Any base jumpers in the house?
 

that shit looks like a fuckin' rush..... :)

http://www.ampiezza.com/stuff/basejump.jpg

... I wouldn´t even make it up there !!

now that's nice :thumbsup

No shit ...I'll check it out from below with a beer in my hand :1orglaugh

a bit too extreme for me

Nice pics, Amp.

Google

There was a bloke about 5 years ago in London who was going to propose to his girlfirend as she walked out of a hotel he base jumped off the roof....oops....no marriage just a nasty mess...

I've been bungee jumping a couple times and jumped outta a perfectly good plane once...This looks like fun...Might try it, too. :)

Thanks for the groovy vacation idea! :thumbsup

EDIT: I can't fuckin type at 4:30 am

:)

"TASK C:Thrillseekers 'Soft adventure' has become a new form of holiday experience. The activities that travel agencies are offering go from whitewater rafting to climbing some of the world's highest mountains. But, for some people this is not exciting enough. They want to take part in extreme sports. The main attraction of these sports is that they are risky. People who do them might be injured or even die. Take 'base jumping', for example, that's parachuting from cliffs and tall buildings. In the USA it's forbidden. And when you look at the statistics you'll know why: one in 700 base jumps ends in a death. This compares to only one in 90,000 for traditional parachuting. Another extremely dangerous sport is 'absolute diving'. That's diving while you hold your breath * and a big weight. The world record is 417 feet. Why is it that more and more people want to experience danger? Brendan Koerner, a Washington journalist who has written many articles about extreme sports, explains that the popularity of extreme sports in America is a reaction against the comfortable life many people live there. There are lots of little rules in American life that try to make it as safe as possible. This goes against the American sense of adventure. "Look at all those Hollywood movies, there are all sorts of action stars. And in real life adventure freaks are asking, 'Where is my thrill?' "

1 in 700 - Amp you reckon you can beat those odds?

odds schmods.... I step into the danger zone every time I go into the ocean here. Odds don't scare me. Mediocrity does.

that shit would b intense,
im the time of person who would do it but couldnt look over the edge,
i have to do it without thinkin or i may chicken out.

Knowing what's happening to my computers at work while I'm here is scaring me.

Yosemite park banned base jumping because it was dangerous a few years ago and some woman decided to jump from el capitan to show how safe the sport was in protest.

She went splat in front of her husband who was filming it and a few hundred other onlookers

hey Amp, can you email me really quick? Phil isn't here I need to ask you something

matt AT jasonandalex

A couple of people who I used to go to university with were avid base jumpers - they reckoned that jumping from a cliff really fucked with your senses, as it just felt like the cliff face was the ground and you were flying above it...

Gotta try it one day - tried just about everything else that insane :Graucho

Ive jumped off a few high places, but always into water and never with a parachute.

Theres a railroad crossing in Mississippi when I was in college we would go on the weekends some time, its about a 10 second drop into a creek. Rail road bridges are a common starting base for jumpers, as they usually go over water and are quite high.

Ive always wanted to get into base jumping.

Back home there was always places to jump from, but again nothing nearly as high as real base jumpers, but i admit it is very addictive.

:thumbsup

Where do you surf ? If that is what you are speaking of ?
Don't say Hawaii either .............lol

All your base jumpers are belong to us

I'll just stick with skydiving.

I BASE jump and skydive. About 1200 skydives and did my 25 base jump weekend before last.

I've base jumped 3,500 ft cliffs in Norway, 350 ft cliffs in Moab, 400-900 ft cliffs in WA, antennae's, bridges in W. Virginia, Washington, Idaho, California.

I fucking love it, it's the only reason I work - to pay for more base jumping expeditions. It's an epic adventure every time, once you start - you won't stop. Takes years of skydiving training though, without it, you will die.

I have hours of video footage just not online yet. Crazy shit.

I have 282 Static Line Jumps with Uncle Sam, and 19 hours of Free Fall time. Never based jump yet.

Don't rush it. You should have around 500 before you even start thinking about it.. base jumping ain't disneyland - it's no bullshit life or death base jumping;=)

I've been jumping since '92 -- wouldn't exactly be rushing it.

But it's not top on my list of things I wanna try. For instance, I'm thinking of getting a motorcycle.

I only climb mountains..i dont jump off... my hubby is a skydiver, and is looking into this sport..
bah, and he wanted to increase my life insurance for climbing:evil-laug

Lemmings?

A single jumper...I think.

Ohhhh... I get it. :1orglaugh

either way - static line does not prepare you for base at all, trust me. you need free fall time and experience dealing with malfunctioning canopies etc.

but i hear you, if it's not something you 100% want to do, you should not do it.