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Do you think it's possible to be hypnotised or get help with quitting the sport?

Has anybody been scared out of the sport in any way?

It was 2 years and 2 weeks exactly between my 15th and 16th BASE jump. I now have 500+. Yep, I major surgery and a wall strike in Mexico just shut the brain down. It took along time to get over it, but it came back just dandy. Except for that building thing(#77)

If you quit, then you never really understood the risks. That is the nature of BASE.

If you quit, then you never really understood the risks.

To: 460

Bullshit that logic suggests not changing
one's decisions over time inspite of your own
life, state of mind, or desires changing.


To the OP:

I quit after 7, now I have 260, why did I
come back? I missed BASE jumping

it's always good to be skeptical. kudos.

BOO! Your gonna die!

BASE is a slow accumulating sport I have found out. I am just about to hit my first year anniversary in 3 months and I am stil scared. Adventure/courage is being scared shitless and still being able to act rationally and do the jump anyway. The moment I stop fearing BASE is the moment I will take a leave of absence. I might have 3 or 4 awesome jumps at my local wind turbine (335' and fun as fuck) and then i might wait a month or two. Don't be afraid because BASE is not like skydiving where you feel obligated to jump. Jump when you want to. Whether it be 3 times/day or 3 times/year. The more I understand BASE and the more I understand how different it is from skydiving the more comfortable I am getting with different jumps, though I am always holding multiple views of the same jump without losing the ability to function clearly. If you need something or somebody else to help you quit then you really don't wanna leave the sport, you're thinking about it too much and it's just your mind that wants to leave. If your heart is in it, and yeah it's just a muscle that pumps blood but metaphorically people, then you should totally continue because BASE is magical and for me, magic is worth everything in the end

...you have 260 now...and you should quit again

you should quit again

Why?

Do you want to quit?

Ceb Corliss dresses in all white.

I'm in the military and just got ordered to stop. Maybe you could join?

what??!!! Why did they do that? What branch? I have friends in the Navy that BASE jump, then again they haven't been caught doing anything yet. It's easier to ask for forgiveness later than permission now so they dont mention anything until they have no choice.

I am in the military already

Haha, Touche!

I was ordered because I got hurt and they found out I was doing it. I found it odd, never had such a conflict of interest in my life. Being ordered to stop BASE is being ordered to deny a part of who I am.

i would keep doing it and lie if you get hurt. I got out of the Navy because the military is too damn controlling....

I agree.

I did 160 jumps and quit a few years ago. Another year went by between making my last jump and actually getting rid of my gear, but other than occasionally perusing these forums or watching a new proximity flying movie to have my mind blown, I really haven't looked back.

I'm glad I jumped, but I'm not sure what I was thinking. It's far too dangerous for the person I am today.

"It's far too dangerous for the person I am today."........

Couldnt agree with this statement more. I retired after 4 years and just over 400 jumps. Had a blast, travled, met some great people, opened some new shit, danced with a tranny hooker in KL, had a few minor injuries, loved every bit of the sport/hobbie/lifestyle/whatever you wanna call it, however, life does change. Some people stay with it for decades, some jump the Perrine once or twice and hate it, some get hurt, some die, some get arrested. Bottom line: BASE is a thing of beauty, period!

Play safe ya'll!!!

Inception might work

In the UK the military's more likely to sponsor you than tell you to stop!

I remember when they would kick you out of every DZ in the UK if they found out you had done a BASE jump.

I was jumping so much that it was getting very routine. Then I had a son. So one day John Hoover and I go hit this big A that we did a bunch. All I had was a Sabre 150 (we were real smart), but the winds were OK. Plus it always opened straight.

180'd, flew right through the wires and landed on the other side. Then something happened. Hell, I was scared. Having a kid changed me.

Then later on I was up on El Cap. Haul bag got stuck right at dusk, and after much friggage, I had to rap down to free it, which involved a rope switchover in the dark with a headlamp. No biggie, but I just kind of looked around and asked myself what the hell was I doing up here? Hell, I got a kid to take care of.

So yeah. I got scared and quit. Only when I cared about my son. Kind of corny, but that happened to a bunch of us. Now he is 18, and after the summer in AK, I am headed to do a bunch of skydives to get current again and ease into BASE with all of the sweet gear. I already have some people who are gonna help me along.

Unlike all of the other climbers back then, I always skydived my ass off as well as BASE'd. I think it is good to be very current with the gear.

It is gonna be fun. At a young age, I never thought of dying, and at an older age, I really don't care that much. But I was always safe and would just go down if the wind or something wasn't right.