It's to prove it can be done. Maybe to give the sport of skydiving some added publicity (though, no one should start skydiving with the aspiration to do something this crazy). It's to show the world that even in free fall, from miles in the sky, jumping out of a plane going 100mph, you can be in control enough to direct yourself right where you want to be. Do I think the reward was worth the risk? No way. But do I appreciate what Luke, as fellow skydiver, has accomplished? You better believe it. Whether it was for a sense of accomplishment, for a name in a book, for glory, or just to say he did it - you have to admit, it was pretty cool, especially when you remind yourself of where "skydiving" was a few decades ago when it was primarily military canopies in the sky.
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Of course it is, ask Evil Kneivel; I don't recall too much static when he was jumping the Grand Canyon (sort of...)
I made many skydives, CW5 Andrew J. Foreman, but I'm afraid that's one jump that I would not try!
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Totally stupid act. Had he missed and bounced, all he would have accomplished is reinforcing the idea that skydiving is extremely dangerous. While jumping has it's inherent dangers (coming from one who's had 13 reserve rides), training and maintaining your cool when the situation falls apart makes jumping no more dangerous than any other activity.
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