Man plans on jumping off Mount Everest wearing a batsuit

[Major Nikon]

Perris, California (CNN) -- No one has ever intentionally taken a nose dive off the roof of the world before.

In the 61 years since Edmund Hillary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest, most of the 5,000-plus people have descended from the summit the same way they came up: on foot. A few have paraglided down.

Joby Ogwyn has other plans.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/us/mount-everest-wing-suit-jump/index.html

[Xyzse]

1. He'd be my personal hero for a while if he does.

[OriginalGeek]

2. I believe you misspelled

"bat-shit insane suit"


but I hope he takes a GoPro.

[pintobean]

3. They've come a long way on those suits.

Here's an early Acme model.

[rrneck]

4. Taka ho, Taka hey. nt

[applegrove]

5. There was a guy who skiied down Everest. Saw the movie as a kid.

[edbermac]

6. Wingsuit flying.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. How does that suit work? It just looks like it would snap your arms off.

[edbermac]

9. I assume it's designed to prevent that. Video here of two flyers.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. "I'm not afraid to die," he says. That's good,

since death does seem to be among the possible outcomes of jumping off of Mt. Everest in a batshit - er, batsuit.

[sakabatou]

11. If he does jump, I hope he has a GoPro