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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 ( bridges ) and earth ( cliffs ).
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Steph Davis BASE jumping with a wingsuit. Davis started skydiving in 2007. [ 8 ] As she explains in A Perfect Circle , because there are not official dropzones in Moab and she became enamored of skydiving, she needed to learn to BASE jump, so she quickly became a BASE jumper so she could jump in the area around where she lived. [ 8 ]
VKB is an acronym for Værdal'n Karsk og BASE, a BASE jumping group based in Trondheim, Norway. [when?] They specialize in high-speed tracking and proximity flying: wingsuit flight close to the mountain side. The group takes its name from a jump from a crane at Aker Verdal.
A first clip has been unveiled from Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau’s Nat Geo documentary “Fly,” which will screen at Hot Docs on Sunday. The doc follows three couples entwined in the ...
Dr. Glenn Singleman (born 12 October 1958) is an Australian physician, professional adventurer, wingsuit pilot and BASE jumper (he holds three official world records). He is also a documentary filmmaker, and practicing medical doctor specializing in remote and rural medicine.
Rozov made the first BASE jump from Cerro Torre in a wingsuit. [4] 9 December 2010 Valery Rozov became the first person to climb and BASE jump from the 2,931 metres (9,616 ft) Ulvetanna Peak in Antarctica. [5] 25 May 2012 Rozov made the first BASE jump from the summit of Shivling at an altitude of 6,420 metres (21,060 ft) wearing a wingsuit. [6 ...
On September 28, 2013, Corliss made a jump called the "flying dagger". He jumped out of a helicopter wearing a wingsuit and then flew through a narrow "crack" in Mount Jianglang in China. The fissure is approximately 18 meters (59 feet) across at the top, 45 meters (148 feet) across at the bottom, and over 270 meters (890 feet) tall.