If you do stuff like this, then we need to talk
20 Seconds of Joy
“BASE jumping kills people very quick,” says Jeb Corliss, professional BASE jumper. “It’s one of the few sports in the world where you make mistakes, you get killed.” Documentary filmmaker Jens Hoffmann met the Norwegian freeskier Karina Hollekim in 2002 when she first became interested in BASE-jumping. He immediately started filming with the intent to … Read more
Reasons to BASE jump in ’09
from Jaunted – the Pop Culture Travel Guide Because kayaking isn’t extreme enough, because it’s on your list of resolutions or because you’d rather not actually get stuck in a ski gondola: The reasons to go BASE jumping this new year are plenty, and we’ve been hearing more and more about the insane sport recently. … Read more
900 Feet Up With Nowhere to Go but Down
He had learned this extreme form of tightrope walking from a homeless man who wrote books on quantum physics. But that was years ago, while goofing around on a flexible piece of nylon webbing tied close to the ground between a tree and the bumper of a Chevy van. This was something else entirely for … Read more
“BASE jumping…most dangerous sport in the world”
as reported by MountEverest.net Base jumping is probably the most dangerous sport in the world, determined medical doctor and mountaineer Erik Monasterio at ExWeb last year. Specializing in Forensic Psychiatry the doc said that a comprehensive data base of base jumping fatalities reveals that 175 jumpers have died since the sport began (approximately 30 years … Read more
Jeb Corliss and BASE jumping
Straight from the AP Newswire……NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City councilman is introducing a bill to ban people from jumping off buildings and bridges. The daredevil practice is called BASE jumping. BASE stands for building, antenna, span and earth, the main objects from which people jump. Two years ago BASE jumper Jeb Corliss … Read more
