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for the money, mostly for the money.

Isn't Hang gliding pretty close to non powered human flight?

hit on your teenage daughter

hit on your teenage son when the daughter says "no

and skydiving is full of whiney bitches.

Elaborate please.

keep skydiving.
when you discover the answer to your question, it then might be time to consider BASE.

If you've spent more than 10 minutes at your local drop zone, you wouldn't need to ask for clarification.

Because i can only sit in and watch TV a certain amount of times a week with my wife before i divorce her. So i jump to save my marriage.

I did spend more than 10 minutes... I noticed only couple of people who tend to whine about things in skydiving. The statement that skydivers are whiney bitches is wrong (from my perspective), I actually find them fun people.

Yeh, it's always hard to just answer the question, specially when people like you know the answer :)

I also noticed people saying "think really hard about getting into base; are you sure you want to get into base; dont hurry getting into it etc...", why?

Sure you get off headings or low pulls sometimes, brake some bones, rip a canopy once in a while, stay in the hospital, get well and get back at it. Yeah you might die one day doing it, but seriously, looking at the base fatality rate it's not likely that it will happen if stay sane and dont pull 20 metres off the ground.

Eventually when you're getting into base you dont think you're gonna die, you just enjoy the sport and if it does happen, well it does.

Please explain to me, because I'm really anxious to know now, instead of 10-20 years later. Why do you always shun the newcomers and tell them to think hard about getting into this sport and that the answers will come automatically in time?

Thank you,
Sangi

Yeh, it's always hard to just answer the question, specially when people like you know the answer :)

I also noticed people saying "think really hard about getting into base; are you sure you want to get into base; dont hurry getting into it etc...", why?

Sure you get off headings or low pulls sometimes, brake some bones, rip a canopy once in a while, stay in the hospital, get well and get back at it. Yeah you might die one day doing it, but seriously, looking at the base fatality rate it's not likely that it will happen if stay sane and dont pull 20 metres off the ground.

Eventually when you're getting into base you dont think you're gonna die, you just enjoy the sport and if it does happen, well it does.

Please explain to me, because I'm really anxious to know now, instead of 10-20 years later. Why do you always shun the newcomers and tell them to think hard about getting into this sport and that the answers will come automatically in time?

Thank you,
Sangi

dude, learn how to fly a parachute.
find a mentor.
quite simple if you really want it

Parky1 makes me do it ...

Another reason: watching you explode on
impact and ruin our objects is also a real
shitty thing for us to watch and deal with!
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"Always do sober what you said you would do when drunk. That'll teach you to keep your mouth shut"

I have personally seen one woman die
BASE jumping and two men skydiving.
They are right, it is grim & haunting!

They are not your family members. It might be a bit shocking at that moment, but you get over it, well unless you're very damn emotional. They are just other people, get over it and move on.

Please explain to me, because I'm really anxious to know now, instead of 10-20 years later. Why do you always shun the newcomers and tell them to think hard about getting into this sport and that the answers will come automatically in time?

are you prepared to help haul out an injured jump buddy? No

yes people get injured, yes people die, but I can cope with it.

have you talked to a known BASE jumper? Yes

Yea dude... just go to the Twin Falls BASE Store, ask for the gay jumper by the name of Andrew Karnowski, and he'll set you up with everything you need and take you on your first jump. He'll then hand you a ticket to Switzerland and a camera and send you on your way. Rad.

I guess it's as everywhere.

Different thing, they think this is way "better" than what others do or have and are stuck up as hell...

Seems I won't find any decent friendly answers here.

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always get drunk so you don't have to do what you said you would do sober.

Nice one man, the other night was not one of my better performances....

are you prepared to help haul out an injured jump buddy? No

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Thing is, people here claim that I dont understand what I want to get into, yet they dont explain. I want to get into base jumping, thats it, yes people get injured, yes people die, but I can cope with it.

The nature of these forums is to be ripped apart so think before you post and research old posts before asking the same question 1000 other people have asked.

true.
but another option would be simple to lurk the forums for a year or so.

"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." TE Lawrence
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“Some Men see things as they are and say “Why?”. I dream things that never were and say Why not?”
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Critic and Social Reformer


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“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) - New Zealand Mountaineer and First man to Climb Mt. Everest


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“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.”
Ralph Emerson (1803-1882) - American Poet, Essayist, Philosopher


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“The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.”
George Eliot - Pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880) - English Novelist

I B.A.S.E. jump because you don't have to buy beer for doing shit for the first time.

OK dude, here is the truth from someone who did it the same way. No "experienced" (if any of us are) jumper is going to send you to your grave for any good reason. I was in your same place three years ago and wasn't quick to post was I quick to try to find a mentor and like you no one would do it. SO, I researched, watched every BASE video known to man, went to B-Day, bought all brand new gear, and started jumping with anyone I could. About 8 jumps in because of my lack of experience and talent, a 180 put me knee first into a building face. Luckily my Vented Flik saved my life because my talent and skill sure as hell didn't with 120 skydives! Luckily I survived my first 50 BASE jumps and last 400 skydives, but looking back I am not sure how. Here is my advice,
1st-Slow the fuck down! You have plenty of time to learn BASE
2nd-Downsizing like crazy? Don't! Stay on your seven cell or get one and learn how to fly a canopy.
3rd-Jump out of balloons and helis every chance you get! Lot more room for error learning how to exit!
4th-Get more experience and BASE will present itself when you are ready.
5th-Don't die pulling low trying figure out what BASE is like.
Tip of the day: If you ask stupid questions on these forums like...How do I get into BASE? Or...How do you climb Pegs? The nature of these forums is to be ripped apart so think before you post and research old posts before asking the same question 1000 other people have asked.
P.S. I am still a jackass and you should not take anything I have told you seriously...seriously! Thanks Late!

PM me with your address and I'll send you my video It may answer your question about why we tell you to think hard about getting into BASE

To add to what Racha_Rodriguez said,
I will attach a 7 page Word document
that was written by a very accomplished
BASE jumper who goes by: GREENY

This is the kind of important information
you would have found had you searched
and lurked before posting.

It is much better to learn from someone
else's mistake than for you to do the
exact same thing and get the exact
same results.

Lastly, your cavalier attitude about death
does not make you seem tough, or bold,
or RAD, just an inmature punk who does
not respect life, us, or our fallen friends.

I also noticed people saying "think really hard about getting into base; are you sure you want to get into base; dont hurry getting into it etc...", why?

Honest answer??? Because 99% of the people who come onto this site asking the questions you've asked are enamoured with the sport. I know - I was then, and still am now.

And so before I got into BASE I posted a lot of questions on forums along the lines of "so why do you base jump?" and "what do i have to do to base jump?". Not because I really wanted answers, but because I wanted to announce to myself that I was going to be a BASE jumper.

Of course, all the information I needed to educate myself was available. I didn't need to waste people's time by asking questions online to find out what I needed to do to start BASE jumping. All the information I needed was out there. And all the posts I made on forums looked childish.

And when a person acts the way that I acted at that time, it's usually a sign that they're eager to be a BASE jumper out of a pure infatuation with the sport and all the videos on YouTube.

And that kind of attitude is totally genuine and authentic (I was infatuated and I did want to be a BASE jumper). And it's usually viewed by the greater BASE community as juvenile and immature, because all the answers to those questions are available, and my decision to draw attention to myself rather than educating myself was due to one of two causes:

1) I was lazy.
2) I wanted to draw attention to myself and announce myself as a future BASE jumper.

Most people don't want the first category in BASE.
Most people want the second category to grow up a bit before getting over their head in BASE.

I belonged to the second category. And the interesting thing about the second category is that 50% of the time they give up on BASE and move on to something completely different. And the other 50% of the time they continue on with BASE and get into the sport despite a somewhat juvenile "look at me" attitude.

And after a few years, barring injury/death, they're still enchanted with the sport, but their approach to it is much more sober.

Why do I base jump?

After 2000 skydives.. Swooping my vx79 over 1200 times at turtle like speeds without incident I'm bored with skydiving. I'm bored with most of the people. Most of my good friends moves south to warmer weather.. Jump prices have gone up.. For the most part with some exceptions Dumb assholes are running dropzones that think they know everything, micromanaging crap terribbly so it's just not as attractive as it use to be.

Base jumping is a smaller, tighter crowd. Only base jumpers understand why people base jump. It's part death wish, part life wish, part type A, part crazy mother fucker we all have in us, cheating death and wrenching the hell out of life.. part unfreakinbelievable bad ass fun as you take that step off of the object. falling into the darkness not knowing what will happen. making your peace with death and accepting it fully. making your peace with life and living it fully. it's the sneaking across fields, ducking when cars come, jumping fences, climbing towers swaying in the wind being scared as hell, mission planning, sneaking, taking those calculated risks.. It's the first stowed jump that I was sure would kill me but didn't. pushing myself. seeing others push themselves. that feeling when you and your bro's and bumpy bro's are all in that landing area.. pumped up.. smiling saying.. God i needed that and let's go again..

plus I'm addicted now. ;) Swooping is fun.. The tower.. now that's REAL FUN!

blues..

Rhino

They are not your family members. It might be a bit shocking at that moment, but you get over it, well unless you're very damn emotional. They are just other people, get over it and move on.