I admire these guys. It takes some guts to do a BASE jump.
In my mis spent youth, I made 5 parachute jumps from a Cessna. Static line jumps. But then I got in to hang gliding and I made over 105 mountain flights. Damn that was fun! My longest flight was 3 hours 5 minutes. One time, I got 5,000 feet above Lookout Mountain.
Hang gliding is dangerous but not nearly as dangerous as BASE jumping. If this sport had been around when I was young I probably would have done it.
They're adrenaline junkies. Everyone has their own gig. I get enough rush from killing deer, so I don't have the need to jump from high places. Personally, I hate to stand near the edge of a high building or bridge. It gives me the heebie jeebies. However, about 8 years ago, I did a tandem jump from a plane at 12000 ft. The free fall was awesome. Got that off my bucket list and had a blast doing it. Wouldn't make a habit of doing it though, but it was fun.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Ronald Reagan
It is not that they do not fear death. It is that they fear not living more. If you understand that, you will know why they do it. If not, you will never understand.
Some mornings, it just does not feel worth it to chew through the straps!~
Kinda funny, week or two back a cute blonde chick bites it trying to set a speed record, 95% of campfire says "she died doing what she loved, RIP" and such. Some dude dies doing something similar, 95% of campfire says "play stupid games win stupid prizes, Darwin at work" and so on. Bottom line, nobody really gives a [bleep] if dudes or ugly chicks die.
Dunno if those that pursue this sport have a web site, never looked and probably never will. In case they don't I suggest the following domain name and web link: www.SPLAT.COM
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
It is not that they do not fear death. It is that they fear not living more. If you understand that, you will know why they do it. If not, you will never understand.
i do not fear death but do fear the process of dying, physical and mental aspects of it. jumping, falling is a process i would avoid
It is not that they do not fear death. It is that they fear not living more. If you understand that, you will know why they do it. If not, you will never understand.
i do not fear death but do fear the process of dying, physical and mental aspects of it. jumping, falling is a process i would avoid
Jumping and falling isn't the problem. It's the landing that hurts.
I wonder if that guy was hollering before he hit.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
It is not that they do not fear death. It is that they fear not living more. If you understand that, you will know why they do it. If not, you will never understand.
Oh, brother!
I live more by hearing an elk bugle, or even a coyote howl than by jumping off a bridge with an elastic rope tied to my feet. I live more by hugging my kids than by seeing Machu Picchu. I live more by helping an elderly neighbor keep her yard up than I ever would jumping off a stupid bridge.
Base jumping is self absorbed hedonism taken to the extreme. It's a free country, so have at, but don't tell me it's a better way of living.
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