BASE jumping (/beɪs/) is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend to the ground. BASE is an acronym that stands...

influence the mass practice of BASE jumping as a sport, together with fellow skydiver Brian Schubert. Pelkey and Schubert's first jump was made on July 24, 1966...

BASE jumping skills. BASE jumping is largely executed in alpine conditions, and is considered a highly dangerous sport. The first ski-BASE jump was performed...

Kjerag has become a popular BASE jumping destination. Since 1994, when Stein Edvartsen made the first officially registered jump, until 2016, a total number...

won the world title in BASE jumping. He served as president of the Australian BASE Association (ABA). He was among the first BASE jumpers to introduce acrobatic...

feet-first entry). Cliff jumping with the use of a parachute would typically be classified as a form of BASE jumping. Cliff jumping has inherent dangers due...

compared to skydiving from an airplane, BASE jumping involves jumping from a "fixed object" such as a cliff. BASE jumping in its modern form has existed since...

Bungee jumping (/ˈbʌndʒi/), also spelled bungy jumping, is an activity that involves a person jumping from a great height while connected to a large elastic...

climbing routes on El Capitan in Yosemite. His other interests included BASE jumping and wingsuiting. McNeely was also a slackliner and pioneered many highlines...

is a popular BASE jumping site known all over the world; it may be the only man-made structure in the United States where BASE jumping is allowed year-round...

allowed to BASE jump off the bridge into the New River Gorge 876 feet (267 meters) below, one of the few exceptions to a general ban on BASE jumping within...

building has been used by several experienced BASE jumpers for authorised and unauthorised BASE jumping: In May 2008, Hervé Le Gallou and David McDonnell...

being the mecca of wingsuit base jumping. The Lauterbrunnen Valley is renowned as a prime location for wingsuit BASE jumping, attracting enthusiasts from...

Nunavut base jumping accident". CBC News. 14 May 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2016. Casimiro, Steve (26 March 2016). "Skier Shane McConkey killed BASE-jumping in...

existence of BASE jumping to criminally prosecute modern day BASE jumpers. Michael Pelkey and Brian Schubert made the first BASE jump from El Capitan on...

2025) was an Austrian skydiver, extreme sportsman, and BASE jumper. He was widely known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere on...

(500-feet/152.4 metres). Most think that jumping will lead to an instant death. However, in many cases, death is not instant. Jumping is the most common method of...

highest BASE jump in history. His wife, Jean Boenish, jumped with him and held the record until Valery Rozov jumped off Mount Cho Oyu in 2017, jumping from...

Davis is also a blogger who writes about her interests in climbing, BASE jumping, yoga, and veganism. Davis was born in Illinois and grew up in New Jersey...

leading to his interest in BASE Jumping, which ended up leading to his mental health recovery. "When I started BASE Jumping, all of a sudden I started...

failures pose risks of towed paratroopers. Parachuting disciplines such as BASE jumping or those that involve equipment such as wingsuit flying and sky surfing...

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above a 984-metre (3,228 ft) deep abyss. It is also a popular site for BASE jumping. The boulder is just southwest of the village of Lysebotn, just south...

of BASE jumping deaths in U.S. national parks in 2015 to five. Between the years of 2014 and 2019, there were three deaths attributed to BASE jumping in...

attempt. The highest jump was said to have been from a height of 260 metres (850 ft). In March 2016 another person BASE jumped from The Shard. On 3 September...

cases, BASE jumpers illegally access the high points from which they jump. Two BASE jumpers were arrested in St. Petersburg, Russia after jumping off of...

expert paragliding, skydiving and BASE jumping and Wingsuit flying, and was considered an idol of the Swiss BASE jumping scene. Ueli Gegenschatz was born...

and Tim Emmett made the first BASE jump from the stack on 14 May 2008. Hutchinson-Brown died 11 days later during a jump in Switzerland. On 27 July 2019...

Look up Jump, jump, or jumping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jump most commonly refers to jumping, a form of movement in which an organism propels...

include Chris Sharma. FreeBASEing, is a subtype of free solo climbing performed on long multi-pitch big wall routes with a BASE jumping parachute as the sole...