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Hey BASE brothers & sisters, I need somewhere to post some stuff on Australian BASE history that was previously hosted on another site that was password protected, and then the posts were removed.

I need a place that Google search-bot can access for search for these stories of Aussie BASE poineers and BJ.com is my choice.

Over the next month or so I will add these posts here on this site. May I start with some letters from Carl Boenish to my good friend Mark Hay. Mark was one of Australia's premier f/fall photographers in the early 80's and had sent Carl some pic's of the World's first legal cable car jumps (Australia's 17th, 18th & 19th BASE jumps). Carl was "blown away" by the feats and wrote to Mark to start a correspondence to try and log Australia's BASE jumping activities. The following year saw Mark Hay and Trevor Yates travel to the US to stay with Carl & Jean and flick a few objects. Upon his return, the correspondence continued.

I scanned the following letters and pics and they are presented here with generous permission from Mark Hay. Meeting with Mark not too long ago he reflected how he didn't know just how much significance these letters would have today.

I will post the pics and details from the famous Katoomba Cable Car jumps in the weeks to follow, along with other early Aussie stuff.

GaryP

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The man himself


Carl's Handbury Velcro Rig - 1


Carl's Handbury Velcro Rig - 2


Photo-Chuting Enterprises Logo in Car & Jean's window

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

Sent you a PM Gary...

Cheers

Great stuff!

Thanks for posting that!

You can really detect Carl's enthusiasm coming through in his letters. Good stuff.

Good stuff. Carl was super enthused. In the letter he wrote about 5 guys doing the 600' cliff, they were Carl, Jean, Phil Smith, my brother Randy and I. First dual freefalls from there. Helmet cams weighed 14 pounds. Using small rounds with 5000' high landing area was a bit brisk.
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good stuff. good video too.

but someone stole the video of you and the group doing that 600 foot cliff. erg!

when began skydiving I soaked up everything I couldabout the history of the sport, ditto with BASE, to have this stuff come to light is pure enjoyment, ...thanks so much for making this available. cheers B.