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This afternoon I was about to head out and get some ribs for lunch when a visiting jumper called me on the phone. This person was in town for JFTC and had a flight out of San Diego this afternoon. I told this person we could certainly have a lunch and a look at a very jumpable building for later on that night. However, it turned out the flight out was well before then and as we stood on the corner looking at a perfectly overhung 40-story building this person said, "Why not right now?"

I can't name the person as they are on the BASE list with an *.

Now, I'm certainly not a fan of day blazing and I said so, but this person remarked it's only day blazing if you are caught. The next thing I know I'm standing by the rental car as this person walked right through the construction gate, passed a bunch of people that should have been paying attention, but weren't, and up they went.

I've been in San Diego for thirty years and I've never seen, or done, a BASE jump here during the day. Well, I can't say that anymore as after a good launch and a good opening I drove around and picked up this person after a perfect landing in a very small LZ.

It's about 2-hours later now and nobody seems the wiser. Here's what I learned from all this. Jump right after lunch as everyone is too full of food to look up . . .

NickD
BASE 194

Sweet

..."but this person remarked it's only day blazing if you are caught."
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Ya that is sometimes true.
If your not -Burning it- you are defiantly not jumping it enough. Becouse nobody stays invisable forever.
You should be jumping that thing as much as you can get away with.
Chances are when that building is done or near completion. Its going to be sealed up-tight and REAL hard to access.
You should be Gettin It. While the Gettin's good.
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It also Doesn't really sound like your feeling to guilty about it..........
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>>It also Doesn't really sound like your feeling to guilty about it..........<<

I'm really not . . .

San Diego is a funny place. We've been BASE jumping here for a long time (I did my first building here in 1986) and even though at times there are two active DZs here, they don't seem to produce people interested in BASE. I would guess out of the hundreds of BASE jumps made in downtown SD only two or three have ended up in cop cars.

NickD
BASE 194

That place is watched close at night right now from what I hear so just walk on in the day.Who' a thunk it.E