Close proximity base jumping

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This guy.. geez. I've seen some close proximity BASE jumping but this takes the biscuit. It's a short clip but well worth a watch. Sound is a bit harsh so maybe turn the volume down a bit.
 
I remember watching these a few years ago (Jeb Corliss?).

Amazing but blimey, you'll only ever make one mistake. :eek:
 
There was an old demo game I had years ago, probably on the amiga, called base jumping or something like that. You had to time when you opened your chute to get the most points. If you were late you went splat.
 
danlightbulb said:
There was an old demo game I had years ago, probably on the amiga, called base jumping or something like that. You had to time when you opened your chute to get the most points. If you were late you went splat.
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Wow, that demo was amazing. Fight your way past cops and your opponents (if I recall correctly) to the top and then jump off, trying not to hit poles on the way down!
 
I remember a guy who jumped from a helicopter onto a bmx bike recently, he was never more than 5ft away from solid ground.

Amazing what the human body can do
 
Minusorange said:
Are they flying or falling horizontally ?
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Neither or both, depending on how you look at it. They're gliding, so they're falling downwards more slowly while moving horizontally.

I watched a wingsuit jump by Travis Pastrana. He was seeing how close to the slope of a mountain he could remain while gliding. At one point, he says "I've got this wrong" as a ridge comes hurtling up at him. He cleared it, but only just. Nuts, but it makes him feel alive.
 
Some people are wired funny. I couldn't do it, partly due to the potential for a long painful death.

Don't imagine that any impact would necessarily be instant goodnight Vienna, you could clip a rock, break your body and barely survive.
 
Participant said:
Some people are wired funny. I couldn't do it, partly due to the potential for a long painful death.

Don't imagine that any impact would necessarily be instant goodnight Vienna, you could clip a rock, break your body and barely survive.
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Pretty sure you would be dead. They can reach between 70 and 120mph. I don't think the helmet or padding they wear would help them too much at that speed even if they just clipped a rock .They'd spin into something equally hard pretty quick.
 
As the GoPro technology gets better and better I'm hoping someone does a 360 video and I can lie on my bed with a a fan blowing over me and a VR headset on.

This is the closest I will ever get.
 
I like an adrenaline rush, well maybe not as much as I used to, but I have to look at these kinds of things as cost/benefit. One small mistake and its over, family devastated and all because I wanted a fix.

I massively admire these things at the same time though. I think I'll remain largely a viewer though thanks.
 
Zatoichi.uK said:
I like an adrenaline rush, well maybe not as much as I used to, but I have to look at these kinds of things as cost/benefit. One small mistake and its over, family devastated and all because I wanted a fix.

I massively admire these things at the same time though. I think I'll remain largely a viewer though thanks.
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I think somo of them can't get satisfaction or joy from anything else, this is how they feel alive even if it's short lived .

I admire it more and it seems less scary the older I get.
 
pennywise19 said:
I think somo of them can't get satisfaction or joy from anything else, this is how they feel alive even if it's short lived .

I admire it more and it seems less scary the older I get.
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That seems to be true for many yes. I saw a documentary years ago about a guy in London who used to sneak out in the middle of the night to jump off partially built structures, tower blocks etc. Think he also did the arch in Wembley stadium. Pretty sure he was one of the pioneers. Even when some close friends of his died and he had close calls himself he still carried on. Nuts but a good watch.
 
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