BASE jumping (/beɪs/) is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend to the ground. BASE is an acronym that stands...
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Ski-BASE jumping is the recreational sport of skiing at a high speed off of a cliff or mountain and free-falling through the air, using a parachute to...
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Wingsuit flying (section Wingsuit BASE jump records)
or BASE-jump exit point such as a tall cliff or mountain top. The wingsuit flier wears parachuting equipment specially designed for skydiving or BASE jumping...
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Burj Khalifa (section BASE jumping)
BASE jump". Current Edge. Current TV. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010.Video documentary about the BASE jump from...
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Since 1993 he was well known as a BASE jumper. He won many awards and made many successful leaps, including a jump from Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia...
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Felix Baumgartner (section Main jump)
20 April 1969) is an Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper. He is widely known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon from the stratosphere...
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El Capitan (section BASE jumping)
effectively shut down all BASE jumping on El Capitan. On October 22, 1999, BASE jumper and stuntwoman Jan Davis died in a jump conducted as part of a protest...
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Bridge Day (section BASE jumping)
allowed to BASE jump off the bridge into the New River Gorge 876 feet (267 meters) below, one of the few exceptions to a general ban on BASE jumping within...
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Trango Towers (section BASE jump)
starting elevation for a BASE jump on record. On 10 August 2013, Andrey Lebedev and Vladimir Murzaev performed a base jump from the same location as...
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Dwain Weston (section BASE jumping career)
won the world title in BASE jumping. He served as president of the Australian BASE Association (ABA). He was among the first BASE jumpers to introduce acrobatic...
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Bungee jumping (/ˈbʌndʒi/), also spelled bungy jumping, is an activity that involves a person jumping from a great height while connected to a large elastic...
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Perrine Bridge (section BASE jumping)
is a popular BASE jumping site known all over the world; it may be the only man-made structure in the United States where BASE jumping is allowed year-round...
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List of fatalities due to wingsuit flying (category BASE jumping deaths)
Legend's last jump on the last day – 'Whatever happens, happens.'". XtremeSport. Retrieved 6 October 2012. "A leap too far: leading base jumper killed...
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Look up Jump, jump, or jumping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jump most commonly refers to jumping, a form of movement in which an organism propels...
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Old Man of Hoy (section BASE jumping)
and Tim Emmett made the first BASE jump from the stack on 14 May 2008. Hutchinson-Brown died 11 days later during a jump in Switzerland. On 27 July 2019...
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Michael Pelkey (section BASE jumping)
influence the mass practice of BASE jumping as a sport, together with fellow skydiver Brian Schubert. Pelkey and Schubert's first jump was made on July 24, 1966...
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(born March 25, 1976) is an American professional skydiver and BASE jumper. He has jumped from sites including Paris's Eiffel Tower, Seattle's Space Needle...
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Dean Potter (redirect from FreeBASE (climbing))
of ropes—but with a BASE parachute rig attached on the climber's back. In the event of a fall, a climber can revert into a base jump and survive. In 2014...
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Kjerag (section BASE jumping)
has become too crowded, some to jump onto Kjeragbolten and some BASE jumpers from all over the world go there to jump off the high cliffs. Kjerag is also...
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Steph Davis (section Skydiving and base jumping career)
Davis is also a blogger who writes about her interests in climbing, BASE jumping, yoga, and veganism. Davis was born in Illinois and grew up in New Jersey...
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2011 in an alternate reality version of Boston, Massachusetts, players BASE jump from the highest building, trying to get the highest possible score. AaAaAA...
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for "peak". The mountain was formerly the site of the world's highest BASE jump from a location on the surface of the Earth by Glenn Singleman and Heather...
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Valery Rozov (category BASE jumping deaths)
a Russian BASE jumper, who became known for jumping from the world's highest summits. He currently holds the record for highest BASE jump in the world...
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Wisma Sanyan (section Sibu BASE Jump)
BASE Jump is an annual event held in September. The event is organized by Sibu Tourism Task Force Group with Sibu Base Jumptechnical support by BASE Jumper...
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and rural medicine. His film BASEclimb, about a world record setting BASE jump from The Great Trango Towers in Pakistan, won 21 International awards...
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Adams, accused in Whistler Peak 2 Peak BASE jump, apologizes". Sheppard, Jenni (2014-02-12). "Illegal BASE jump from Whistler Peak 2 Peak Gondola probed"...
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skydiver, BASE jumper and wingsuit pilot. He is also founder of a BASE jump school "Learn to BASE jump". McDougall is a professional BASE jumper with...
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wall has been a destination for climbers and BASE jumpers alike. Carl Boenish, the "father" of BASE jumping, was killed on the Troll Wall in 1984 shortly...
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base or BASE in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Base or BASE may refer to: BASE (mobile operator), a Belgian mobile telecommunications operator Base...
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Ueli Gegenschatz (category BASE jumping deaths)
expert paragliding, skydiving and BASE jumping and Wingsuit flying, and was considered an idol of the Swiss BASE jumping scene. Ueli Gegenschatz was born...
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