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I quit and recently came back after about 7.5 years.

I quit when I no longer had the desire to BASE jump and ran out of answers to my question on why the hell I was doing it.

I came back because I still need it.

Walt

When i have to have a 'D' licence to jump an 'E'
Or when i need a pro rating to jump a 'B'
When my rig has to be TSO'd and be equiped with an AAD

Mind you, even when BASA (South Africa) or USBA are formed and i have to pay annual fees to this and that organization, I probably still won't quit...

You’re way too late to quit over that . . .

The original (sham by the NPS) legal program of 1981 for jumping at El Cap required a “D” license.

And although they didn’t collect dues, the World BASE Association of the mid-80s tried to be the USBA, and probably would have sold memberships eventually. Thankfully they became an organization looking for a reason to exist and never finding it . . .

Freedom, once organized, is freedom no more . . .

NickD
BASE 194

When I am dead.

Maybe not, I hear Tom Manship is still getting some in
~J

Whenever I want to...

That will probably be when it doesn't excite me or I'm unable to participate.

any day or when i die..

its just like a jump at some point i deside to jump or not,if i choose not to i walk away no matter the cost..

I stop BASEjumping the day i dont feel for it anymore,it might be today it might be never no matter what i choose the decision is mine alone and i will feel good about it..

That said i has to admit that if i were in your shoes and hadn't had fun whith a Danish jumper whith in 1 year i also would considder to stop but hey i'm not in your shoes
get your arse over here by the summer mate ill show you everyday family life and you´ll BASE for the rest of your life

Tough question. . . . .

If I ever get married or have kids, I'll quit. But even then I won't want to, and I'll most likely be pretty bitter with myself for quitting BASE.

Beyond that. . . .???

Believe me, if you get married and have kids, you will NEED base.
poc

 

i don't know... I am pretty sure there will be a loud "thump" when I do quit...

You know my experience with skydiving and now BASE when dealing with girlfriends has been that they initially think it's cool and are okay with it. Then after a while when they learn to differentiate the two, they seem to be accepting of skydiving but anti-BASE. That's usually when I say goodbye and let em go.

I recently booted a chick that seemed cool with BASE for about a month or so, then she tried to lay some guilt trip on me. It's never easy I know. But nevertheless I'm pretty certain that my desire to eventually meet the right girl and do the family thing will be the end of BASE for me. I have talked with some well known BASE jumpers who quit BASE for awhile to pursue a relationship, only to have the relationship end and no sooner were they back jumping.

. . . .I could see myself in that boat too!!

For now, I'm only 30. I've got a few more years to fuck around!!

Cheers,

J.P.

My wife (who was still my girlfriend and pregnant at the time) had a major freak out the day i received my Perigee Pro through the post. I had spoken about it, made my family aware of what i was getting into, but it seems that seeing the rig was when it hit home. It was a while before things calmed down but i didn't quit.
You see, six months before this my sister had died in a skydiving accident. I was the first one to find her in a field near the landing area. My wife at first wanted nothing to to with skydiving never mind base jumping. On my side, I knew quitting skydiving would make no difference and only God could help me handle the pain and shock.

I may be a bit of a tree hugger when it comes to base, but the whole walk up the mountain thing is as much part of it as the jump. Once in a while, when life just gets too much, a little solo off the E does a world of good. My wife has come to understand that despite the fact that she still doesn't like it.
So her and i have the understanding that we both need our space. Otherwise, you end up getting on each others case, give up things you don't really want to give up and the relationship turns sower.
Giving up base because you think it will help a relationship is not a good solution in my opinion. LIke with everything it's a balance of give and take.
As for kids, our little 3 year old goes wild everytime she sees footage, jumps off the arm of the couch on to the couch in a perfect arch... I must admit i do have reservations but i would not be able to or allowed to keep her or my step daughter from skydiving or base jumping if that's what they want to do.
If anything, having kids probably makes one a little more conservative in their approach. And that's a good thing for base right?
At this stage, I get so much at every level from every single base jump that it is difficult to imagine ever quitting.

When it's made all legal, and you can jump were you like when you like.

When I stop getting the inside jokes, which right now feels a lot like today . . .

NickD
BASE 194

I'll quit the day Angelina Jolie proposes to me. Post Brad of course.

when some one sabotges my gear and i go in all though
ill probably walk away because im invinsable.
but so far i can't get anyone with a nuff balls to sabo my gear. in the old days at the ranch we used to do it to each other all the time if u found it before u jumped u lived if not u didn't it makes u a better jumper i think

Would you settle for her Swedish stunt double?

ABSOLUTELY NOT YOU CHEEKY BASTARD.
Too much fascial hair and the wrong plumbing.
Now if he had a sister...nah mate it's the real deal or nothing. I won't lower my standards. Plus her all dolled up as Lara Croft...HOLY SHIT she could get me into any building anywhere. No fat suit, no crazy mask all eyes would be on her mate. and if they weren't she just have to start kicking arse mate. Stunning and totally fucked in the head. Brilliant.

ain't that the truth....

Would you settle for her Swedish stunt double?
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Yeah probably works for all us Tom if she's hot! Somehow I think it might be impossible to find a replacement for Angelina though.

That seems to be pretty common with my friends' girlfriends that i've seen come and go...either that or the girl starts jumping, which is _very_ rare (and not necessarily a better outcome). Honestly, you guys just need to find better women!

As for my time to stop: I think there will be a time that I'm at an exit point and I'll turn away, knowing I don't need it anymore. I doubt that moment will come after marriage (because my fiance jumps more than I do ) but it may come after kids, or grandkids, or just never come at all...

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IMO
you'll not know until it is true.
again, IMO, it's impossible to predict what factors will influence that decision.
Though physical incapacity would qualify

be safe
kleggo

When I will not have more fun or friends at the exit point.....


Andre