In keeping with the theme of peculiar patents we turn our attention to ‘firsts’ of another kind.
We remember the first plane flight, the first man to walk on the surface of the moon.
Even the longest fart.
Apologies, the most extended flatulent.
Records are made to be broken or so we are told. Indeed many agree with the sentiment.
When asked why he, George Mallory, decided to climb Everest, he replied….
Because it’s there.
George Mallory
It puts me in mind of an old episode of Jeremy Clarksons’ Motorworld.
In an episode from Iceland a man made a statement regarding why they were building cars to deliberately try to climb nearly vertical hills.
The land exists as a sort of challenge, it’s put there to challenge us, to test us. We must accept.
Random Icelandic Bad-ass
So who exactly was the first person to throw themselves headfirst off a bridge, or eat dinner & the dishes?
With this I present to you an 8 part series –
Dem Big Feats
If you happened to be looking up in the vicinity of Texan stuntman Eric Scott, you would have witnessed him some 46m in the air.
Equivalent to that of a 12 story building.
The event occurred on the 20th of April and Scott, also known as Rocketman, took off using a jetpack powered by gas jets.
No stranger to stunts like this, it was in fact Scott who first used a rocketpack on Michael Jackson’s 1992 tour.
It’s like a dream that is reality. When I got to the top I did a little Pirouette, which was fun.
Rocketman – Eric Scott
Thanks for leading, I mean reading, fuck it, leading yooooo.
THE NECROMANCER 