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hey guys!
i m going to jump in russia during the summer.
can u recommend me a place to learn base in russia?
thanks,
ron

You can contact William Gross. As far as I understand he lives in Russia and jumps BASE together with Russian jumpers.

If you want, I can give you e-mail through the private message.

What's up ronloz?

Glad to hear you're coming to Russia. What cities are you coming to and how long will you be here? Russia's a pretty big place...as I'm sure you've noticed

One question haunts me though...why are you coming to Russia to learn BASE? If you want a real course, you'd be better off heading to western Europe...BASE courses in Russia involve some instruction ahead of time and a hop off a local antenna. If you want to do base more safely, I'd highly recommend doing an FJC in western Europe from a bridge/the famous Norwegian cliff.

If you're still intent on BASE in Russia, shoot me a message by PM and we'll chat. I can at least get you in touch with the locals (I haven't been jumping in about 3 months...a result of work and broken fellow jumpers), and we'll play it by ear from there.

Come on, "ahead of time" is really an unjustice and a big exaggeration. That guy you have in mind had done two tandems and one AFF. And he survived FJC mostly intact. What are you talking about?!