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Old 14-11-2005, 12:41   #1 (permalink)
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Default mmh, base-jumping isn't very safe is it?
i was just reading the whole of www.basefatalities.info, and it turns out that the price for improvements is sky high. i don't think i'll ever want to do anyting like that...

"Darren is doing a direct bag jump and the bag holder dropped the bag. The resulting 180 deployment put Darren into the building. He is jumping a sponsored canopy and carrying a box of "Milk Tray" chocolates in an attempt to emulate an advert running at the time where a mysterious bloke did extreme things to deliver the chocolates."
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I watched an interesting programme about base-jumping in Norway. One guy hit the rock face half way down and landed on a crevace. He had broken an arm and his legs. Rescuers couldnt get to him so he had to jump again before Hypothermia set in. He jumped off again at night and landed on the rocks below. Not nice
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most of the accidents are "wall strikes" and down to technical difficulties.
and more unsettling, there's a video on ebaums world about a "bad" base jump.
thats all.
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well....theres an unusual picture
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most of the accidents are "wall strikes" and down to technical difficulties.
and more unsettling, there's a video on ebaums world about a "bad" base jump.
thats all.
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it's quite unsettling though...

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One guy hit the rock face half way down and landed on a crevace. He had broken an arm and his legs. Rescuers couldnt get to him so he had to jump again before Hypothermia set in. He jumped off again at night and landed on the rocks below.
Wow, that sounds like pure comedy gold of Homer Simpson-esque proportions.
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Wow, that sounds like pure comedy gold of Homer Simpson-esque proportions.
there was one episode where he fell down a steep mountain i think....
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