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When did this happen? Russian landing in power lines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AIQgJJUKoQ

Nevermind. I read the date stamp on the video.
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Re: [stayhigh13k] When did this happen? Russian landing in power lines.
why do all Russians have dash cams?
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Re: [wasatchrider] When did this happen? Russian landing in power lines.
wasatchrider wrote:
why do all Russians have dash cams?
for insurance/ corruption issues. With the cam you can show you weren't wrong
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Re: [stayhigh13k] When did this happen? Russian landing in power lines.
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I read the date stamp on the video.

Do you realy think that it is so hot in Russia in February? :)
How about snow and bears walking the street? :)
It happened few months ago, serious injuries
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Re: [Bender] When did this happen? Russian landing in power lines.
Is the Dude or Chick ok? Looked bad.. what is the extent of the injuries?
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Re: [Bender] When did this happen? Russian landing in power lines.
Bender wrote:
Do you realy think that it is so hot in Russia in February? :)
How about snow and bears walking the street? :)

Global warming?
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Re: [try2live] When did this happen? Russian landing in power lines.
I saw another vid with the same jumper. Premature release static line, ate it hard on landing for no apparent reason. Looked to be around 220'? Unless there's another Russian with that same canopy/PC combo.
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Re: [try2live] When did this happen? Russian landing in power lines.
Ya, that looked really bad.

There was someone that died in a similar way (clipped a light pole like that, pendulumed, and landed on their back). Even a 10' fall onto your head or back with your body weight against pavement like that can easily be fatal or shatter you. That's my biggest fear on an urban jump. Too many damn snaggy bits everywhere. Add in a little wind, some moving obstacles, and hard pavement Crazy

Great for canopy work though!