Comments on: Pioneers http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/pioneers/ A climber and jumper Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Faissal Halim http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/pioneers/comment-page-1/#comment-3382 Faissal Halim Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:00:52 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-3382 Hello, Thanks for sharing the information about a BASE jumper who is pursuing a PhD. It is nice to know that there are other PhD candidates out there who are pursuing extreme sports -- and that my predecessors and I are not odd ones out for pursuing skateboarding, snowboarding, rock climbing, and skiing (though we are all amateurs). Speaking of BASE jumping, wingsuiting, and skiing, I have seen a video where a person goes ski flying with a wingsuit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZizIbSpI-g Now, I was wondering (since the Nordic skis are heels free) if these skis can safely be worn without having to worry about a parachute getting entangled in them during deployment. If such a deployment is, at all, possible, then maybe wingsuiters can wear a BASE rig and use Nordic skis to practice jumping from higher and higher, refining their techniques and their equipment, so that one day they may be able to land their wingsuits on skis, rather than by parachute. Just a thought. Faissal P.S. Is there a way to track your blog from my Blogspot account? Thanks. Hello,

Thanks for sharing the information about a BASE jumper who is pursuing a PhD. It is nice to know that there are other PhD candidates out there who are pursuing extreme sports — and that my predecessors and I are not odd ones out for pursuing skateboarding, snowboarding, rock climbing, and skiing (though we are all amateurs).

Speaking of BASE jumping, wingsuiting, and skiing, I have seen a video where a person goes ski flying with a wingsuit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZizIbSpI-g
Now, I was wondering (since the Nordic skis are heels free) if these skis can safely be worn without having to worry about a parachute getting entangled in them during deployment. If such a deployment is, at all, possible, then maybe wingsuiters can wear a BASE rig and use Nordic skis to practice jumping from higher and higher, refining their techniques and their equipment, so that one day they may be able to land their wingsuits on skis, rather than by parachute.

Just a thought.

Faissal

P.S. Is there a way to track your blog from my Blogspot account? Thanks.

]]> By: Steph Davis http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/pioneers/comment-page-1/#comment-3194 Steph Davis Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-3194 It's so interesting you said this John, because I always look at those ski jumpers, and see that they are in a perfect track position. I think that if they went through sky diving training, they could use skydiving to perfect that body position. And I keep wondering why someone doesn't do that, because it would be pretty amazing. It’s so interesting you said this John, because I always look at those ski jumpers, and see that they are in a perfect track position. I think that if they went through sky diving training, they could use skydiving to perfect that body position. And I keep wondering why someone doesn’t do that, because it would be pretty amazing.

]]> By: John Moore http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/pioneers/comment-page-1/#comment-3193 John Moore Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:26:33 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-3193 Hi Steph, I've been watching the World Cup ski jumping competition which turned out to be very exciting. http://english.cctv.com/program/sportsscene/20091221/103107.shtml I'm interested in the air techniques and how this relates to wingsuit flying and base jumping. Have you discussed this sort of thing with your wingsuit friends or seen any studies relating the two disciplines? In ski jumping, or ski flying which produces longer distances, they are milking every bit of lift they can from the air in a relatively short time. I love reading your blog. Have a great Cristmas .) John Hi Steph,
I’ve been watching the World Cup ski jumping competition which turned out to be very exciting. http://english.cctv.com/program/sportsscene/20091221/103107.shtml I’m interested in the air techniques and how this relates to wingsuit flying and base jumping. Have you discussed this sort of thing with your wingsuit friends or seen any studies relating the two disciplines? In ski jumping, or ski flying which produces longer distances, they are milking every bit of lift they can from the air in a relatively short time. I love reading your blog. Have a great Cristmas .)

John

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