RedBull stunt/PR Fluff - Cedric claims new record
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Cedric Dumont - World Record B.A.S.E. in Belgium
Just under a second is how long Cedric Dumont’s most recent project took, a B.A.S.E. jump from a viaduct that was only 34 meters tall. The reward for the busy Belgian? A new European record. The lower the object, the higher the risk of jumping from it is. This bit of wisdom, which doesn’t seem elucidating in the first instance, is a basic rule for B.A.S.E. jumpers if they want to survive.
“If there’s any kind of problem, you’ve got no time to react,” explains Cedric Dumont about the perils of B.A.S.E. jumps from low heights. The undesired result he explains in quite a vivid way: “A split second delay in opening the parachute, and you’re dead.”
New European record
The Belgian, who once jumped from the Eiger north wall in a wing suit, still loves testing the limits: In 2006 he jumped from a 35-meter high bridge in Ireland. Now, with a jump from the Viaduc de Vilvoorde in Brussels, he has just lowered the limit of the possible by yet another meter. Between his initial jump and the safe landing were only 34 meters. Dumont thus holds the new European record for the lowest B.A.S.E. jump with a landing on solid ground.
B.A.S.E. in the lowlands
“I actually thought I’d reached the limit in Ireland in 2006,” said Dumont. “But after weighing up all the factors for ages, after tedious calculations and the development of a special parachute, I decided to go even lower.” For Dumont, the jump from Viaduc de Vilvoorde was part of a long-term project called “B.A.S.E. in the lowlands,” in the course of which he wants to jump from as many objects in Belgium as possible.
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The landing looks like a good way of damaging one's spine. Whatever happened to PLFs?
