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BASE jump in Oman, 2013 BASE jumping from Sapphire Tower, Istanbul BASE jumping ( / b eɪ s / ) is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend to the ground. BASE is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings , antennas (referring to radio masts ), spans ...
BASE jumping is a form of skydiving from buildings. The sport is illegal in almost all cities, because the jumpers seriously risk sustaining injuries, or causing problems for pedestrians or motorists when they land. In many cases, BASE jumpers illegally access the high points from which they are jumping by breaking and entering or trespassing.
The boys are repeating it over and over. “A BASE JUMP”, “BASE JUMPING, a person doing this would be…A BASE JUMPER!” A few weeks later Carl Boenish announces the new name along with the sequential BASE number award program in skydiving magazine. Phil Smith, who did indeed jump the building in Texas, becomes BASE number 1.
The doc follows three couples entwined in the world of base jumping, one of the world’s deadliest sports. Schwarz and Clusiau began working on “Fly” for seven years following the death …
A base jumper attempted to jump off a local news station's TV tower in St. Louis, Missouri, but got a little tangled up in the process. The man ended up hanging at least 125 feet in the air off ...
This footage of a base jumper leaping off a cliff isn't for the faint of heart!
Australian skydiver who held the 2002 BASE jumping world title, died after hitting a railing on the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado. [6] [7] This was not a BASE accident as he had jumped from an airplane; it was technically an illegal jump since he used BASE equipment containing only one parachute (i.e., no reserve parachute).
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