Happy Tuesday! Happiness is having your flowers live longer than usual. There must have been some angel dust sprinkled on them from above.
For anyone who is interested, I need to set the record straight. Two blogger friends let me know that there really is such a thing as Banzai skydiving. I had posted about it in my Sunday’s post, thinking it was too CRAZY for anyone to actually try, but I was wrong. This is from the Guiness Book of World Records, “Yasuhiro Kubo (Japan), jumped from a plane at an altitude of 3,000 m. (9,842 ft) without a parachute and in 50 seconds hooked onto a parachute which was thrown out prior to his jump on 2 September 2000 in Davis, California, USA.” Thanks LT and Barb for the information.
Hope your week is off to a good start and that you can find some smiles and encouragment in the quotes below.
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Nuggets of Gold 
Wiki expresses skepticism about Yasuhiro Kubo’s claim. There is no video or photographic evidence that he actually accomplished this feat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banzai_skydiving
Besides, any fool knows that you jump first, then catch the parachute after it is thrown to you.
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Yes, so when are you going to demonstrate the correct way for everyone? Think of the views a video of that would get on your blog? 😉
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I said that any fool knows this. I’m no fool.
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Could have fooled me! 😛
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That’s because you’re a fool.
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Pfttttt!
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Here’s a link to his website. According to the site, he was born in Tokyo in 1962, and he’s a BASE and wingsuit jumper. On the “Record Guinness” page, if you scroll down to the event marked “2000 9.2”, that’s the “no parachute” jump. It appears that the chute was in a canister that increased its terminal velocity. But there was also a second person who hung on to Kubo’s leg, probably to tie in to him if he missed the canister.
In Japanese, his name is “久保安宏”. Searching through some Japanese sites and video, apparently he hosted a Japanese TV show called “Junk Sports”. Seems like a real character… he celebrated his 60th birthday by being launched off a cliff in China. His daughter is also apparently a BASE jumper. He Tweeted (@YASUjump) a clip of her jumping off a bridge for Fathers’ Day. His Facebook page is at… /yasuhiro.kubo.official/
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Ahemmm… the link: https://www.skydiving.jp/
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I’ll bet he’s a character, and probably a very good showman. Base jumping seems nearly suicidal to me. In fact quite a few base jumpers have to be referred to in the past tense.
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Keep in mind that Wikipedia is written and edited by users around the world, not just a bunch of professional researchers, although you are asked to provide sources for any information you edit or add. I know this from personal experience.
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Thanks for the advisory. And I’ve heard that advisory from others, too. I always take Wiki with a grain of salt. I think it can be useful for general information, but when I’ve gotten into the weeds of a topic, I’ve found inconsistencies when seeking confirmation from other sources.
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I have personally jumped out of an airplane without a parachute and survived to tell about it. Now, it was parked on the runway when I did it, but that’s beside the point.
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Oh gosh! I read your first line and thought , he can’t be serious. I was right, doolally!😂
But you jumped out of the plane on the runway? Did you change your mind?
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Yes and I skinned my knee too.
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Oops! Guese you shouldn’t have jumped,.
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I think those giraffes were about to start necking.
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😶🤚!!
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Kubo-san is reassurance that no matter how crazy you might be, there’s always someone crazier. But he sure does seem like a happy guy.
And Air Canada just about got me to try jumping out of a plane in flight .
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Happy is good!
Oooh glad you thought twice before jumping out of the plane. LOL!
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I’m going with #6. I learned a long time ago not to mess with Granny Clampett.
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Smart man! LOL!
Ob, Granny made the show. 😄
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A lovely share Joy. Thanks
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Thanks Sadje!
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You’re welcome
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#2 and #3 spoke personally to me. That aside, I’m glad Jason changed his mind about jumping out of a plane in mid-air! My question is, did thinking about doing it make him need to change his underwear? (Oh no, I just thought about that if he goes commando! )
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I really liked Number 2. We like to think that we can outrun them.
Haha about Jason! Oh help!
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2 is spot on!
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Yes it is! We deceive ourselves in thinking we can!
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👍👍
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2 is my fave also, but I was laughing out loud at the birds renting out the basement, so that one is a close second.
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Glad you laughed! 😄
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It’s #1 and #10 for me this week.
Bonzai!
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I was searching for a powerful quote to end on and when I found Number 10, it was perfect! 🙂
So are you going skydiving? LOL!
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Love the moon quote!
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😊
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I like that moon one. The reasoning is sound.
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Guinness should create a Grand Prize Category for Who Is Biggest Idiot?”
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😂
But then there would probably be way too many people vying for the title!
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Yeah, I probably would give it a try!
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#4 and #10 for me. Good quotes.
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Thanks Di! Yes, Number 10 is my favorite. 🙂
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A lot of really good ones. I can identify with the first three and totally agree on #10.
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Glad you enjoyed them! They were a little harder to find this time. Number 10 was my favorite. 🙂
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