As I said, I wouldn’t feel comfortable doing it outside of an emergency, but the odds are that he was just fine. Comments in this thread are acting like this is certain instant death, when it more like unwise, unneeded risk that something bad might happen.
FWIW I’ve had bigger net explosive weight go off in line of sight, inside of the dangerous distance and it was fine. Would I do it just for a video? No. And I wouldn’t recommend it, but I’m not going to wither and faint that a guy (who is probably so caviler about it because he just went through WW2 and is numb to it) did it 70 years ago.
As I said, I wouldn’t feel comfortable doing it outside of an emergency, but the odds are that he was just fine. Comments in this thread are acting like this is certain instant death, when it more like unwise, unneeded risk that something bad might happen.
FWIW I’ve had bigger net explosive weight go off in line of sight, inside of the dangerous distance and it was fine. Would I do it just for a video? No. And I wouldn’t recommend it, but I’m not going to wither and faint that a guy (who is probably so caviler about it because he just went through WW2 and is numb to it) did it 70 years ago.
C’mon, think about the views you’d get!
Hmmm, actually let me rephrase: I wouldn’t do it for a video anymore.