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How many of you have prepared your family for the potential outcome that inevitably faces you every time you jump? I would expect that those of you who are married have shared this with your wife/husband, but maybe not. I, for one, am single, so I don't have someone that I would share all of my "activities" with. I guess my question is this: If you went in, would your parents/friends/loved ones understand or would they be totally shocked that this happened?

Part 2 of my question is: How did you prepare your parents/friends/loved ones for the fact that you may die doing what you love? I know that most of us were skydivers before we were base jumpers so our "people" knew we were involved in a sport that could potentially have a fatal outcome. I think that BASE has a much more substantial risk associated with it than skydiving does and I'm wondering how everyone dealt with this in approaching their people. Thanks for the input.

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Go here. Good article.

~Jake

How many motorcycle riders do this when they buy a bike? -JB

calvin, you took the words right out of my mouth

thus the quote "-JB"

thanks for the cred

Stay away from motorcycles, Calvin! I wil freakin' disown you! Just go jump off a crane instead, sheesh, keep it sane, man! Nothing crazy like those biwheeled contraptions!

ensure they see videos such as the one in this thread.

or go and share with them the magot story. he acted like a total pain here, but look at the outpouring for him. he achieved an amazing amount.

I wish he were still around.

My wife PCA's me from low stuff and has been there on almost every jump - and all but 1 new object. She's the best ground crew there is.

And the kids stopped being impressed long ago. If I go in, they won't view it any differently than if I croaked kyaking.