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Norwegian Mayor want to ask the Norwegian justice department making rules for controlling the sport.

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After 16 years of "yes" , the mayor refuse BASE under Extreme Week

Aurland Mayor Noralv Distad want to deny base jumping in Gudvangen under Ektremsportveko Voss. 16 have Extreme had a day of BASE in Gudvangen.

Published today , 5 hours ago

- The development of this sport in recent years has been negative. There have been several accidents and we are a little nervous for the development and very wary of increased activity with base jumping and similar activities , says mayor Noralv Distad ( H ) .
- Getting serious consequences for many
Noralv Distad - skeptical : Mayor Noralv Distad ( H ) believes that base jumping is not necessary to market the Aurland . - Photo : press photo , Right /

Skeptical : Mayor Noralv Distad ( H ) considers base jumping is not necessary to market the Aurland .
Photo: press photo , Right

For 16 years in a row, base jumping in Gudvangen been a key part of the Extreme Voss. 30 performers have thrown out from starting points beak and Sparkling - base area world-class , according to the performers .

But Distad have not forgotten the late summer of last year . In just over a month last autumn, killed three men after base jumping accident in Gudvangen.

- It has major consequences for both the environment leaps and others who are involved in rescue work . In the moment, I do not thinks it's right to have activity that market the sport.

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Will not prejudice the answer

Extreme has applied to carry base jumpers up in the mountains by helicopter. Motorferdsle in outlying areas are basically not allowed. Permission may be granted if the purpose is good and it has a new effect.

- Mi assessment is that there are not present , he says.

The application shall be dealt with by both Aurland council and board of Nærøyfjorden conservation . Distad leader both of them , but will not prejudice what they land on .
Think it's sad

The over 30 performers make four to five jumps each by day and for everyone to jump as much as possible , and to have control of the performers come safely up , watching Extreme InGaN other solution than using a helicopter.

Pernille Olafsen in Extreme has read the application and she thinks it's sad if they are rejected .

- This is a great way for us to show how certain base jumping can be done , she says.

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Extreme - POPULAR PLACE OF A lot of people jumping off the beak in Aurland under Extreme . - Reuters / Scanpix

POPULAR PLACE OF A lot of people jumping off the beak in Aurland under Extreme .
Reuters / Scanpix
A broken foot in 16 years

Olafsen believe Veko help to make base jumping safer and refers to a broken foot on injury statistics for the 16 years Veko - performers have jumped in Gudvangen.

- It is a wonderful tradition that is canceled and not least a marketing Voss and the region and the west , which is going to be finished .

Mayor Noralv Distad believes BASE inga is not essential to draw people to Aurland ,

- This area can perfectly well be in marketing in the tourism market without that we base jumping . So just what is I'm not particularly concerned for .

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To regulate the sport

Aurland municipality has asked the Justice Department provide a national legal authority to regulate the sport.

- In my view, it is necessary that the sport is regulated and it is given a legal basis which means that we can say no , he says.

Pernille Olafsen in Extreme do not think a ban will stop those who want to jump .

- I understand that they are concerned , but I think that still a no no stop base jumpers from exercising their sport . I think it will be difficult to maintain a ban , she says.

It sounds like the legal event may be backfiring there, if he's asking for national level regulation.

maybe this is pushing base back to its roots of sneaking around in the dark

The legal event is a good database with 15 years, one single broken foot. So, if I understand you right, it is not the legal event that backfire, but prove it can be done safe without serious accident.

also if the jumpers had beacons on them, it could have been another situation, since the stress on the alpine rescue team would have eased, if found quicker with help of helicopter.

Perhaps I misunderstood the article.

The way I read it, the local mayor is asking the national government to regulate all BASE jumping in response to a request to continue including it in the Extreme Sports Week? If that's the case, perhaps it would be easiest to just leave it out of the organized event and continue doing it privately?

Or is the mayor likely to push his request even if BASE is not part of the formal event?

Based on the accidents in Gudevangen the last few years, they have sent a request to the national justice department for them to be able to regulate the sport in Aurland. This would have to be done on a national legal basis so it would affect all BASE jumping. This is done regardless of extreme sports week.

Finally too Extreme for Extreme week!!!

Cant you translate Dunny? Hvordan går det med din Nynorsk?

The article is based on the fact, that they do not want to give heli permit for extreme week, based on the last years accidents, and long complicated search and rescue operations. It is a very small community, and the same volounteer is used every time. This is normal family guys, with ordinary work, so it is not only influence themselves personally, but also their work and employer.

Nope legal event aint back firing at anypoints, BUT our lack of holding up the old words of codex in our sport mean that we atract mor yahoo and jackass persons, as we fail to have the old codex of selfregulating people earning mony in this sport(mainly,but not only) teach 50skydive wonder kids to jump off cliffs Spans etc.

We are no longer selfregulated (= no rules) therefore officials are shutting us down or will force us to make rules in the future.. just wait by time TF, LB and Kjerag will be shut down as legal sites becourse we as jumpers and FJC providors fail to self regulate our self..

Just a simple thing as getting a jumpers background info from the local jumpers fails, wich means that people who aint let into the sport back home becource of lack of whatever skills are given a rig, taught thow to pack and with in 50jumps they all do stowed flippydooes unpacked etc returning to their backyard think they´re gun ho and ruins loads to the rest of us, when they then fail to do their type of jumps off regular underground objects they seek back to large legal sites to preform their shit..

Not only theese places will be hard to restrain opened to jump also the rest of the worlds jumpers get a jack ass stamp on their back..