Yeah Baby! Index UTW B.A.S.E. Jump 11/12/04

[TimL]

to the B.A.S.E. jumper who launched right over me as I was soloing Town Crier today.

 

Just finished the pendulum/tension traverse and was hanging on two tiny rp's when I hear this crazy noise and look up to see this guys chute open not more than 70 feet above me and 30 feet away from the wall. By far one of the most amazing things I've seen.

Edited November 15, 2004 by TimL

[MysticNacho]

I work with a guy who claims to have jumped the index wall a couple dozen times over the summer. Saw a video of one of his buddies jumping and striking the cliff on his way down, too.

 

I guess they all land on the railroad tracks, which has reportedly been sources of trouble (i.e. trains) more than once. Oy!

[Distel32]

petzl vids

 

watch the vertigo verdon video all the way to the end....trust me, you won't be dissapointed if you think base jumping is bad ass.....

[EWolfe]

to the B.A.S.E. jumper who launched right over me as I was soloing Town Crier today.

 

Just finished the pendulum/tension traverse and was hanging on two tiny rp's when I hear this crazy noise and look up to see this guys shoot open not more than 70 feet above me and 30 feet away from the wall. By far one of the most amazing things I've seen.

 

That's awesome, Tim!

 

I have been climbing at Erie and had a hang-glider take off above me. I fell off the lead, I was so surprised!

[Alpine_Tom]

petzl vids

 

watch the vertigo verdon video all the way to the end....trust me, you won't be dissapointed if you think base jumping is bad ass.....

Y'know, they talk about how dumb sport parachuters are, to jump out of perfectly good airplanes... I have to screw up the nerve to rappel down something that steep, let alone running down and jumping.

[Stanley]

That must be Gabe Webster you speak of? I'm the one you saw hitting the wall... Grey and Dark Blue Canopy!

 

Gabe's standard response... "Nice Job Dude... Don't ever Fucking do that again"

[specialed]

We saw some dude(s) landing on the train tracks at Index last Sunday. I figured they must be paragliding but perhaps they made it that far with a BASE rig ??

[MysticNacho]

Yeah thats Gabe. Frankly, you guys are bad asses.

[high_on_rock]

so, how does a person go about getting into BASE jumping? Obviously I would first need to grow bigger manhood, but if I could accomplish that, where would I get the info and gear? Advice?

[Alpinfox]

 

I asked the same question of a BASE guy I met in the Index parking lot. He said:

 

Get really good at the body positions of sky diving (from a plane). Hundreds of jumps.

 

First BASE should be a bridge (greatest margin of safety)

 

He said some other stuff too, but I forgot what it was. He gave me a card for $10 off my first jump at some skydiving place.