Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Joe

In this post, I mentioned that I was thinking of getting a Joe Kittinger tattoo.

I did it.



It's based on this photo.

Footage of this jump appears in this Boards of Canada video:



At the 6 minute mark of this video, a friend of Joe's gives him the finger:



I'd never seen that video before. Now I sort of want to get that image—a friend, no doubt filled with stunned admiration and a little love-tempered envy—a man flipping off one of the bravest men in history.

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Still happening.

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