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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 ...
Jumping off a building may refer to: BASE jumping , a recreational sport which uses parachutes for safe landing A means of committing suicide by jumping from height
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This footage of a base jumper leaping off a cliff isn't for the faint of heart!
Garmin BaseCamp is a map viewing / GIS software package offered free for download by Garmin, primarily intended for use with their GPS navigation devices. BaseCamp serves as a replacement to the now unsupported Garmin MapSource. [3] [4] [5]
Unfinished tower blocks in Los Angeles that have become a destination for vandals, graffiti artists and BASE jumping thrill-seekers have cost 3,000 hours of police time so far, authorities said ...
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).
Opening the reference map. 1. Start Open JUMP GIS and use File -> Open to open Shepherd's geo-referenced map of the British Isles. Click Next and Finish. Opening the vector datasets. 2. Now use File -> Open again and import the 4 vector datasets that were downloaded from the Natural Earth website