BASE jumping (/beɪs/) is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend to the ground. BASE is an acronym that stands...
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Ski-BASE jumping is the recreational sport of skiing at a high speed off of a cliff or mountain and free-falling through the air, using a parachute to...
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Wingsuit flying (section Wingsuit BASE jump records)
or BASE-jump exit point such as a tall cliff or mountain top. The wingsuit flier wears parachuting equipment specially designed for skydiving or BASE jumping...
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Burj Khalifa (section BASE jumping)
BASE jump". Current Edge. Current TV. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010.Video documentary about the BASE jump from...
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Felix Baumgartner (section Main jump)
20 April 1969) is an Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper. He is widely known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon from the stratosphere...
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Bridge Day (section BASE jumping)
allowed to BASE jump off the bridge into the New River Gorge 876 feet (267 meters) below, one of the few exceptions to a general ban on BASE jumping within...
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Since 1993 he was well known as a BASE jumper. He won many awards and made many successful leaps, including a jump from Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia...
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El Capitan (section BASE jumping)
effectively shut down all BASE jumping on El Capitan. On October 22, 1999, BASE jumper and stuntwoman Jan Davis died in a jump conducted as part of a protest...
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Perrine Bridge (section BASE jumping)
is a popular BASE jumping site known all over the world; it may be the only man-made structure in the United States where BASE jumping is allowed year-round...
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Trango Towers (section BASE jump)
starting elevation for a BASE jump on record. On 10 August 2013, Andrey Lebedev and Vladimir Murzaev performed a base jump from the same location as...
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