Forget the Walenda's- if you're afraid of heights don't watch

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  • BigguyZ
    Veteran Member
    • Jul 2006
    • 1818
    • Minneapolis, MN
    • Craftsman, older type w/ cast iron top

    #1

    Forget the Walenda's- if you're afraid of heights don't watch

    http://www.mustang-wanted.com/video

    I have mixed feelings on this. If the guy ever fell he'd be dead for sure. But in a "I'd never do that, and I hope no one else tries" sorta way, I'm impressed with what the guy can/ is willing to do.

    Either way, thought I'd share.
  • Cochese
    Veteran Member
    • Jun 2010
    • 1988

    #2
    I felt sick just watching it.
    I have a little blog about my shop

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    • Mildoc
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      • Jul 2011
      • 3118
      • Copperas Cove TX
      • BT

      #3
      My first thought was I wonder how many stupid people will try this despite the initial warning
      We all have to go sometime, just not yet!

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      • scmhogg
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        • Jan 2003
        • 1839
        • Simi Valley, CA, USA.
        • BT3000

        #4
        I was a paratrooper in the Army. After I got out I was a rock climber, doing faces in Yosemite and other granite playgrounds. That being said, I can't stand to see others close to the edge. My heart starts to beat, my mouth goes dry.

        This video was just as disturbing as being there.

        Steve
        I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. Bertrand Russell

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        • cwsmith
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          • Dec 2005
          • 2808
          • NY Southern Tier, USA.
          • BT3100-1

          #5
          I watched about 40 seconds of that. It's sort of like watching someone spin the cylinder, then putting the barrel in thier mouth and pulling the trigger! There is no entainment in watching a probable suicide. But then I don't really know what's going on with these videos either.... is this a professional stunt person or just some guy without sense or a care in the world?

          IF it is the latter, I guess I just can't find entertainment in such lunacy and certainly there's no purpose to it; other than perhaps to entice others to top such idiocy!

          And what about the parents, the loved ones, of those self-serving juveniles? No thought whatsoever to anyone but themselves; and, should they only partly have an accident, what of those who will have to go up there and rescue them, or worse those on the ground who will be killed should they be hit by them. And, what of those who will be witness to that gore?

          The best thing, I think, is that there should be no audience or even a place to display such behaviour. It's one thing being a daredevil. That takes planning, care, bravery, and a great sense of engineering and science. What I see in that video takes nothing: no brain, no conscience, no thought for others, and certainly no sense whatsoever.

          CWS
          Last edited by cwsmith; 02-01-2014, 04:30 PM.
          Think it Through Before You Do!

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