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Hi
I was wondering if Rope Jumping felt the same as or similar to Base Jumping.

Any insight will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

BASE is like intercourse (with a woman) exciting and a real please. A lot of set up but no follow up needed, just put your equipment away and run.

"Rope Jumping" is like masturbating, its a lot of work and your going to get burns on your palms, then you still have to clean up after.

but yes for a few seconds with your eyes closed it feels similar.

Dan osman made a 1000 foot rope jump that im sure felt quite similar, he even tracked away from the wall,slightly. However that is most Definitly NOT the standard. I believe that record still stands.

Yes he was all about it. He also went in. The price to play can be as expensive as BASE.

I was pretty seriously into rope jumping in the 90's, and I don't think it's really very similar to BASE. Exit style is different, rigging is different, planning considerations are different--pretty much a totally different activity.

I not so recently watched a video of some dudes jumping cliffs with fixed ropes attached, while wearing tracking suits and wingsuits, but no rigs. Can't find the link now though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NtJkt4lNE4

Here's one

https://m.youtube.com/...ture=player_embedded

Wow. Crazy.

Neither wing suits nor tracking suits existed when I was a rope jumper, and all the stuff we did was at slider down type altitudes. I think the highest thing I ever rope jumped from was the bridge where I did my first BASE jump, in Northern California.

Yeah he left his ropes in the elements for three months before returning to jump it. Miles d was with him when he went in.