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BASE jumping

BASE jumping is without a doubt my favorite sport in the world. If I had to give up all other activities and keep only one, it would be BASE. The feeling you get when you leap off of a stationary object is like nothing else in the world. Nothing. You are jumping into dead space, with absolutely no noise or wind resistance. Since the jump starts from a standstill, you experience the full effect of acceleration toward terminal velocity. This is entirely different from jumping out of a noisy airplane that already has velocity and is creating wind resistance. Don't get me wrong. Jumping out of an airplane still feels incredible, but just cannot touch a fixed object exit.

BASE stands for four different types of objects: Building, Antenna, Span, or Earth. Span is just a nifty word for bridge or cable car. I have by far most of my jumps off of a bridge (probably 150 or so), followed by Earth (cliffs) and only a handful of jumps off of buildings and antennas. I don't like antennas (AM/FM towers) only because of the harmful radiation effect and voltage zaps you get from climbing around on them. Buildings are a rush because you have to sneak into them, get elevator access (or climb stairs, which sucks) and then usually trip some sort of alarm getting on the roof. So you have to be geared up in the stairwell and ready to jump right away. Then, once you land, you need a getaway car ready to blaze out of there, fast. Cliff jumps are my favorite because you have to hike your ass off and you get to hang out in beautiful places.

I would love to talk about all of my BASE adventures here, but unfortunately, most of my jumps are illegal (that is just the nature of the sport) and other BASE jumpers wouldn't appreciate me exposing certain "secret" information about different objects. The truth is, the illegal nature of the sport is one of its biggest assets, really. It is such a massive rush hiding from the authorities before a jump, and then running like hell afterwards to not get caught. This is the reason that most of my BASE jumps are at night. The bummer is that you have to wait for a full moon to be able to see, and the cops know this, so they will actually lurk around on full moon nights and try to nab you. So it is risky. It can be very, very eerie sneaking up to an object trying not to make any noise and not knowing who is watching you. One of my more memorable BASE jumps was on a dam at night. The dam was all lit up with these spooky lights, and there were strange churning noises coming from the generators down below. I was definitely scared and just wanted to do the jump and get the hell out of there. Which I did.

BASE jumping is extremely dangerous, and not for the faint at heart. The gear only holds one parachute (which is usually all you would have time for anyway), so if you get a malfunction, there is no backup, and you are toast. For this reason, BASE rigs are packed very carefully, which takes a bit of time. I actually hate how long it takes, but I never rush it. I can shove my skydiving parachute in the pack in less than five minutes and not give a crap what it looks like, but a 30 minute BASE pack job with one weird element can bug the hell out of me. That is part of the rush I guess. There is just no time to deal with problems on BASE jumps. They are typically done below 800 feet, and very often in the 200 - 500 foot range. To give you some perspective on this, skydivers pull at around 2500 feet to give them time to deal with a malfunction. Another major factor in BASE jumping is that very often there is a wall of some sort behind you (natural or man-made). So if your parachute doesn't open on heading, you can get flung around and hit whatever is behind you, which could be disastrous.

Right now my primary focus is on aerial maneuvers. These can be hairy in BASE because you need to be in a good body position to open your parachute correctly. Flips and spins don't help this cause. My first flip (a back gainer) scared the hell out of me but came out good. I wanted to keep pushing it. I started doing doubles and triples, and finally a quadruple. It is a timing thing. You just need to count your flips and start your parachute deployment at exactly the right time. Sometimes this can get confusing at night or off of a strange object. You also need to be consistent on your flip rotation speed so that you know how many flips you can pull off in a given altitude. Then you start adding twists to really get your hair standing on end. It is a lot of fun really. It is also very exciting to mix BASE with skysurfing and the wingsuit.

The two BASE objects that I am fascinated by the most: The KL Tower and The Cave of the Swallows.

         

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