Pictures of Nate Jumping Off Things-- Episode 2: Mammoth Mountain

Man, there sure is a lot of crap to jump off of in the mountains. These were taken this week, during a family reunion of sorts in Mammoth Lakes, California.

Many thanks to Eric Barone and his Digital Rebel, from which came most of the good pictures this time, and as usual, you may click for the much larger uncropped versions.













Note the snowballs already airborne and heading for me:




...and impact!




Leave comments if you want to make any specific requests regarding things that I might jump off of, or if you just want to call me a dork.

Pictures of Nate Jumping Off Things-- Episode 1: The Porch

So it turns out that I like to jump off things.

This should not be surprising to anyone who knows me well, or has worked with me in stunts, or has ever been around me while there are nearby objects that can reasonably be jumped off of. I don't believe I've ever gone down an entire set of stairs without jumping over the last 4 or 5 of them, unless I was sliding down the railing (which, now that I think about it, might explain why my jeans wear out so quickly in the ass regions).

Anyway, I set up my camera and spend about a half hour capturing shots of me in midair jumping off the porch, and made a horrifying discovery: For some reason, I make some of the most profoundly retarded facial expressions when I'm in midair. I have yet to successfully capture an aerial shot of me without my free-fall-induced Down's Syndrome.

And since I lack some basic sense of dignity, I'm going to show you exactly what I mean, and you can click the images for larger, clearer evidence that I still ride the short bus wherever I go.

The first shot was badly timed, capturing me only about a foot off the porch:



...but what I lack in altitude, I make up for in stupid faces:

I like pie!


Take that, gravity!



Flared nostrils create lift, apparently.

...although if my face is any indication, I may have just soiled myself.


Number three, a little higher up and from the side:



and the close-up:

I'm an excellent driver.


And finally the inexplicable but awesome shot that makes me wonder what other weird positions I'm making in midflight:



It's like a really short episode of Life Goes On:

My mom sews name tags into my underwear.


Thanks, and stay tuned for other sure favorites, like Pictures of Nate Eating Crayons, and Pictures of Nate Falling Out of Bed.