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Hey, I'm not a BASE jumper yet, but hope to get into it some day. I want to do it right and a BASE school isn't a priority for my money right now. Anyway, I found this on 'www.afn.org/skydive' got a laugh out of it, hope nobody's offended:

> I don't know exactly what "BASE" stands for,
> buildings, antennas, blah, blah, blah, so I made my own.
>
> 1. Brains Atrophied - Speeding Earthward
> 2. Becoming Another Splotch - EEEW!!
> 3. Bragging About Stupid Endeavors
> 4. Banging Against Solid Earth
> 5. Brains Aren't Solidly Engineered
> 6. Balls ARE Solidly Engineered
> 7. Beginning A Sooner Eternity
> 8. Becoming A Stiff Early
> 9. Buddies Are Surely Endangered
> 10. Bodies Are Shattered Eventually
> 11. Brushing Away Safety Egotistically
>
> And, since I have some spare time, here's a haiku:
>
> Brisk wind on my face
> 'Chute won't open - holy crap
> Pants are filled with poop

Whuffos think skydiving is what the utterly screwy daredevils do.

Skydivers think base is what the utterly screwy daredevils do.

I wonder what is it that makes base jumpers just shake their head in wonderment?

I can't speak for the BASE jumpers but at Flagler we got to see every sort of air activity; the looniest of all have to be those who "fly" gyrocopters.

We always said that the pilots thought we skydivers were crazy, but we all agreed that we knew the gyro guys are crazy.

Bones And Shit Everywhere.

OK, you got me interested. I like your top ten. Let me try my luck. Here goes:

1--Beginning And Soon Ending
2--Bringing A Sooner Ending
3--Being A Stoned Ego-maniac
4--Brought A Stupid Ego
5--Buying A Simple End
6--Buying A Small Eraser
7--Bet A Single Endeavour
8--Bet All Says Easy
9--Bet Anyone Says Exit
10--Because All Savor Exits

wow, that was easy. took me darn near 3 minutes, which would have splattered me on a BASE jump.
Maybe we should consider last words.
I heard this joke somewhere:
"Famous Last Words:
Hey, Watch This!!!"

Peace,
Thomas

The Little Aussie.

Not kidding.

Best Adrenaline Sport Ever.
- Tim Hutchings

That little Ocker - I assume you mean "The Crocodile Hunter" - makes a shit load of cash these days (ie, several million dollars a year).

For mine, anyone who runs on to an American Football pitch from now on must surely have balls of steel.

Those guys doing aerobatics on dirt bikes - that is some way out shit!!

what do u mean by the little aussie?

Rodeo.

I've heard a story of him doing a full layout off a sub 200 A... any truth to this stuff?

Hee hee... reminds me of the time I was up in the packing room with a BASE jumper, talking to him while he was packing a rig. He's got a mohawk, a bunch of tattoos, piercings, etc. Anyway, there were a couple of BIG cowboys with hats and boots and tight Wranglers, etc. that were there to do tandems. They came upstairs and start making fun of the sewing machines (saying, "Oh, those are to fix the parachutes! Ha ha ha!!!") and a bunch of other stuff, and being your stereotypical Idahoan hick.

After they left, my pierced-tattooed-mohawked friend turned to me and said...

"Freaks."

Priceless.

Have you seen the video where his canopy is caught on something, he's dangling off some cliff. What does he do? Takes off his camera and gives a little sermon into the camera to all the boys and girls who think BASE is glamorous.

Well, the Aussies are already nuts, so you'd expect their BASE jumpers to be worse. jk

That video is "Beyond Extreme". The jumper is a local here with an insane talent. Hopefully without irritating fate I can mention that he's got well over a thousand base jumps and no significant injuries.

Ha also did a double gainer from a 186 foot bridge. Stowed of course.

Funny, funny, funny.

Your pierced-tattooed-mohawked friend is sitting on my couch right now...

Really? Small world.

Tell him I say hi!

Ha. I'd like to see any of those guys play rugby.

No body armour to be seen...

LFMAO !!!!

Too Funny !!!

I wasn't referring to the players, but to the fans.

...and, real men play league

P.S. Apologies to all those who actually have something intelligent to say about BASE

...over to Yoda - "Do, or do not...there is no try"