nope, im not talking about Point Break, im talking about this:
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When Roller Skates meet Roller Coaster
This wild adrenaline junkie has set a new record for being the first man to skate down the full length of a roller coaster at almost 60 mph.
Wearing specially designed in-line skates, Dirk Auer made the attempt on the Mammoth roller coaster at the Trips Drills theme park in Stuttgart, Germany.
Mr. Auer is considered to be the most extreme in-line skater in the world. He already holds the world record for reaching speeds of 190 mph as he was dragged along behind a Porsche GT2. Wild!!
Man to Break Sound Barrier Jumping from Edge of Space
This man—looking as badass as Ed Harris in The Right Stuff—is Felix Baumgartner. He actually has The Right Stuff: The cojones to reach the edge of space in a weather balloon. Up to 120,000 feet—and then jump.
Baumgartner will join United States Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger as the only man to jump from near space altitude. Kittinger jumped on August 16, 1960, from the Excelsior III balloon, which at the time was flying at 102,800 feet—that's 19.47 miles or 31 kilometer up in the sky. Compared to Baumgartner, however, Kittinger's suit looks miserable:
In fact, his right glove failed in the descent, and his hand dilated to twice its size. Absolutely crazy.
Hopefully, Baumgartner won't have any of Kittinger's problems. He will jump sometime in 2010, after a few test jumps at lower altitudes, as part of Red Bull's Stratus mission. Kittinger will be assisting Baumgartner from the ground control, while the mission team monitors his position and body state as he plummets down to Earth, surpassing the speed of sound.
Meh, Evel Knievel wouldn't have used some sissy back up diver with an extra chute, he would have just crashed in the ground and nursed some broken bones.
