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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Mk1Macca on 29 September 2011, 16:33
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After skydiving for many years, it was finally time to give BASE jumping a go. Thought you guys might like to see a couple of my initial jumps.
Lovely weather, great mates and some fun jumps :)
http://www.vimeo.com/29770798 (http://www.vimeo.com/29770798)
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nuts :cool:
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you have several screws loose :grin: :grin: :cool:
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Get well soon you mad fu*ker :grin:
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Needs more Cowbell, lower bridges required! :lipsrsealed:
Thom
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nice!! but "none" of you was wearing a seatbelt ... jump with no shute? :undecided:
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FVCK THAT !
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Wicked! I like the casual walk along the bridge like your not up to anything. :grin:
I'm also getting a strange urge to buy a honda..
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That is epic :shocked: :laugh: :laugh:
Nice honda too :laugh: :laugh:
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looks :cool:
always wanted to do sky diving or something, but never had the opourtunerty.
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You mean you've always found excuses ;)
Dropzones in the UK are open pretty much all year round, and can usually take a walk up on the day. Nothing stopping you ;)
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You mean you've always found excuses ;)
Dropzones in the UK are open pretty much all year round, and can usually take a walk up on the day. Nothing stopping you ;)
money :grin:
i shal do it before im twenty though. so have untill march.
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You schound like shum krachzy Dutch guy, no?
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You schound like shum krachzy Dutch guy, no?
That IS some crazy dutch guy :grin:
I'm holding the camera, well, up until the point the jumping starts :)
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One word... Madness
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One word... Madness
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Hmmm..Unfortunately I know that its quite safe to do base jumping, which kind of takes the whole risk & buzz out of it. :sad: But that's just me. Analytical. I'm the chap that gets bored on a rollercoaster. I trained as a glider pilot when I was 15, that was quite fun.
That was more dangerous than base jumping.
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One word... Madness
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Hmmm..Unfortunately I know that its quite safe to do base jumping, which kind of takes the whole risk & buzz out of it. :sad: But that's just me. Analytical. I'm the chap that gets bored on a rollercoaster. I trained as a glider pilot when I was 15, that was quite fun.
That was more dangerous than base jumping.
Safe or not... Don't think i could bring myself to jump off a perfectly good bridge/building.. that's just me though, never been one for heights you see. :embarassed:
Give me speed anyday.. and i mean the four wheel type :tongue:
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Nutter, takes balls to throw yourself out of a plane, never mind throw yourself off a bridge :grin:
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Oh my!
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One word... Madness
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Hmmm..Unfortunately I know that its quite safe to do base jumping, which kind of takes the whole risk & buzz out of it. :sad: But that's just me. Analytical. I'm the chap that gets bored on a rollercoaster. I trained as a glider pilot when I was 15, that was quite fun.
That was more dangerous than base jumping.
How do you figure that?!
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Well. Statistics, practice and probability.
In Base jumping its just you and the parachute. The parachute is packed and tested and you only jump above safe release heights. As soon as you jump you throw the drag chute which pulls out your main chute in seconds. You then float to the ground to a designated safe landing area. The only danger is crosswinds and poor control by the "parachuter"
In a glider your height that you "eject" is not definite and predetermined. It occurs only in an emergency. So it could be a low altitude and zero speed. You then have to unharness, pop the canopy, and jump. Then release the parachute and try to find somewhere safe to land (unlike basejumping, you have no pre-detremined landing area.)
So with base jumping:
You know your height.
You know your landing area.
you know your wind speeds.
You know your hazzards.
With a Glider:
You don't.
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There's a glider centre near me. It looks sh!te
Base jumping looks the shiz!!
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Well. Statistics, practice and probability.
In Base jumping its just you and the parachute. The parachute is packed and tested and you only jump above safe release heights. As soon as you jump you throw the drag chute which pulls out your main chute in seconds. You then float to the ground to a designated safe landing area. The only danger is crosswinds and poor control by the "parachuter"
In a glider your height that you "eject" is not definite and predetermined. It occurs only in an emergency. So it could be a low altitude and zero speed. You then have to unharness, pop the canopy, and jump. Then release the parachute and try to find somewhere safe to land (unlike basejumping, you have no pre-detremined landing area.)
So with base jumping:
You know your height.
You know your landing area.
you know your wind speeds.
You know your hazzards.
With a Glider:
You don't.
Congrats on not really knowing what you're talking about. Read that from Wikipedia?
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No. Trained glider pilot.
Yes BASE jumping is technical, but in essence my premise is correct.
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And how many times has he had to eject?
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Cant see your vid on my iphone for some reason. Bet its mint im off skydiving early next year cant wait! Always wanted to do it