Australian Army BASE
Australian Army BASE Attitudes are changing. This never would of happened a few years ago.
Great work Sharon, Shane and B.J.
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Attitudes are changing. This never would of happened a few years ago.
Great work Sharon, Shane and B.J.
Re: [Mikki_ZH] Australian Army BASE
Mikki_ZH wrote:
Jimmy Halliday has this on his webpage since a long time:
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FOR THOSE WHO DON'T ALREADY KNOW...
BASE jumping is the next "Big Thing."
Many bashed him for representing this opinion but he was right al the way!
BASE Jumping is Mainstream (not nescessary a bad thing, but it's a fact)
See also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEkYRS_5nsQ
The sport is progressing very rapid, only thing that is not changing is the shape and look of a body after impact at terminal...
Re: [Mikki_ZH] Some more Mainstream BASE
Here's another example of BASE jumping being normal every day hum-drum: In an interview in a recent issue of Playboy Magazine with Daniel Craig:
Playboy: Similar to the increased difficulty of impressing an audience with gadgets and other technology, is it harder these days to impress with physical feat?
Craig: Yes. How do you impress people when there are couples who go away on weekends and drive up to wherever and meet Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their other friends and camp out on top of a mountain and jump off? They even film it so they can show their friends. "Look at what we did on the weekend." With all that going on - people rappelling and helicopter skiing on holiday - what can you do in movies? Everything has to be bigger, faster, and more dangerous.
Playboy: Kurylenko said she would never do anything dangerous in real life. What about you?
Craig: No, but I think I would probably do it now - maybe. But having done six months of this crazy stuff, I just want to stay on the ground for a while. I've had my thrills.
Playboy: Are you the type of person who looks for thrills?
Craig: Some people need them, but I don't. I'd happily go and sit on a rock and look at the view, but I'm not one of those people who jump off for fun. I'd say, "I'll meet you down at the bottom. I'll drive down, and we'll meet for lunch."