Watching the fainters is funny enough but watching their laughing friends is even more funny.
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The two women that go up in a three chair model are the best. One faints over and over while her friend can’t stop laughing.
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Always wanted to skydive but haven't really ever checked into it. I have bungy jumped a few times when supporting a guy that ran Bungy America back in the 90s in Southern California. The place where he staged the operation was called Bridge to Nowhere is north of Azusa.
A bridge built in the 1930s that sits alone in the forest where a road was once temporarily built. The spring runoff would wash out the road but not the bridge. After a couple attempts to build the road the state abandoned the project. The bridge is about 100 high and you would drop about 80 feet before snapping back up. Yeah, it was a ground rush and it took me a while to overcome my fear of jumping off. If you were a woman and jumped naked she could jump for free.
Also got to jump in Vegas one time. The tallest hydraulic ram in the world use to sit next to Circus Circus and it would take you up 180 feet. The jump site had a pool at the bottom that might save you if something went wrong. I got that one on video from the Aussies that ran it.
Awesome!!
I've bungee jumped, 150'...and it was an experience, lol.
Going up was the most fun, jumping out of crane into nothing was a strange feeling, and the rest was the same free fall as a big roller coaster.
I used to want to try skydiving, and have flown several times, but have aged out of the free falling too, it leaves me with a bad headache.
Been there, done that...I'll stick to motorcycles, lol
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A friend of mine bungee jumped off the New River Valley Gorge bridge in West Va, which was over 25 years ago when that was still allowed, and he opted for the longer cord...so his head would go into the river...and the bridge is 876 feet high!!!
They still base jump off of it annually on 'Bridge Day', and any other time they can gey away with it.
There's now an open pedestrian bridge on it under the roadway too.
I've been there(before the pedestrian bridge was built), it's a cool thing to drive over, and there's a visitor's center on the north side, you can walk down the trails and look up at it.
They still base jump off of it annually on 'Bridge Day', and any other time they can gey away with it.
There's now an open pedestrian bridge on it under the roadway too.
I've been there(before the pedestrian bridge was built), it's a cool thing to drive over, and there's a visitor's center on the north side, you can walk down the trails and look up at it.
Interesting place... last time I was there (many years ago), no one was around. I took this picture in early May. All the bungee equipment is in locked shipping container you can see in the background...
The path to get there isn't exactly well marked. You just kinda follow the creek and veer off at the right time. Worth the effort though.
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I've never done any bungee jumping, but as an avid thrill seeker, I have ridden lots of amusement park rides and other rides. Probably the most heart stopping one was when a friend and I rode the Big Shot on the top of the Stratosphere in Vegas about 30 years ago. It uses a steam powered launcher that is similar to what launches jets on aircraft carriers to shoot you about 190 feet straight up, and you are already 900 feet off the ground just being on top of the Stratosphere. You have 4 G's of lift and everything on your body just sinks. They make you take your shoes off and empty your pockets before you can ride it. And once you reach the top, it lets you free fall most of the way down and them shoots you up part way a few times. It's quite a ride.
The view when you are at the bottom of the ride lets you see things that are probably a half a mile away, but when you reach the top, it's almost like standing on the outside of the Stratosphere and looking over the edge. Several of the people that went up there that day had tickets to ride but chickened out when they saw others ride it. We also went to Buffalo Bills in Primm Nevada and rode the largest wooden roller coaster in the world on that trip.
My friend that was there with me needed a heart valve replacement and was scheduled for open heart surgery when we got back, so he wanted to ride it before the surgery. When they went to replace the heart valve, they found a grapefruit sized aneurism on his aorta and what was supposed to be a 2-3 hour surgery ended up being a 11 hour surgery. They called in a second surgical team to complete it. The kept him in an induced coma for close to a week to let things heal some before he could move around.
He made a full recovery and we visited Vegas again about a week ago, but now he's in his mid 70's and I'm in my late 60's so we didn't ride any rides. That was OK, as we've ridden most of them anyway.
I am glad that I was able to ride so many thrill rides when I was younger. You only live once.
The biggest thrill that I've had lately has been riding the new to me Busa.
The view when you are at the bottom of the ride lets you see things that are probably a half a mile away, but when you reach the top, it's almost like standing on the outside of the Stratosphere and looking over the edge. Several of the people that went up there that day had tickets to ride but chickened out when they saw others ride it. We also went to Buffalo Bills in Primm Nevada and rode the largest wooden roller coaster in the world on that trip.
My friend that was there with me needed a heart valve replacement and was scheduled for open heart surgery when we got back, so he wanted to ride it before the surgery. When they went to replace the heart valve, they found a grapefruit sized aneurism on his aorta and what was supposed to be a 2-3 hour surgery ended up being a 11 hour surgery. They called in a second surgical team to complete it. The kept him in an induced coma for close to a week to let things heal some before he could move around.
He made a full recovery and we visited Vegas again about a week ago, but now he's in his mid 70's and I'm in my late 60's so we didn't ride any rides. That was OK, as we've ridden most of them anyway.
I am glad that I was able to ride so many thrill rides when I was younger. You only live once.
The biggest thrill that I've had lately has been riding the new to me Busa.
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It's been since the early 90s when I worked for Ron whom is the guy that started Bungee America. I have a number of pictures stored away from those trips. It's 4.8 miles from the parking lot just off SR 39 that use to run up to Los Angeles Crest Highway SR 2. ( they might have finally gotten around to fixing SR 39 and reconnecting it to SR 2 ) On one trip Ron had me pack in a 45 lb fabricated steel step that was the launch platform placed on the outside of the bridge. I thought I was going to die before completing that trip as it slowed me down considerably. Ron used a cinder block building left over from the days of construction that he put his bungee gear inside of. One day he arrived there and found somebody had used a sledgehammer to bust a hole in the cinder block and they stole all his gear. So, Ron had a steel vault constructed and paid a company with a helicopter $1500 to fly it up there and drop it off.
I got to make several jumps there on the graciousness of Ron because I helped him with his jumpers. It was a scary jump and it took me a while to get up the nerve to do it. I had to watch a number of other people do it first to over come my fear. It's a real ground rush place to jump because you get within 30 feet of the ground on the first bounce on the cords. Jumps were made with a 3 cord minimum. Each cord was rated at 1500 lbs max. The working range for each cord was 37 to 50 lbs with a 5 cord max. Even a 100 lb person had to use 3 cords and the max weight for a participant was 250 lbs. Getting a 250 lb person into the harness didn't always work though as they were just to big where it mattered.
The path up there had a narrow and treacherous section not to far from the bridge that required being very careful with each step. I don't know if that was ever improved with a safety line that would provide a handhold in case your footing slipped.
I remember the day I bought my first Hayabusa... April of 99. I was coming off a range of pre-1K bikes... Ninja 600, GSX-R750, etc. The Hayabusa felt very heavy, but holy hell the freight train torque! It was the next acceleration thrill I was seeking. It didn't last long. Within 3 years I was installing an MCX turbo kit. Ended up at 315rwhp. The thrill was back. Throttle only wheelies in 1-4 gears (stock length swingarm). That sustained me for many years. I longed for a car that would give me similar acceleration thrills... I am a Corvette guy, so the Z06 was my fix. As I got older, simplicity became a factor and EV's are exactly that. I now have a comfortable riding sedan that pulls 1G to 100mph and is smooth and quiet.
I'm always looking for the next G. Will the Zora be unobtainium?
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Your memory must be fading... Buffalo Bills Casino Hotel has an all steel roller coaster. I was there yesterday... it's the same coaster for well over 20 years as I have been to Vegas many many times for work and for pleasure. Just did the NHRA event this weekend and drove the Concours over and back so I drove past it twice and gassed up both times. In 2017 ( NHRA ) I stayed at Buffalo Bills and could hear the coaster running while sitting in my room and also see a small section of the structure that it is made of from my window.
Like you I have enjoyed the Big Shot many times. After the 2012 Super Bowl I went up there and made friends with the crew to the point where they just let me hang out until a new group was ready to launch. I think I rode it 10 to 12 times in a row.... I was g force addiction was satisfied!
I had my 70 mm binoculars with me and the crew ( kids ) were amazed to look through them at the city lights below us as well as the helicopters that are flying around all the time.
I didn't make it to the Strat this time but will probably go up there next time I visit. I really like hanging out up there... the view is beautiful day and night. I will definitely go up there again for the Super Bowl next year.
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Yes, after 30 years, my memory is fading. It must have been somewhere else that I rode the huge wooden coaster. Must be something else that was it's claim to fame. It was the Desperado, I do remember that. Maybe the fastest or tallest coaster at the time. I've also been to Cedar Point many times in Ohio, so maybe that was where I rode the wooden coaster.
As to the Big Shot, I kind of thought that maybe a person could just pay for the ride to the top of the Stratosphere and then use the tickets from people that were too afraid to ride it.
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I attended the inaugural four wide NHRA event in Vegas a few years ago. A bunch of us guys from our ranch in Arizona drove up and went. And I thought two top fuel cars was loud. Not like four was double loud, but definitely louder.
Aside from our politics, it appears that we have a lot in common.
I was at that first 4 wide in Vegas myself, loved it
Also rode desperado at buffalo bills as a kid when it first came out as the highest/fastest coaster and 25-30yrs later just before Covid shut it down. It was just as fun but twice as exciting bcuz it really didn’t look safe hahaha
Also rode desperado at buffalo bills as a kid when it first came out as the highest/fastest coaster and 25-30yrs later just before Covid shut it down. It was just as fun but twice as exciting bcuz it really didn’t look safe hahaha
@michael parris heuberger ........riding the slicks in Viet Nam must have given you a few thrill rides...
I've had more than a few myself in and around conflict zones.......
I've had more than a few myself in and around conflict zones.......
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