A biography in verse, sort of, of EVEL KNIEVEL! It rules. HE WAS EVER SOME SORT OF SCAFFOLDING ON THE SKY Consider for a moment that the earth did not want Knievel. He was never really here. Think of it this way: the g-force acting on stationary object Evel Knievel (EK) is 1 g, a result of the Earth's surface bearing upwards equal and opposite to gravity (gn) 9.80665 meters per second squared. 1 g pushing him away sans launch. Who better, then, to hold the heavens up?