@@mr.martyr8573 90s still a bit down the road, but I've been shot, stabbed, beat to hell, run over, lost my left eye, and had an overhead crane fall on me. Some days, it is a little hard to get outta bed. Mentally and physically.
@@rarebreed9208 Forget about it lol, same here, I'm only 50 but I've been smashed bashed and trashed for at least 30 years, I definitely need an oil change, I can barely move in the cold ❄ 😎👍
Jessi Combs was my boss at Breeze ski shop, she was the one who hired me way back in the day, and she was so freaking awesome. She was my all time favorite boss for sure, she always had a huge smile on her face and always made work so cool and she was one amazing skier! She was with us until she went off to Wyoming to get her degree. It is so sad that she passed but at least she went out doing something so incredibly bad ass and she will always be known through out history. RIP Jessi.
She sounded awesome, RIP! (I noted over the years "died" has become "passed". In the case of a daredevil who bites it, they really kind of failed. Or, like, it's some sort of test that if you pass, you die?)
I remember when I heard the news. I was sick over it. In my opinion she should not of died. There should be no reason for anyone to die if a crash cell is designed correctly . If there is no sudden halting or sudden stop and therefore NO sudden force thrust upon your head and body, you should survive. Someone needs to make a better design....dammit !!! I miss her !!
Personally I believe they didnt die doing what they loved. Personally I think they were weak minded individuals looking for attention.....I'm sure their families miss them....may they rest in pieces, amen
Was just saying that to my girlfriend. People can’t see that getting home everyday is having dodged death a hundred ways. As I get older I understand that the urges of youth are from the strong cravings for thrills many times giving no thought to the risks. It’s for each to decide. Thankfully she took nobody along with her
I became permanently paralyzed in 2019 from a skidoo accident. I’m paraplegic, levels T6-T7, and I think it would be awesome if you guys did a video about the Paralympics or spinal cord injuries!
@@stephenchase9261 Im not physically injured. Sorry I wasnt trying to be insensitive and wasnt speaking on your suffering, rather that we are all dying quickly and are soon so suffer. We will share death and the time between is trivial in my mind. Again not trying to diminish nor persuade you, and Im very sorry for your suffering.
@@MrLoobu I think you meant to comment to Pigeon Wheels, I'm OK I was just inquiring as to the severity of Pigeon Wheels condition. But thanks for the consideration. PEACE!
I knew a woman in college, a gymnast, she was instructing a group of students, who began to beg her to demonstrate a double back flip on the trampoline. She was on her monthly, and said that she really didn't feel up to it, but her students kept asking... when she came down, she hit the edge of the trampoline frame, and broke her spine, she is now a para. I have never seen such a brave person, the way she adapted to life in a wheelchair, and her positive outlook on life. Prayers and bless you.
Yeah....there's a 1 in 2500 chance of dying when using a wing suit....I'd imagine those odds go WAY up when using a wing suit to fly through a 6 foot wide hole in a stone mountain.
Y’all are a special kind of stupid. Hard drugs ruin lives and isn’t a thing you ‘like to do’. You do it cause you’re addicted or escaping pain, which never ends well. Plenty of extreme sports athletes/stuntmen are alive and well. Lay off the crack pipe.
I vividly remember watching Caleb's crash live on TV with my mom and it still is surprising to me that he was able to walk to the ambulance and then died. RIP to him and everyone else on this list.
I nearly died a month after a car accident. I had a slow bleed filling a hematoma for that month. It burst and I nearly bled to death. Its runined my life. Debt, constant pain, now I likely have cancer because of it.
Bennie Dobbins was the best stuntman in television and features in the business for years. People were always there for him every step of the way such as Jack Gill. Learning how to do many insane stunts and get some of them right. But for Bennie Dobbins, it wasn't that easy. It was tough. He died at age 55 in Vienna, Austria in 1989. There thousands of people such as Jack Gill, Andy Gill, Joel Kramer, Vic & Wendy Armstrong, the Baxley Family, Tony Brubaker, Bob Hoy, Max Kleven, Bob Herron, Roydon Clark, Terry Leonard, Walter Scott, Kay Whipple and more were all there to paid their respects to this loving stuntman. They're all been very grateful.
Those wing suit people. How does one practise a sport such as this? Usually in a sport, you learn by making mistakes. And taking risk but failing sometimes. This sport asks for nothing short of absolute perfection every single time. That's a lot to maintain.
Kinda feel that Jesse Combs run is inappropriately described as a stunt--she was going for a land speed record, which endeavor is usually considered with a far greater degree of respect than a "stunt." I mean, RIP for all in this video, but I don't consider going for a record a stunt. I had a great deal of respect for this individual, and certainly miss her now.
I’m not sure I want to know, but I’d imagine there have been some pretty gruesome deaths from some of the more insane parkour stunts, like jumping from the top of one really tall building to the next. Just watching the helmet cams scares a deuce 💩 out of me. Same for some of the insane BMX/mountain bike downhill stuff and, of course, *free climbing*
I do wonder about that. The stories in this video are known because the stunts were publicized and the people had some degree of fame. Many of those parkour enthusiasts and free climbers, though, don't have many eyeballs on them, so what happens to them might not spread in the media very widely.
@@williamjohnsonwilliamjohns1721 no I'm not lying, we were friends. She dated one of the guys from Cephalic Carnage with whom I was also friends. 3 members of the band, Jessi, and I all worked together.
Dude that is crazy, she was my boss at Breeze ski shop, she was so bad ass, and she was such a sweet heart! She hurt her leg from skiing so that is why she quit and started to go to WYOTECH. She was a really incredible skier up until then!
@@vanmeel420 We worked together at Rock Bottom Brewery. Whenever I went to Vedauwoo to climb outside Laramie, I'd give her a call and we'd do breakfast at The Chuckwagon. She was an amazing friend.
Eugene Wall dude the chuck wagon was so amazing!! I haven’t heard or even thought about that place in forever! And you are soooo right, she was one genuinely amazing person!
@Ironhorse, That is the most overused comment on YT, I don't thing you looked at any of the evidence regardless of the model. You assume it is a ball because that is what you were told, try looking at some of the evidence first then comment. Science does not explain everything, and the 15th century Masonic Copernican model was not even aROUND (see what I did there) till the 15th century. You have to understand the why of the lie first. It is always better to have questions one can not answer, then answers one can not ever question grasshopper.
Problem with being a daredevil is when mistakes happen you usually pay with your life. Sad all these people died but I can’t say any of it seemed worth it. You stay in that lifestyle long enough and it’s a question of when not if.
Going to the moon was risky, yet it was done. Breaking the sound barrier was risky, but it was done. Flying at high altitude was risky, yet it was done. Jumping out of a plane with a parachute was risky, but it was done. Hell, being the first to fly an airplane was risky, but where would we be without flight today? There are lots of things that are risky, but well worth it. You never know to what practical purposes some of these things might lend themselves, one day.
I remember in January of 1985 at the Thrill Show, in Houston, a stuntman died by trying to recreate going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. He was hoisted up a hundred feet or so at the center of the Astrodome, then dropped into a fiberglass tank holding water. He clipped the side of the tank and the foam floating in the water did little to break the surface tension. I remember when they opened the barrel, I could see blood....quite a site for a young teenager. Later in the show we were informed he had died.
There is a tribute to her in the Alvord Desert in Oregon. It was very touching to see. Its a bench with a picture of her and the Kate Kitty O'Neill. Jesse had become good friends with her before she passed.
Don H dude jessi was amazing, she was my boss back in the day and she was so freaking awesome, she made work so much fun and going skiing with her was bad ass. But man she was fearless to say the least!
Don H you are totally right, she was freaking hilarious too, and she gave me a shot at 15 when I kept coming into the ski shop to ask for her to hire me, after about a week she signed me on and that was one of my most favorite jobs mostly due to her awesomeness!! When I heard what happened I was in shock and called all my old friends who worked with her and everyone was at a loss for words. She was one truly incredible human being!
Jessi was a good and brave soul really enjoyed her personality and abilities on MythBusters you could tell she was a wonderful person , was tough to hear she had passed when it happened ...RIP Jessi
I didn't know Jessi Combs died!!!! I started crying when I realized what they where saying. Unexpected! I used to watch her every Sunday on PowerBlock TV.
She never set a land speed record. She only went faster then kitty o'neal did in the smi motivator. The North American Eagle never ran for the record ever. The man that built the car ed shadle was using jessi to attract sponsors so he could try and break the record which is held by andy green in thrust ssc.
Jessi was a fantastic metal fabricator and could turn a wrench on anything from a lawnmower to a LSR car or motorcycle to a dump truck. Very skilled in her profession.
Jessi Combs was not in an insane stunt. It was well planned, well engineered effort which did not turn out well for her. I only knew her from her TV programs and she seemed like a knowledgable, fun person to be around.
I jump out of airplanes at 2-3 times higher altitude than 5000 feet. I can confirm, earth looks still pretty flat from those heights. Could have just gotten on the airplane or helicopter. His rocket idea was just as smart as his flat earth theory.
It made more sense than Jesse's land speed record attempt, all he had to do was get a real parachute, not a homemade one like his rocket and he would have been fine, Jesse's car had zero safety equipment, a ejection seat was what the other women wanted before strapping into that car, must not have been in the budget
I beat all their records. I've been doing what I love (being with my family, scuba diving, downhill, XC, and water skiing, hiking, hunting, fishing, traveling, photography, tennis) for over 50 years and I'm still alive to enjoy those things.
BacK in the late 70s NBC had a show called “That’s Incredible!” It showed outrageous stunts and daredevils all over the country doing stunts. One I never forgot was some guy out on an airport runway with a sports car driving straight at him jumping over the car at top speed. Crazy stuff that today you see constantly but 45 years ago not that often.
I needed Orthopedic surgery and spent 10 months in a cast and another two months in Re-Hab when I slipped on a three foot wide patch of ice putting out the garbage. I snapped my Fibula and Dislocated my right ankle. This is why you'll never see me doing anything remotely close to these stunts.
I didn't know Angela Madsen died during one of her trips. She was very inspirational..I remember learning about it several years ago and was always fascinated by her story.
God Bless Jessie, I use to watch her all the time on the auto shows and she was great at the Barrett-Jackson auctions, a bright , funny, cheerful beautiful young lady who knows more about cars & engines and can crank a wrench better than almost any guy, now thats hot. Bless you Jessie, you own the record!
Damn I used to love watching Jessi Combs on Xtreme 4x4. She was beautiful, and an amazingly talented welder, fabricator, and extreme off-road vehicle builder.
I was stunned at the videos of outlandish stunts, wondering about a blooper reel- well now we have the ultimate bloopers. making them stunts much more risky than they appeared. the body jumpers were amazing how far the could glide and the ability to fly through crevices.
@@peterbellwood5412 There are no other land speed cars that where made using the fuselage from the F-104. The North American Eagle was the only one of its kind.
@@jimfarrell8662 I was special ops much of my 24-year military career, and did HALOs. Saw the curvature of the Earth plenty if times, but you cant convince these flat-Earth Neanderthals of it. I only wish more of them would build rockets. -To verify Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection.
How about people like Marco Siffredi, who figured out a way to beat everyone down from the peak of Mt. Everest by snowboarding it? Everyone says the most deadly part of climbing Mt. Everest is getting back down it. Marco proved that, if you're a talented snowboarder, the hardest part is the easiest. Unfortunately, he died trying a different route down the next year. Still, he was an amazing daredevil. Insane, but amazing.
There was no way Mike Hughes was going to see the curvature of the Earth from just 5,000 feet. It's basic geometry - 5,000 feet is less than one mile, nowhere near high enough to detect the curve of a sphere that is almost *8,000* miles in diameter. That would be like trying to see the curve of an apple by being about half the thickness of a human hair above its skin. He would have had to get to at least 50,000 feet to even begin to see any curvature, and he still would have needed a perfectly clear sky and a very wide field of view.
"When you live on an edge, you risk falling off." Great quote. Do you know where its from? I read it "a stage" instead of "an edge" when i initially felt it.
I'm so glad you didn't show footage of the deaths, I'm sure many YT channels would have used them for views. I feel sorry for their poor mothers as even before they lost their kids the mum's must have worried themselves stupid every time their kid went out to be stupid. I've made my kid promise they'll never buy a motorcycle whilst I'm alive.
That's what makes these fools selfish. They care not about the feelings about others. Pure selfishness with absolutely nothing to gain except bragging rights until they meet their doom.
Don't forget about Shane McConkey!! He was an absolute pioneer in skiing and base jumping and ski base jumping. There's a wonderful documentary about him but I was sad to see he didn't make this list
Hang on, that first guy wasn't 'inexperienced' cos he'd set the Guinness World Record for the longest limousine jump? Fairly sure astronaut training doesn't involve driving a limousine very fast and seeing how far it can jump.
Technically true, but astronauts are assessed on their skill in speed & jump length with transport vehicles. Its uncommon for NASA to use limousines as the test vehicle, usually its a tuk-tuk or rickshaw with a fat tourist on the back.
5:17 So she was found dead in the ocean "still tethered to her boat and now one knows what happened"....Uhm...my guess is that she fell over and couldn't climb back in due to her disability. Not hard to figure out.
she went into the water intentionally, to repair the boat, which is why she was tethered. If you're going into the water intentionally, pretty sure you'd be able to get back in under normal circumstances
Mr. Hughes, the first "stunter" here said he needed to get to 5,000 feet to see if the earth was flat or round. Hell, all he had to do was buy a ticket with a window seat on any commercial airliner flying any decent distance. The plane cruises at between 30 and 35,000 feet. Seven times the height he wanted AND a window seat would give him all he needed to see.....and maybe lunch on the plane,too !!!!!
Or maybe just take a trip to the oceanfront and watch ships that are heading out how they slowly disappear from view with the bottom disappearing first and the crows nest is the last thing to disappear. Now apply that to a table top model that is flat....a flat earth means the boat gets smaller and smaller.....a round earth would have the bottom disappear first and the crows nest the last. It was theorized during the time of wooden sailing boats in the Atlantic by watching this phenonomen, studied enough to work out the circumference of the earth...getting darn close with their calculations. (of course that was at their longitude) as no one was calculating from the equator.
@@bmlsb he was also completely mentally ill and shouldve been locked in an asylum so he doesnt hurt anyone. He was a flat earther and he got what he deserved. If you go to such lengths to prove that the earth is flat, maybe you should realize how ill you are.
With all due respect there is something bitter sweet about someone leaving this world doing their thing. My hats off to these brave souls they dared to be great. Say what you will but I admire them. Wide open throttle into the next world. MAKE A HARD LEFT FOR DALE! Rip guys
1:48 Jessie Combs is greatly missed. If I'm not mistaken, the girl driving that car before Jessie quit because the car was unsafe. It shook and vibrated badly.
I have "exercised questionable judgment" when operating powerful motor vehicles at high rates of speed, but the Grim Reaper has yet to catch up with me. Jessi Combs- one badass lady. R.I.P.
She could have settled for 525MPH, would have broke the record, and likely would still be alive....I mean still alive until the next, or the next, or the next. When you can't sit still after a good or great accomplishment, you are just setting yourself up for the inevitable.....
I grew up with my Dad as an Austrian outdoors-man, backpacking, mountain climbing, skiing, white water canoeing, and sailing all over the Great Lakes in the US and on 2 oceans in our 30 ft sailboat, and riding motor cycles from the age of 15 to 52. Though I encountered times of danger with these activities many times, I was highly trained in all these activities, and we didn't take stupid risks, just for the "thrill" of it. All these activities were already considered to be a risk, so we always checked out where we were going to climb, sail, backpack, canoe, and were always prepared with the best supplies, and kept up with the local weather. I was never an idiot with a "death wish" like the "rocket man," the land speed woman, the snowmobile guy, the base jumpers, or the disabled woman rowing by herself across the Pacific Ocean. I am not a "cruel" and uncaring person in any way, though I have no sympathy for people that are stupid....I'm just saying....
I agree. None of these stunts are worth risking your life for. You only get one go. Why risk it. In a few hundred years all of these people will have been forgotten. The real winners are the ones who are careful, enjoy life, and live long. Being remembered for dying in a crazy assed stunt gone wrong means nothing. All this crap about 'at least hey died doing something they love' is ridiculous.
I'm in an assisted living facility, so for thrills and adrenalin-fueled fun, the other old timers and I steal some extra tapioca pudding from the kitchen. Risky, but worth it. We've lost a few good men with our shenanigans! Lol 😆
Apparently, the rocket guy was never made aware that humans have achieved flight thanks to ingenious vehicles called Airplanes. Way cheaper and safer than building your own rocket.
5,000ft, I have achieved more in a glider (Sailplane), yes for sure as long as there are no clouds you can see the earth is curved. 5280ft is 1 statute mile Would be more impressive at 20,000. As long as you have the oxygen to gasp at it! World speed as at Aug 1997 is held by Thrust SSC team who went supersonic. They observe the French rules, a run in each direction within 1 hour on 4 wheels. She was after womens record. Did not realise she was Jessi from Mythbusters who replaced Karrie Byron when she was off on maternity leave. Very Sad, must have kept this quiet!
Flat earthers claim the airplane's windows distorts the view making the horizon look curved when it is actually flat. They have an answer for everything.
Can you imagine feeling so dead inside that you have to do hair raising, dangerous stunts just to feel alive? I feel sorry for these people--not because they're dead but because they had such empty lives.
I Highly respect the last daredevil despite the fact that she was unable to walk she was able to row across through vast oceans and set records that people with all their use of their entire limbs cannot accomplish. Her mind and body were one. Godspeed to everyone who died competing or just subjectively enjoyed what other people fear. You only live once. I’m 47 and have a plethora of injuries but remain weightlifting and skydiving while my peers from grade school rather play poker, pool or video games? They are overweight and their health declining. I’m the crazy one yet I’ve accomplished more than all of them together, I rather go happy than not my life to the fullest. Fear will never allow you to move forward. Take a Risk at least once in your lifetime. Regrets remain in your subconscious. Just my POV. Everyone has their poison. I’m not judging, just an observation. ✝️
You may have accomplished more than your friends but you sound like a pretentious wanker. Spouting all that "wisdom" (specific to your experience only) then capping it with "just an observation"... Man you sound smug. And it's all just words... that can be destroyed by other words.
well yes, but their family and friends are suffering ; certainly they have suffered. I guess now, they have learned to live with it. I feel sorry for Jessie's mom. Mothers never recover, they just adapt.
Angela's story is bittersweet though... She didn't let her new disability limit her, she pushed boundaries... Definitely wish she had a boat following her, but she wouldn't have been the same strong cheerful woman had she just sat in her chair watching tv all day.
Almost 500 MPH when the entire front wheel collapsed? That must have been one frightening experience. I sort of understand the strong desire to achieve but damn, there has to be limits mixed into the equation somewhere along the way. The guy in the wing suit going between the gap that they say was 6 feet wide, it looked more like 3 feet wide and even 100 feet wide isn't enough for me to try any of that.
ALMOST? she was going over 500mph. her official record is 522 but her faster record wasn't officially recorded due to the mechanical failure.. as stated in the video.
@@MrDlt123 Right, I am wrong. On a per jump basis I may be correct but over the course of a career of base jumping you are, of course, more likely to die the more you do it. Which brings up another question. Do these people ever retire, or do they keep jumping till "The End?" Is this why you never hear the expression YOLO any more? Are all the YOLOs dead? Thanks for your reply.
Well if you are a conspiracy nut and think the plane windows are video screens simply wander up any hill/mountain over 5000 feet tall, that’s higher than the rocket was going to reachOops sorry of course on a flat earth there are no hills, all the map makers are in on the act and put false height and contour information on their maps. Of course those base jumpers are all CGI and didn’t actually die. For the USA reader this is sarcasm.
@@kevinrogan9871 Well I live in Australia on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, my wife and son's flew in a plane to Adelaide to visit family.......Oh hang on apparently Australia doesn't exist and we are all paid actors!!!! there truly is some Nutjobs in this world.
The former speed record in 1976 was a CHALLENGE. But in 2013, it's a STUNT to put a person in it. Only for publicity and to make the developers rich. If a computer guided machine like this would succeed, only insiders would talk about it. Why the need of a 'driver'? It only can go in a straight line and can not be manoeuvered anyway. The loss of her life was unnecessary.
@@superbirden57 1976: Less computers and less powerfull computers. No GPS, so more difficult to automattically control speed. Slower electronic automatic adjustments to wheels that lose grip.
A challenge or a stunt. If you look at the definition, it is both. Yes, Jessie was performing a stunt, driving that machine. To make a living doing stunts, like Evil Knivel or like Jessie, chasing her record, is absolutely a stunt. Look at the Google definition of stunt. It is exactly what Jessie was doing.
That last woman was a powerhouse. Dang, she accomplished more then most of us as a para, then we do not being so. Would have loved to have known such a strong soul. Wow.
Mike Hughes wanted to build a rocket to take him to 5,000 feet to see if the earth was flat? Hell, he could have bough an airline ticket to do that. And he would have been able to go a lot higher than 5,000 feet. All while enjoying his favorite drink.
@Paul Revere - I knew the flat earth reference would bring out the kooks and weirdos. Never fails. Perhaps you should go back to your psychiatrist and have him increase the dosage on your meds.
