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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Ogden, Utah
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Mar 19, 2015 - 11:07am PT
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Awesome!! I've been waiting for this.
Thanks Chris!
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Rollover
climber
Gross Vegas
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Mar 19, 2015 - 11:08am PT
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Thanks for sharing Chris!
Looks superb!!
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crankster
Trad climber
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Mar 19, 2015 - 11:18am PT
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Lived doing that to the ripe old age of 43.
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T.J.
climber
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Mar 19, 2015 - 09:05pm PT
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That's pretty cool!!! I don't B.A.S.E. jump. But it still stokes the big route, first ascent/ decent, ... psyche!
T.J.
or any form of coolness...
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T.J.
climber
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Mar 20, 2015 - 09:03pm PT
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Hey all,
Viewing this I'm gonna ask an outsider noob question. Watching their feet at the point of exit?, is the issue that you are generally top heavy and so the angle (at low velocity) is very critical and your first time(s) out you are trying to figure that out? Just very ignorant but interested.
Thanks!!!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 18, 2015 - 07:58am PT
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Let's make sure the movie gets extensive billing so more young risk takers get into the hunt.
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Bad Climber
climber
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May 18, 2015 - 08:09am PT
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I hear you, Jim. I'm conflicted about this for the obvious reasons. Still, I'll watch the film!
BAd
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Gary
Social climber
From A Buick 6
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May 18, 2015 - 08:10am PT
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Lived doing that to the ripe old age of 43.
My first thought on seeing the thread title was, "How old was he when he died." Not "if', but "when".
RIP.
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maddog69
Trad climber
Ut
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May 18, 2015 - 08:17am PT
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Is he dead too?
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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May 18, 2015 - 08:20am PT
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Phil Mayfield, BASE #2, is a FB buddy of mine these days. He went to the premier in Toronto and said that it is a super good film. He is one of the jumpers in the film. Back then, BASE had a small nucleus in LA and Houston, and there was constant back and forth. No bad vibes besides healthy competition. Everyone jumped with each other, so there wasn't a serious jumper on Earth that everybody didn't know and usually jump with.
Carl was a unique guy. I started right after he was killed, so I never met him, but I did get to know Jean fairly well. We used to go hang out at her house in LA. He was known for being very funny and goofy, always coming up with new ideas.
He had miles of early BASE footage, and it was amazing stuff. I remember watching it over and over at Phil Smith's (BASE #1) house. Carl had been THE best freefall cameraman, and he traveled all over the place filming new objects. I guess it all started when El Cap was legal for that short period. Then it just exploded within a few years. The footage of the first building jump is amazing.
Those cameras were mainly 16mm gun cameras. They were way heavy. You had to wear a full Bell motorcycle helmet to wear them, and they had a big battery pack that was inside your suit. I mean, they were huge. You would turn it on at the beginning of a 5 count, and the motors were really loud. They had so much torque that they turned your head sideways when they turned on. Video cameras back then were as big as a small suitcase.
I'm happy that people will get to see some of that footage. It really got me stoked. After a while, after finding so many objects of varying height, Carl said, "The whole world is jumpable." Now it really is an international sport.
BASE evolved very rapidly. It was in many ways just like today other than wingsuiting, which is its own animal. The gear is of course much better.
Carl was also one of the first to die BASE jumping, off of the Troll wall in Norway. He and Jean had already jumped one line, and Carl went up by himself to try a higher line. It was his last jump. I think that the only one to witness that jump was our very own Largo, who was there filming.
Anyway, back then, Carl had a huge impact on the sport, helping to take it from a stunt to something that you could do all of the time in just a few years. For many years later, Jean would organize Bridge Day in West Virginia. She was a really nice person. Carl was one of those guys with a huge amount of infectious energy.
I can't wait to see it, but I will have to wait. The closest spot to me is Dallas.
Anyway, I've heard that it is very well done, and people have been crying for years to rescue all of that film. Carl would put those big cameras on everyone.
Looking forward to it.
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Gary
Social climber
From A Buick 6
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May 18, 2015 - 08:22am PT
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Carl had a huge impact
Poor choice of words, BASE.
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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May 18, 2015 - 08:26am PT
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As to the comments, right now we are seeing a huge number of very experienced wingsuiters die. Not newbies, but guys with a thousand wingsuit flights.
Proxy flying is very dangerous. Ask Hankster. It is so different from plain old jumping that it is nigh its own sport. This film's story and footage takes place nearly 2 decades before wingsuits.
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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May 18, 2015 - 08:29am PT
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F*#k off, Gary.
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Gary
Social climber
From A Buick 6
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May 18, 2015 - 09:14am PT
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BASE104, not that it matters one bit, but I have very mixed feelings about BASE and cave diving. I can see the allure to both, very much so. I've jumped out of planes and caved extensively, along with climbing and some lightweight mountaineering in the Sierra. So, yeah, I should f*#k off for being hypocritical.
But when something leads to a large percentage of everyone who participates in the sport dying, one has to wonder about the participants. Great guys and gals, no doubt, but why the moth to flame aspect?
http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/wiki/BASE_Fatality_List
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WBraun
climber
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May 18, 2015 - 09:25am PT
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Sunshine Superman perfect name.
I think largo also wore one of those heavy cameras on a Bell helmet during one of the shows I worked.
It was POV run down the competition course.
I believe as I remember it was mounted on the side of the helmet thus creating a lopsided unbalanced mount.
Too funny watching Largo running down that course counterbalancing that lopsided weight on his head.
Looks like Sunshine Superman is gonna be a real good film .......
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