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Bookmark or Share- BASE Jumping | Everything You Need To Know - MporaThe term BASE Jumping is credited to legendary daredevil Carl Boenish, a freefall cinematographer and a man that many regard as the ‘Father of BASE Jumping’. Towards the end of the late 1970’s, he began making parachute jumps from the iconic El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California.
- BASE jumping - WikipediaBASE jumping (/ beɪs /) is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend to the ground.
- A Beginner's Guide to BASE Jumping - TripSavvyIn its purest form, BASE jumping involves highly trained extreme athletes who climb to great heights on manmade structures or tall cliff faces to make their leaps. Unlike skydiving, BASE jumpers don't use an aircraft of any kind, but instead choose to jump from the top of a fixed structure.
- Become a BASE Jumper: Step-by-Step Guide - Start SkydivingBASE jumping is an activity that is similar to skydiving in the sense that you use a parachute to land – except instead of jumping out of an aircraft, the BASE jumper jumps from objects. You may be surprised to find out that – just like ‘SCUBA’ – ‘BASE’ is an acronym.
- What Is Base Jumping? - Skydiving PlanetBASE jumping is an extreme sport where participants leap more often using a single-parachute from a fixed point of structure rather than an airplane—such as buildings, antenna, bridges, and cliffs—using a parachute prepared for a quick deployment.
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