China Balinghe Bridge Event goes off well
This years festival was uber fun.... everyone is safe and sound. Water level was super high and flowing .... which seemed like a bad thing since we were unable to cross the river , or jump the for the practice Day. But turned out to be a major life saver when a well known , VERY experienced jumper had uber gnarly tension knots above the cascade that spun him in so fast.... Ive never seen a BASE canopy spiral down so quickly . He landed super hard in the high flowing river ,and magically avoided hitting any of the exposed boulders in the river(which most definatly would have caused major trauma). Thanks to unbelievable luck, and C Rider selflessly , instantaneously jumping into the river and swimming across ..... said jumper was saved from almost certain death. Even with rescue personal , and 100's of support folks from china.... they were a bit behind the power curve in being able to assist. Dude seriously deserves a medal. Amazing that one of the safest object I think Ive ever jumped almost got one of us.
Besides that , and the usual China mayhem....... a huge thanks to Stephan for being the man. Thru his tireless efforts, and endless work.... I can't say it enough : xie xie (syeh-syeh)
Be careful out there.... no matter how safe we make it... we are still hucking our carcasses into space with single canopy systems on our backs!
Now for the 36 hour journey home monday.... the not so fun part of the trip.
