Blogs Posts in BASE Jumping category; 12 blog posts

Russian BASE jumper made first jump from Karabakh Dzhdrduz c...

Russian BASE jumper Pavel Olshansky made the first-in-history jump from the wall of picturesque Dzhdrduz canyon of Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh. Olshansky jumped from a height of 200 meters into the valley of Karkar, reports artsakhnews.am, r [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Base Jump 2010

Base Jump 2010: Local and foreign "Base" jumpers will be performing out-of-the-ordinary feat by jumping at night from Wisma Sanyan, Sarawak's tallest building from Oct 15-16 this year. Sibu Resident Sim Kok Kee said besides [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

The Men Who Jump off Buildings - Base jumping

I think I might die, every time’. When base jumper Dan Witchalls tells his Danish girlfriend how he feels before launching himself from one of London’s many landmark buildings, it looks like she might knock him out flat. &lsq [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Base jumper was very careful

Geoffrey Robson, 31, who died after a base jump went horribly wrong, was on Tuesday described as adventurous, but yet also very careful. "He was enthusiastic about life," Professor Ben Herbst, of the department of mathemat [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Base Jumping in Malaysia

Malaysia has numerous base jumping events being held every year. But first what is Base Jumping? Base jumping stands for Buildings, Antenna, Span and Earth, this describes the platforms from which Base jumpers would take off from. The fi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

A World Record Base Jump From The Top Of A World Record Buil...

Base jumping, one of the world’s most dangerous sports, is very cool. The Burj Khalifa AKA the Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building, is also very cool. The two together? Well that’s just goddamn crazy. See that litt [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Base Jumping

The eternal dream of both parties is to raid the other's base. To find an issue that doesn't antagonise your own, or the mortgaged voter in the middle, but distracts the other side to the point of apparent civil war. John Howard had it wit [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

St. Paul Considering Base Jumping Ordinance

The St. Paul City Council is considering a new ordinance that would outlaw base jumping in the city Base jumping is classified as jumping from buildings or bridges with a parachute. One man FIVE EYEWITNESS NEWS spoke to has base jumped more [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

St. Paul ponders ban on BASE jumping

If you like to scale skyscrapers or parachute from the tops of them, pay attention to a proposed ordinance that made its first appearance before the St. Paul City Council on Wednesday. The proposed ordinance would make "climbing, jump [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

Nevada man injured in S. Idaho BASE jump

Police say a Nevada man broke his ankle after his equipment malfunctioned during a BASE parachute jump from a Snake River canyon bridge in south-central Idaho. Peter Garcia of Wells, Nev., had a hard landing on Saturday evening after one l [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

BASE Jumper missing at Notch Peak

Four days of searching by foot—including K-9 officers, 4-wheelers, airplanes, and helicopters have failed to find a man missing near/or on Notch Peak in the House Range of western Millard County. Leroy Buckley, 31, an Army drill inst [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

BASE Jumping

Thought we’d end the day with a series of Extreme Sports photos, explicitly named BASE Jumping!! Not only is it a rush to shoot such extreme sport but it’s an even greater rush to actually JUMP! It’s a shot of pure adre [...]