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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on March 25, 2016, 08:38:53 AM
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What can possibly go wrong? :confused: :whistling: :mental:
Evel Knievel-inspired daredevil plans to cross Palo Duro Canyon in Texas by strapping himself to a rocket 'like Wile E. Coyote'
'Mad' Mike Hughes, 60, plans to follow in the vapor trails of Evel Knievel
On April 2, he says he will launch himself across the canyon in a rocket
'If you're not afraid you're an idiot,' Hughes says of his brave stunts
By Anton Nilsson For Dailymail.com
Published: 17:23 EST, 24 March 2016 | Updated: 18:05 EST, 24 March 2016
A California daredevil plans to travel to Texas to cross the country's second-largest canyon in a rocket - and he's aware he might leave the state in a casket.
'It's crazy! I'm gonna strap myself to a rocket and launch myself like Wile E. Coyote,' said 'Mad' Mike Hughes in a phone interview with Daily Mail Online on Thursday.
His crossing of the Palo Duro Canyon is scheduled for April 2.
Hughes, 60, has already tried the feat once, in a desert 'in the middle of nowhere.'
'I got over a quarter mile in the rocket' - which is also the goal for April's attempt - 'and then it got destroyed.'
There's so much I can say about this, but I'll let this video sum it up . . .
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DJv0rx5g-c[/youtube]
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3508640/Mad-Mike-Hughes-Evel-Knievel-inspired-daredevil-plans-cross-Palo-Duro-Canyon-Texas-strapping-rocket-like-Wile-E-Coyote.html#ixzz43vC8bwvp
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I'd pay a dollar to see that.
(http://www.lameorgame.com/img/200904/caption60.jpg)