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Ive been winded out twice and fogged out once, so as long as im sitting here inside with crappy weather, tell the story of what your first wingsuit base jump was like.

Do subterminal ones count?

steep in the begining and a cracker opening but im a fat bastard

Wet.

My first wingsuit helicopter skydive was interesting, kind squirrley at first and a lot different than taking it out of a plane. I then did a balloon WS skydive and that went well. First WS BASE was at Kjerag #6 in a GTi. It's a little higher BOC handle location on my BASE rig, so I made sure I was used to that. I took a couple of steps, stayed head high with my arms wide open and my leg wing collapsed at first. Then after a few seconds I punched out the leg wing, and had a nice flight straight out from the wall. I felt a little longer and further than normal tracking of course, but I pulled high so I'd have plenty of time to unzip and deal with any potential problems. I had a great time, got a few pictures, packed up and did it again.

hour before through 2 seconds into jump - terrified.
2 seconds into jump through rest of jump - totally relaxed.

was a couple of weeks ago from the high nose with crampons not to exit at the wrong time...
Pretty nerve racking to make it to the icy exit point!
Flight was text book!

Sittin' at home and waiting for my friends who just jumped a B that i skipped being bored of city jumps... and waitin' for my just-ordered V2 that i could take with me to my next mountain trip...
... i have to quote:


... and add to this -- "... and pleasant."

Amen