Skydiving without a parachute

[you go boy]

this is going to be on Fox at 8pm eastern... yep im watching it now...this dude is crazy though

Skydiver Luke Aikins figures his next leap into thin air will start pretty much like the thousands that preceded it, only with one small but significant difference: This time when he steps out of the plane at 25,000 feet he won't take his parachute with him.

If all goes according to plan, he will land two minutes later in a trawler-like fishing net 20 stories above the ground and only about a third the size of a football field. If he can pull it off, he will put his name in the history books as the only skydiver to go from plane to planet Earth without a parachute.

The effort will be broadcast live on Fox at 8 p.m. EDT (5 p.m. PDT) Saturday as part of an hour-long program called "Stride Gum Presents Heaven Sent." It will be shown on a tape delay, however, and will contain a warning to viewers not to try this themselves.

 

[shorty doo wop]

Bruh

 

[John Wick]

Any footage?

 

[you go boy]

its on live right now on fox

 

[Bert.]

Any footage?

Hasn't happened yet

Just tuned in

 

[fousey]

Keep us updated.

 

[definition of dopeness]

We saw the dude space jump live a few years back, now this.

Tape delay right? You know just in case.

 

[2oh6ridah]

RIP

 

[shogun]

Jenny Taft looking good.

His aim better be good. Tough to be accurate jumping from a plane.

 

[waitwut]

wait so dude is gonna skydive and land in a net?

someone tell me im reading this wrong

 

[nick.]

wait so dude is gonna skydive and land in a net?

someone tell me im reading this wrong

that's exactly what's happening

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

Any footage?

 

[shogun]

These guys in black look like they're going to jump with him though. I wonder if they'll grab him if it's looking like he'll be off target.

 

[green rhino123]

he just jumped yall


would be more impressive w/o a net tho

 

[shogun]

Did this stunt get any media coverage? If someone walks a tightrope then I hear about it.

 

[you go boy]

he landed but he hit like the edge of the net

 

[TimelessClassic]

He's in!!! Stride Gum byke!

 

[waitwut]

wait so dude is gonna skydive and land in a net?

someone tell me im reading this wrong

that's exactly what's happening

imma feel bad for laughing but dude is gonna die rip

-edit

he landed but he hit like the edge of the net

someone gotta post a gif or video or something

 

[dman14]

safety net? weak!

 

[Mr Dink]

he just jumped yall


would be more impressive w/o a net tho

Then he'll just die.

 

[you go boy]

ya how would he land without a net? hes already risking his life without a parachute

 

[shogun]

I think they just wanted him to die for their entertainment. It was on delay and they would've cut the broadcast though.

 

[xbiker47]

video?

 

[you go boy]

 

[water]

I still want to get my skydiving license