OT: Base Jumping Anyone?

by **Voyager** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:16 pm

Base jumping like you have never seen before (unless you've seen this video):

http://www.wimp.com/basejumpers/

:shock:

by **Arianddu** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:09 pm

HOLY FUCK!!!! I just watched that with my mouth open the whole time! That is AMAZING!!! Closest thing to free flying I've ever seen! Shit yes I'd love to do that!!!! I've wanted to go hang gliding my entire life, but that tops it by far!

Just blown away - thanks for posting it.

by **bluejeangirl76** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:45 pm

Holy hell! :shock:

I don't think I'd even be able to walk in that suit (without falling down...) (a lot...) forget jumping off a mountain.

by **Arkansas** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:11 am

Never seen anything like that before. Amazing. Wonder how they deal with sudden drafts or winds? I'd be afraid it slam me into the rock. But still, I think I could be talked into doing this. Hhhmmm.

later~

by **Carla777** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:24 am

wow this guys really can fly, beautiful!! the place is cool too..make me remind to a place here, Las Torres del Paine..nice video

by **Michigan Girl** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:32 am

Arianddu wrote:HOLY FUCK!!!! I just watched that with my mouth open the whole time! That is AMAZING!!! Closest thing to free flying I've ever seen! Shit yes I'd love to do that!!!! I've wanted to go hang gliding my entire life, but that tops it by far!

Just blown away - thanks for posting it.

Ooooh, no!!! This is a deathwish!! :shock:

'tis beautiful!!! :wink:

by **TRAGChick** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:33 am

Flying squirrels come to mind..... :lol:

The craziest one was at 2:25....when the 3 of them jumped off that tiny outcropping, and did a back somersault....like it was choreographed!

by **lights1961** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:38 am

reminds me, was it the Bond movie MoonRaker that Roger Moore did that too... damn.
I dont think I could do that period.

Rick

by **Rhiannon** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:38 am

TRAGChick wrote:Flying squirrels come to mind.....

Thank you!
...I was trying to figure that out. :lol:

by **TRAGChick** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:50 am

TRAGChick wrote:Flying squirrels come to mind.....

The craziest one was at 2:25....when the 3 of them jumped off that tiny outcropping, and did a back somersault....like it was choreographed!

I like the music on that part....anybody know what it is?

by **Arianddu** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:57 am

Michigan Girl wrote:
Arianddu wrote:HOLY FUCK!!!! I just watched that with my mouth open the whole time! That is AMAZING!!! Closest thing to free flying I've ever seen! Shit yes I'd love to do that!!!! I've wanted to go hang gliding my entire life, but that tops it by far!

Just blown away - thanks for posting it.

Ooooh, no!!! This is a deathwish!!
'tis beautiful!!!

All my life, I've loved sailing. I can't get into powerboats though, it's got to be wind. And part of playing up in the rigging of a ketch, or riding the bowspit without a line on a big yacht was that I've always wanted to fly. I would LOVE to go skydiving, and I have always, always wanted to go hangliding. I've been 'plane' gliding and it's an amazing experience to ride the thermals, especially when the eagles come to check you out, but although it is wind riding, it's insulated from the outside, which is why I want to go hang gliding. Watching this was just a 'that is the ultimate!' experience; the closest I think any human can come to actually flying, and I would love to do it. I doubt that I would be anywhere near fit enough to do it, and I'm not sure I'd have the patience (and certainly not the funds) to do all the parachuting and base-jumping you would have to do to be able to get to that stage; while I freely admit that adrenaline is my drug of choice, I'm definately a recreational user and not a junkie. But my god! for a fantasy, that's got to be my ultimate, I have to say.

by **whirlwind** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:22 am

The set up looks quite simple. It makes you wonder why it took so long to make that happen. Beautiful!

by **ebake02** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:29 am

I want one!!!!

by **Rhiannon** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:31 am

Arianddu wrote:Shit yes I'd love to do that!!!!

Ditto.

<----Adrenaline junkie.

by **Arianddu** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:40 am

Rhiannon wrote:
Arianddu wrote:Shit yes I'd love to do that!!!!

Ditto.
<----Adrenaline junkie.

Cool, wanna be my partner in crime when I toboggan down Mt Everest from Second Base Camp?

by **Saint John** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:40 am

lol...my guess is that I'll be seeing one of those poor bastards on Faces Of Death Part ? in the next year or two.

by **Don** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:41 am

Participating in Extreme sports sometimes doesn't work out as shown here.

http://www.guzer.com/videos/bungee_break.php

by **Arianddu** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:43 am

All junkies have their death toll, including adrenaline junkies. In their case, the delivery system is the killer.

by **Rhiannon** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:52 am

Arianddu wrote:Cool, wanna be my partner in crime when I toboggan down Mt Everest from Second Base Camp?

Ok, there's extreme, and then there's just asking to be sent home in a jello mold. :lol:

by **Arianddu** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:57 am

Rhiannon wrote:
Arianddu wrote:Cool, wanna be my partner in crime when I toboggan down Mt Everest from Second Base Camp?

Ok, there's extreme, and then there's just asking to be sent home in a jello mold.

by **Don** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:01 am

Arianddu wrote:All junkies have their death toll, including adrenaline junkies. In their case, the delivery system is the killer.

She was only 18 years old, what a way to go. It wasn't even a quick death, she died in the hospital.

by **stevew2** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:34 am

Saint John wrote:lol...my guess is that I'll be seeing one of those poor bastards on Faces Of Death Part ? in the next year or two.

Tito can jump on the base of my shaft

by **Voyager** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:55 am

I like the part where the guy flies really close to the road at 3:21.

I would probably be a natural at this because I used to fly in my dreams all the time.

"Flying High Again" by Ozzy would be blasting in my Ipod when I did it.

Got a crazy feeling I don't understand
Gotta get away from here
Feelin like I should've kept my feet on the ground
Waitin' for the sun to appear

Mamma's gonna worry
I been a bad bad boy
No use sayin sorry
It's somethin that I enjoy

Cause you can't see what my eyes see
(I can see it, I can see it)
And you can't be inside of me, flying high again

I can see through mountains watch me disappear
I can even touch the sky
Swallowing colors of the sound I hear
Am I just a crazy guy (you bet)

by **Saint John** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:59 am

Voyager wrote:I like the part where the guy flies really close to the road at 3:21.

I would probably be a natural at this because I used to fly in my dreams all the time.

"Flying High Again" by Ozzy would be blasting in my Ipod when I did it.

Learning To Fly by boring ass Pink Floyd or Highway To Hell by AC/DC actually came to mind. Into Your Arms by Journey would be cool as well.

by **Voyager** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:04 am

Saint John wrote:
Voyager wrote:I like the part where the guy flies really close to the road at 3:21.

I would probably be a natural at this because I used to fly in my dreams all the time.

"Flying High Again" by Ozzy would be blasting in my Ipod when I did it.

Learning To Fly by boring ass Pink Floyd or Highway To Hell by AC/DC actually came to mind. Into Your Arms by Journey would be cool as well.

LOL! Or maybe "Boom Boom Out Go The Lights" by Pat Travers?

:lol:

by **Angiekay** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:30 pm

Holy crap, that looks like fun!!!! Did you see how FAST they were going at the end?! I've always wanted to hang glide too. The closet I've come so far is parasailing

by **artist4perry** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:39 pm

stevew2 wrote:
Saint John wrote:lol...my guess is that I'll be seeing one of those poor bastards on Faces Of Death Part ? in the next year or two.
Tito can jump on the base of my shaft

I thought you were tight as a drum, now your wanting Tito to jump on your shaft? :shock:

MR

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