Team Geared Up, the same blokes who brought us the Top 5 Mountain Biking Crashes, Bungy Jumping Accidents, and Snowboard Crashes are back today with another list of cringe inducing videos. This time it’s the Top 5 BASE Jumping Accidents.
Once again, you’ll find plenty of things to laugh at, as long as you find someone else’s pain funny. Some of them will must make you wince in pain, and wonder why someone would do this activity to begin with. The video below is a good example of what to expect. Personally, were I to do BASE jumping, I think I’d want to have a little more room between me and the ground. Just in case.
Enjoy!
Kraig is an outdoor and adventure travel writer based in Nashville, TN. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to numerous online and print outlets, including Popular Mechanics, Gear Junkie, Outside Online, National Geographic, Digital Trends, Business Insider, TripSavvy, about.com, and of course The Adventure Blog.
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BASE is an incredible sport but when things go wrong there can be significant penalties involved. There is nothing quite like the feeing of standing on a remote cliff, jumping off and getting that addictive ground rush before you deploy the canopy.
I can only imagine. It has to be a wild rush. I’m into a lot of outdoor activities, but I’d have to have a very compelling reason to give BASE jumping a shot. 😉
Kraig, please post a link to this BASE jumping movie.
http://besthike.com/blog/2007/11/04/best-film-banff-mountain-film-festival-2007/
Essential viewing for those used to seeing only the CRAZY videos on YouTube.
This film deserves wide circulation in the Adventure community.
I appreciate it!
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There is a really cool new channel coming to cable and satellite television. It is The Ski Channel. They say they will have everything you can do on a mountain and all mountain activities such as skiing, snowboarding, hiking, biking, backpacking, climbing, basejumping, etc. So little of this is on television now. Lets help these guys make this work. Go to their website and signup. http://www.theskichannel.com.
They have all kinds of contests, info and pretty cool stuff on their website.
About time!
It is very interesting for me to read that article. Thank you for it. I like such themes and everything that is connected to this matter. I definitely want to read a bit more soon.
Avril Hakkinen