Mike Davis
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As an astronaut, of course. Yeah, I got it. You understand this. You... What's happening is the blood in your brain is being pulled down into your extremities. And you've got to get the blood back in your brain. So what you do is you grab the sides of your seat and you pull up hard and you dig your heels into the ground. And then you make this sound. You go... Really? Yeah. That's it. Okay.
As an astronaut, of course. Yeah, I got it. You understand this. You... What's happening is the blood in your brain is being pulled down into your extremities. And you've got to get the blood back in your brain. So what you do is you grab the sides of your seat and you pull up hard and you dig your heels into the ground. And then you make this sound. You go... Really? Yeah. That's it. Okay.
Oh, you are. You're going to be amazing.
Oh, you are. You're going to be amazing.
Oh, you are. You're going to be amazing.
So all of that hicking and all of that pulling and all of that pushing gets the blood back into your brain and it keeps you from passing out. Now, a great pilot can do that simply by going, like, because that's a muscle that you build up.
So all of that hicking and all of that pulling and all of that pushing gets the blood back into your brain and it keeps you from passing out. Now, a great pilot can do that simply by going, like, because that's a muscle that you build up.
So all of that hicking and all of that pulling and all of that pushing gets the blood back into your brain and it keeps you from passing out. Now, a great pilot can do that simply by going, like, because that's a muscle that you build up.
Now, with regard to nausea, there's not a damn thing you can do.
Now, with regard to nausea, there's not a damn thing you can do.
Now, with regard to nausea, there's not a damn thing you can do.
When this guy comes out of a barrel roll and you're hicking and you're pulling like 11 Gs and then you're over the Farallons and he flips the plane upside down and you're breaking the sound barrier and you're about 100 feet over the water and through the plexiglass dome over your head in an upside down inverted position, you can see the sonic concussions making the ocean pop.
When this guy comes out of a barrel roll and you're hicking and you're pulling like 11 Gs and then you're over the Farallons and he flips the plane upside down and you're breaking the sound barrier and you're about 100 feet over the water and through the plexiglass dome over your head in an upside down inverted position, you can see the sonic concussions making the ocean pop.
When this guy comes out of a barrel roll and you're hicking and you're pulling like 11 Gs and then you're over the Farallons and he flips the plane upside down and you're breaking the sound barrier and you're about 100 feet over the water and through the plexiglass dome over your head in an upside down inverted position, you can see the sonic concussions making the ocean pop.
And it's at that moment that you vomit. onto the plexiglass. And then he flips the plane back upside down. And you sit there, Megan, hicking, trying not to pass out as your own vomit drips onto your head.
And it's at that moment that you vomit. onto the plexiglass. And then he flips the plane back upside down. And you sit there, Megan, hicking, trying not to pass out as your own vomit drips onto your head.
And it's at that moment that you vomit. onto the plexiglass. And then he flips the plane back upside down. And you sit there, Megan, hicking, trying not to pass out as your own vomit drips onto your head.
It's the essence of humility. And it's what I meant before. Until you've sat there quietly contemplating your own choices in life.
It's the essence of humility. And it's what I meant before. Until you've sat there quietly contemplating your own choices in life.
It's the essence of humility. And it's what I meant before. Until you've sat there quietly contemplating your own choices in life.