Originally Posted by
JamesNoBrakes
I've never understood "wing walking". People don't get out of race-cars and walk all on top of them to show off, nor do they get out of trains and walk all forwards and backwards doing stunts (except in movies). It just seems dangerous to the point of stupid, as you won't have enough time to pull your chute at those altitudes and the consequences are just way too high IMO. This coming from someone that participates in quite a few "extreme" sports, but I tend to judge risk pretty well.
RIP to Jane Wicker, I'm hearing she's a mother of 2. Not to mention the pilot.
Agreed, about wing walking, if I had a 120lb girl on my wing, even in a biplane, I'd roll about 3 layers of duct tape around my hand and the control stick.