<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - skydiver</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/skydiver</link><description>Newsvine - skydiver</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:45:21 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:20:07 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Skydiver Prepares for 23 Miles Jump</title>
<description><![CDATA[
"Felix Baumgartner, 42, hopes to break an altitude record which has lasted more than 50 years."
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jameseg]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jameseg]]></source><link>http://jameseg.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/06/10326704-skydiver-prepares-for-23-miles-jump</link><guid>http://jameseg.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/06/10326704-skydiver-prepares-for-23-miles-jump</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>red-bull</category><category>skydiver</category><category>felix-baumgartner</category><category>free-fall</category><category>fastest-freefall</category><category>jump-23-miles</category><category>skydiver-planning-23-mile-jump</category><category>highest-altitude-freefall</category><category>longest-distance-in-freefall</category><category>23-mile-freefall-planned</category><category>planned-23-mile-skydive</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:27:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Skydiver gets stuck in tree 40 feet up</title>
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A skydiver has been caught in a tree in Massachusetts but appears to be unhurt.

Carolyn Goldman, the chief instructor at Skydive Pepperell, says a man affiliated with the club came down in a wooded area in Dunstable, Mass., at about 11 a.m. Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></source><link>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/12/5276800-skydiver-gets-stuck-in-tree-40-feet-up</link><guid>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/12/5276800-skydiver-gets-stuck-in-tree-40-feet-up</guid><category>rescue</category><category>odd-news</category><category>stuck</category><category>skydiver</category><category>skydiving</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:46:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Skydiver Gets Caught on Flagpole in Rangers Ballpark</title>
<description><![CDATA[To be honest, watching a skydiver parachute into a sports venue is beginning to get a bit boring. That's why we're glad someone has finally come up with a way to make it just a touch more interesting. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></source><link>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/30/5001944-skydiver-gets-caught-on-flagpole-in-rangers-ballpark</link><guid>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/30/5001944-skydiver-gets-caught-on-flagpole-in-rangers-ballpark</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>caught</category><category>ballpark</category><category>skydiver</category><category>skydiving</category><category>parachute</category><category>misfortune</category><category>flagpole</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:23:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Skydiver suvives falling 24,000 ft</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 19-year-old skydiver survived a terrifying 24,000ft plunge to earth when she landed in a swamp after her parachute failed to open. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></source><link>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/08/4637383-skydiver-suvives-falling-24000-ft</link><guid>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/08/4637383-skydiver-suvives-falling-24000-ft</guid><category>russia</category><category>open</category><category>odd-news</category><category>fall</category><category>marsh</category><category>skydiver</category><category>parachute</category><category>fail</category><category>swamp</category><category>24000-ft</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Jul 2010 13:46:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Skydiver preparing for 120,000-foot supersonic fall - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[New York (CNN) -- An Austrian daredevil is planning to become the first person to break the sound barrier in a free fall, without riding in a vehicle.

This summer in New Mexico, Felix Baumgartner hopes to make the highest, longest and fastest fall ever.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></source><link>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/23/4333184-skydiver-preparing-for-120000-foot-supersonic-fall-cnncom</link><guid>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/23/4333184-skydiver-preparing-for-120000-foot-supersonic-fall-cnncom</guid><category>science</category><category>skydiver</category><category>skydiving</category><category>sports-news</category><category>felix-baumgartner</category><category>felix-baumgartner-skydiver</category><category>felix-baumgartner-skydiving</category><category>supersonic-skydiver</category><pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 07:33:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Skydiver who couldn't pull her ripcord saved by fellow jumper's 'clever manoeuvres' </title>
<description><![CDATA[A German free-fall jumper who could not pull her parachute ripcord at 14,000 feet was saved in mid-air by another skydiver.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></source><link>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/21/4183762-skydiver-who-couldnt-pull-her-ripcord-saved-by-fellow-jumpers-clever-manoeuvres</link><guid>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/21/4183762-skydiver-who-couldnt-pull-her-ripcord-saved-by-fellow-jumpers-clever-manoeuvres</guid><category>germany</category><category>injured</category><category>odd-news</category><category>skydiver</category><category>arm</category><category>saved</category><category>legs</category><category>katharina-wagner</category><category>ripcord</category><category>14000-feet</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:29:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Watch Skydiver Runs Into Power Lines And Lives Video</title>
<description><![CDATA[A super lucky skydiver  doesn't see the thin silver power line ahead of him, slamming right into it. His chute was a little singed, but he didn't suffer serious injuries.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simplistic Reality]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Simplistic Reality]]></source><link>http://eric24.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/16/4165436-watch-skydiver-runs-into-power-lines-and-lives-video</link><guid>http://eric24.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/16/4165436-watch-skydiver-runs-into-power-lines-and-lives-video</guid><category>odd</category><category>lives</category><category>odd-news</category><category>video</category><category>electricity</category><category>fall</category><category>break</category><category>wow</category><category>skydiver</category><category>wtf</category><category>power-lines</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:15:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Skydiver Survives 3,000ft Parachute Fall</title>
<description><![CDATA[A skydiver has survived plunging 3,000ft to the ground after a parachute jump went disastrously wrong.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></source><link>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/10/4000019-skydiver-survives-3000ft-parachute-fall</link><guid>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/10/4000019-skydiver-survives-3000ft-parachute-fall</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>skydiver</category><category>lareece-butler</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:01:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>At 9,000ft Tom Hayes, 7, jumps to become Britain's youngest skydiver </title>
<description><![CDATA[A boy aged 7 has become Britain's youngest skydiver. Tom Hayes jumped from 9,000ft over Lake Bled while on holiday in Slovenia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></source><link>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/09/3241823-at-9000ft-tom-hayes-7-jumps-to-become-britains-youngest-skydiver</link><guid>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/09/3241823-at-9000ft-tom-hayes-7-jumps-to-become-britains-youngest-skydiver</guid><category>slovenia</category><category>odd-news</category><category>youngest</category><category>hayes</category><category>age</category><category>skydiver</category><category>skydiving</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:06:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Caught on camera: Skydiver describes moment of terror at 2,400ft </title>
<description><![CDATA[THE miracle skydiver who plunged 10,000ft and landed on a roof when his parachute failed to open, today reveals the dramatic details of his death-defying fall for the first time.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></source><link>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/30/3207203-caught-on-camera-skydiver-describes-moment-of-terror-at-2400ft</link><guid>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/30/3207203-caught-on-camera-skydiver-describes-moment-of-terror-at-2400ft</guid><category>open</category><category>odd-news</category><category>fall</category><category>failed</category><category>skydiver</category><category>parachute</category><category>paul-lewis</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:25:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Skydiver survives 10,000ft fall to the ground</title>
<description><![CDATA[Paul Lewis, 40, jumped from a plane and plummeted through the air before crashing on to the roof of a hangar at Tilstock Airfield in Whitchurch, Shropshire.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></source><link>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/16/3156926-skydiver-survives-10000ft-fall-to-the-ground</link><guid>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/16/3156926-skydiver-survives-10000ft-fall-to-the-ground</guid><category>crash</category><category>open</category><category>plane</category><category>odd-news</category><category>roof</category><category>hangar</category><category>failed</category><category>jump</category><category>skydiver</category><category>reserve</category><category>whitchurch</category><category>shropshire</category><category>chute</category><category>paul-lewis</category><category>parahute</category><category>tilstock-airfield</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:42:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Skydiver's main parachute failed to open properly, falls 10,000 feet into warehouse roof </title>
<description><![CDATA[A skydiver survived after his main parachute failed to open properly during a 10,000ft freefall.

He crashed on to a warehouse roof near Tilstock Airfield in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The injured man was rescued from the roof by firefighters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></source><link>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/15/3156535-skydivers-main-parachute-failed-to-open-properly-falls-10000-feet-into-warehouse-roof</link><guid>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/15/3156535-skydivers-main-parachute-failed-to-open-properly-falls-10000-feet-into-warehouse-roof</guid><category>sports</category><category>skydiver</category><category>survived-fall</category><category>parachute-failed-to-open</category><category>crashed-into-warehouse</category><category>10k-ft-freefall</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:52:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>VIDEO: The moment a skydiver crashes after jumping 6,000ft without opening his parachute </title>
<description><![CDATA[Watch the dramatic moment that James Boole, a skydiver, crashed into the mountain from 6,000ft when he opened his parachute too late. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></source><link>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/18/2831726-video-the-moment-a-skydiver-crashes-after-jumping-6000ft-without-opening-his-parachute</link><guid>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/18/2831726-video-the-moment-a-skydiver-crashes-after-jumping-6000ft-without-opening-his-parachute</guid><category>crash</category><category>late</category><category>odd-news</category><category>video</category><category>skydiver</category><category>parachute</category><category>opened</category><category>6000-ft</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 15:07:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Russian skydiver swigs spirits while floating</title>
<description><![CDATA[Swigging spirits from a bottle while hovering in a 120mph wind - it is something only a Russian would attempt.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></source><link>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/24/1906183-russian-skydiver-swigs-spirits-while-floating</link><guid>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/24/1906183-russian-skydiver-swigs-spirits-while-floating</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>vodka</category><category>skydiver</category><category>skydiving</category><category>russian</category><category>moonshine</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:38:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Skydiver dies as parachute fails to open and he crashes through apartment roof at 200kmh </title>
<description><![CDATA[A German skydiver died when he crashed through an apartment roof at 200kmh after his parachute failed to open.
German skydiver Bernhard S. († 35)

A woman awoke to find parachutist Bernhard S. († 35) dead in her bedroom.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></source><link>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/23/1899809-skydiver-dies-as-parachute-fails-to-open-and-he-crashes-through-apartment-roof-at-200kmh</link><guid>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/23/1899809-skydiver-dies-as-parachute-fails-to-open-and-he-crashes-through-apartment-roof-at-200kmh</guid><category>crash</category><category>apartment</category><category>flat</category><category>odd-news</category><category>roof</category><category>died</category><category>skydiver</category><category>german</category><category>bedroom</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:48:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Will Flying Squirrel Suit Let Skydivers Jump Without Chutes?</title>
<description><![CDATA[I don't think I'd jump without a chute, but that might just be me...]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruminator]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ruminator]]></source><link>http://unearthed.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/13/566219-will-flying-squirrel-suit-let-skydivers-jump-without-chutes</link><guid>http://unearthed.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/13/566219-will-flying-squirrel-suit-let-skydivers-jump-without-chutes</guid><category>science</category><category>skydiver</category><category>skydiving</category><category>parachute</category><category>flying-squirrel</category><category>chute</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:19:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Blackberry bush saves skydiver in 15,000ft fall</title>
<description><![CDATA[A British skydiver whose parachute failed survived a 15,000ft fall by landing in a blackberry bush.

Michael Holmes, 25, from Jersey, escaped with a punctured lung and a broken ankle during a jump in Taupo on New Zealand's North Island.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Stone]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lee Stone]]></source><link>http://leestone.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/21/490954-blackberry-bush-saves-skydiver-in-15000ft-fall</link><guid>http://leestone.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/21/490954-blackberry-bush-saves-skydiver-in-15000ft-fall</guid><category>sports</category><category>odd-news</category><category>fall</category><category>skydiver</category><category>parachute</category><category>blackberry-bush</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:46:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Skydivers Die In Double Death</title>
<description><![CDATA[Skydivers Die In Tandem Jump
   
A rare, double fatal crash shocked the South Jersey skydiving community Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[newsguru]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[newsguru]]></source><link>http://newsguru.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/11/357939-skydivers-die-in-double-death</link><guid>http://newsguru.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/11/357939-skydivers-die-in-double-death</guid><category>washington</category><category>death</category><category>movie</category><category>sunday</category><category>odd-news</category><category>instructor</category><category>skydiver</category><category>township</category><category>washington-jumps</category><category>chute</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:23:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>