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Gunkie
climber
East Coast US
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 25, 2009 - 06:03pm PT
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I was cuttin' the lawn and my mind wanders. Do BASE jumpers of toady ever actaully jump out of an airplane? Or is it straight to 'the ground is the limit'?
Years ago [pre-public internet... I think it was still ARPANET at that point], I almost convinced a friend and avid skydiver to get me a logbook so I could fill it out with all kinds of fake info. Then I was going to get a rig and jump out at 13k. Probably would have gone badly. My friend probably saved my life.
I was just curious to see whether or not BASE jumpers of today follow some sort of well trodden path [i.e. airplanes first] to leaping off fixed objects.
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pFranzen
Boulder climber
Portland, OR
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Sep 25, 2009 - 07:50pm PT
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All of the jumpers I know have gone through the traditional route. They start out skydiving out of planes, then out of hot air balloons & helicopters, then they use BASE rigs to jump out of planes, balloons, and helicopters before finally doing their first bridge, cliff, etc.
I'm sure people take short cuts, but the guys I know are pretty regimented about the whole thing.
[edit] May as well post some pictures from some of this year's outings:
[url="http://www.franzen-online.com/lightroom/BASE/"]
Monkey Face @ Smith[/url]
My friend Jojo in SW Washington
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the Fet
Supercaliyosemistic climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Sep 25, 2009 - 08:24pm PT
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A crazy friend of mine had done only 2 skydives. Then he ended up at bridge day in W Virginia, borrowed a rig, listened in as another jumper got instructions, jumped and landed fine. Same guy also did the running of the bulls NAKED.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 25, 2009 - 09:32pm PT
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I always thought that was the running of the idiots.
Must be safe though.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Sep 25, 2009 - 10:11pm PT
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pFranzen - awesome pics!
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handsome B
Gym climber
SL,UT
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Sep 25, 2009 - 10:12pm PT
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You need to learn how to fly the tarp, whether that comes from paragliding or skydiving.
If you can find a big enough cliff, it prettyuch is a skydive anyway.
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