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Okay, so I have known for awhile after getting an AFF certification, that I want to BASE Jump at least one time before I shit the bed. To be brutally honest...I don't wish to be a BASE Jumper (At least not now) and nor will I think I am after my first jump. However, I am going to BASE Jump under my own canopy that I intend on either purchasing or borrowing(I am aware the cost). No, I do not have 100 Jumps. I have 26. The fact of the matter Is, regardless of how ridiculous actual BASE Jumpers think I am, I do not wish to pursue the sport. I simply want to jump one time and survive. So despite the gratuitous amount of negativity I am likely to read. Its going to happen and I am seeking professional advice on how I can go about surviving and completing a jump without using a water canopy or diving over my parachute. I want the real deal no bullshit free fall where I pull my own chute. I appreciate your knowledge and I have nothing but respect for you guys that do it everyday. God Bless. Blue Skies!

I say go for it but if your not going to pull your chute who is?

$20 on nomurphyno.

and $40 on a less than a year spread on nomurphyno vs nanrikers

Relax and breathe if you want to accomplish your goal of jumping AND surviving! you just received your A license and you're on top of the world. Enjoy the sky... SCREAM. When the time is right you'll understand how what why when.


I wanna hold da money!!!! =)

You know what I mean, I really just dont want to dive over my canopy. Since this will be a one time thing, I want the highest jump in the safest setting. I am confident I can hit a 20x20' landing area under canopy but I know BASE is a different beast than skydiving and requires much more quick reaction. The main thing I want people on here to know is that I DO NOT see myself as a BASE jumper and quite frankly I have shit in my pants thinking about it. But in the next 5-6 weeks its going to happen so I figured I'd at least ask. I haven't done anything noteworthy in my life up to this point so I figure its time to start living.

hahaha whatever man i'll take that action!

This should probably be the normal 1st response for our impatient friends wanting a quick amusement park ride.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxhlhmlwSB4

You should just wait for bridgeday. It's high and safe you can rent and probably have 100 jumps by then.

The ticking of the clock and seeing the body tumble into the trees is horrific and painfully sobering.

Normal desire, realistically put,...for a few years now, quite a few of the students I've taught AFF to admit to harboring similar thoughts, and probably the majority of young bucks coming out to do tandems mention that a BASE jump is next on the list. You can't deny the BASE presence in today's media.
Enjoy your jump, it will happen but I doubt that you will stop at just one,....
Regards, B.

25:22 Seems a bit windy. OP-good luck with your god blessings.

Damn! We need subtitles for it!

All they are saying is these guys just wanted to make one BASE jump for a stunt.

Really? Have you jumped at Bridge Day?
Every SKY jumper with 0 BASE jumps
tries to tell me the exact same thing.

I think the Perrine is better than the NRGB
because you do not have a time pressure,
200,000 people watching, plus the landing
area at one is child's play while the other
is actually medium technical in my opinion.

Not to mention the deployment process is
more complicated for slider-up than down.

If you have the desire to do a BASE jump already then you're not gonna do just one.

If you must,... go to a legal bridge with a large landing. Do some jumps with someone that knows what they're doing.

Jumping anything other than a bridge is a really bad idea.

Have fun

+1

edited to make sure my "+1" wasn't green

Wear a wingsuit and do some aerials and it will be the coolest 1st jump ever dude. But remember if its not on youtube it didnt happen.
May the purple flying spagetti monster be with you

These people have/had experience:
http://www.basejumper.com/...;;page=unread#unread

The best advice is do more skydives first.

But you don't want to hear that so... tell me what you do want to hear and I'll parrot it back to you and wish you good luck

OH I'VE GOT IT! You should think about doing a tandem BASE jump! I am so fucking serious! That would be the fix to the itch you got going.

One, you would get to do a BASE jump without using a water canopy or having to dive over it....

Two, it would put you face to face with a real, live person, who would be more than happy to go over everything you need to know to get started, and I would be willing to bet they would help you on the way.

Three, you would not be receiving a bunch of criticism that you don't understand is for your own good AND you could start off being told face to face that you need to progress into a one jump stunt. Packing a rig up, jumping off and opening is the easiest part. The part that will get YOU is fixing any malfunction and/or flying the canopy and landing safely. Remember, the jump isn't OVER until you have landed.

Interesting, I would think that BD would be safer for five reasons...

1- Altitude. More time to fix something. If you want more time, go slider down, that kills three birds with one stone, 1-SD is easier to rig. 2-SD gives you more altitude because of a shorter delay. 3- Less chance of a malfunction or off heading.

2- The River is the primary LZ, which has rescue boats in the water watching every jumper.

3- The fleet of ambulances that are parked at the bottom behind the first-aid tent.

4- Tree rescue.

5- Free pizza and beer!

The OP does not want to land in water.

To my brother from another mother...

Have you ever had the pleasure of jumping
from the 100% Legal Perrine Bridge Sir??

Reason I ask is because I know we have
Both put off virgins... but the Perrine is
sooo much less stress than other obejcts.

In any event, some of the FL BOYS plan
to come visit you some time soon to
enjoy your "Stand By Me" bridge bro.

No I have not jumped there yet. I'm waiting until they close it before I go there...

I guess it would be nice to jump in the middle of the summer, all day long, taking your time, chillin with the cops, no NPS....

Hum... I might have to buy a plane ticket.... less stress is best....


Anyway, I always look forward to visitors, its been a slow, cold, and windy winter....

When are you coming back up? I've 2 E's that you need to get off of....

brilliant thinkin bro!!!

with TI, in case of malfunction student has 50/50 chance of falling on top of a meat cushion which can save life.. happened in skydiving ti dead student alive

and why just nridge? do all 4 letters and earn supercool Tandem Student base #1!!!! become a legend..... think big!!

Actually I was being quiet serious. The OP is obviously a BASE tourist.

im as quiet serious as u r sir )))

tourist B - just do a directbag so heading performance is excellent
tourist A - jump in strong wind so u cant hit it
tourist S - check! already routinely done
tourist E - jump little colorado canyon iwth motorcycle.. enough altitude to get stable and move from the wall

some1 has to make the history nad become BASE Tourist #1

lol
im quiet serious

Tandem BASE Tourist #1....

u mean tandem instructor should also be a tourist? i like the way u think lol

then they both should be assigned Tandem BASE Tourist #0.5

but if they r both naked and jump at night then its Homo Tandem Night BASE Tourist #0.5

choices choices hmmm....
lol

With a GoPro Velcro'd to his tallywagger...

If you really want a cool base jump you should go to the lowest possible jump, and the sketchiest possible landing area. Maybe something static line, with a pc rigged up to nothing.. that way you can still "Deploy" your "parachute".... and not Die under it...Or dive. whatever.

EXAMPLE.
https://vimeo.com/60217448

***Disclaimer***
Base jumping is not a good idea, especially without proper training. It also causes cancer in California.

I don't know why these people are giving you so much shit, when in another thread some douche canoe is asking what container is easiest to close. You sound like less of a risk than he is, yet he got mainly straight answers. If you want to do a BASE jump, and you can demonstrate that you can turn/flair a canopy, I'd gladly chuck you off a happy bridge for the right price. But if you ask me what rig is easiest to pack then I will pick one randomly and beat you to death with it. Any idiot can make a jump, I've even seen a bag of dog food do it.

"Tandem BASEjump,.."

Seriously, that is great advice!

 
Do a tandem:

http://www.moabbaseadventures.com

I went to bridgeday once.

Isn't it always a stunt?

It's more akin to a circus act.

Please tell me you have footage of the dog food jumping...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybAIZLC025s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxhlhmlwSB4


Damn! We need subtitles for it!

the subtitles are up for this video

Yeah, I saw that the other day. Looks like youtube can do automatic translation. Pretty good.

This is the most brutal base video i ever seen!But is good to be watched

I've seen worse. And seeing it live sucks even more...