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  • CAVSTARR313CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    they should have people shooting paint balls at him.. I mean, anyone could just walk across,,, ;)
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  • CAVSTARR313CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    announcer "its amazing how much his pole is moving"
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    Caveeze wrote:
    they should have people shooting paint balls at him.. I mean, anyone could just walk across,,, ;)
    Anybody have a canon...lets make a sonic boooooom
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    Back to baseballl
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  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,874
    Obviously its pretty amazing to walk that far across a wire, but with a harness???
  • CAVSTARR313CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    Indifference71 wrote:
    Obviously its pretty amazing to walk that far across a wire, but with a harness???
    I know!! if he doesn't fall, the harness is not needed.. so it is lame that he has it..
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  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,170
    Sucks that he has that harness. It's more exciting if there's a chance of death
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  • SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,168
    You should all check out Man On Wire if you haven't already seen it. I'm not much into daredevil stunts but this one was amazing in so many ways. This thread just reminded me I've been meaning to watch it again :D
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Well that was anti-climatic.
  • rick1zoo2rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    that was really cool
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I know he had the harness and all...

    But that was still really cool, he had a view from there that nobody else in history had...
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  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,170
    keeponrockin wrote:
    I know he had the harness and all...

    But that was still really cool, he had a view from there that nobody else in history had...

    I think Superman flew around there
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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    I really wish he fell especially since he had the harness. I wanted to see how they would have rescued him.
  • morellomorello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    Watched it on the news here. INSANE!! They said the harness was because of his sponsors. He's the 7th generation of tightrope walkers in his family they said, 3 family tight rope walkers having died.
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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    morello wrote:
    Watched it on the news here. INSANE!! They said the harness was because of his sponsors. He's the 7th generation of tightrope walkers in his family they said, 3 family tight rope walkers having died.


    All true. My opinion is you can't be a "dare devil" with a safety harness. Let the guy calculate, practice, etc. all he wants but if you want to make it a true "death defying stunt"...let it all hang out.
  • morellomorello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    DS1119 wrote:
    morello wrote:
    Watched it on the news here. INSANE!! They said the harness was because of his sponsors. He's the 7th generation of tightrope walkers in his family they said, 3 family tight rope walkers having died.

    All true. My opinion is you can't be a "dare devil" with a safety harness. Let the guy calculate, practice, etc. all he wants but if you want to make it a true "death defying stunt"...let it all hang out.
    Totally. Stupid fkn sponsors/corporate mutha-fuckers!! Thing is though he's done such things so many times it still counts it's just the stupid sponsors who look like dicks. He still did it IMHO.
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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    morello wrote:
    Totally. Stupid fkn sponsors/corporate mutha-fuckers!! Thing is though he's done such things so many times it still counts it's just the stupid sponsors who look like dicks. He still did it IMHO.



    Meh. Do it without the security of the harness.Would he have done it? Probably. But lets see it. :lol:
  • morellomorello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    DS1119 wrote:
    morello wrote:
    Totally. Stupid fkn sponsors/corporate mutha-fuckers!! Thing is though he's done such things so many times it still counts it's just the stupid sponsors who look like dicks. He still did it IMHO.
    Meh. Do it without the security of the harness.Would he have done it? Probably. But lets see it. :lol:
    Meh right back at ya. He did it to me. Harness was for the dickhead corporates. I don't care about them.
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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    morello wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:
    morello wrote:
    Totally. Stupid fkn sponsors/corporate mutha-fuckers!! Thing is though he's done such things so many times it still counts it's just the stupid sponsors who look like dicks. He still did it IMHO.
    Meh. Do it without the security of the harness.Would he have done it? Probably. But lets see it. :lol:
    Meh right back at ya. He did it to me. Harness was for the dickhead corporates. I don't care about them.


    It's like flying a plane for the first time with your instructor in the cockpit. Good job but do it without the safety net.
  • morellomorello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    morello wrote:
    Totally. Stupid fkn sponsors/corporate mutha-fuckers!! Thing is though he's done such things so many times it still counts it's just the stupid sponsors who look like dicks. He still did it IMHO.
    DS1119 wrote:
    morello wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:
    Meh. Do it without the security of the harness.Would he have done it? Probably. But lets see it. :lol:
    Meh right back at ya. He did it to me. Harness was for the dickhead corporates. I don't care about them.
    It's like flying a plane for the first time with your instructor in the cockpit. Good job but do it without the safety net.
    Well, I guess his 'need' for sponsorship outweighed his erm, erm....
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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    It's like shooting an apple using a bow and arrow off of someones head who's wearing a kevlar suit from head to toe. Good shot...but no danger.
  • morellomorello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    DS1119 wrote:
    It's like shooting an apple using a bow and arrow off of someones head who's wearing a kevlar suit from head to toe. Good shot...but no danger.
    yeah but if he hit the apple & not the person he's still done it!
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