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skreamer
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Average age?
As a guesstimate, what would you say is the average age of most active BASE jumpers today?

Also, what do you think is the average age at which most of today's active BASE jumpers did their first BASE jump?

I know this will mostly just be speculation and I'm sure some researcher has tried to work out the demographic (predominantly young, white and male etc), was just curious.

Will
QuickDraw
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predominantly young, white and male etc

I am hoping to dilute this a little one day. Smile
skreamer
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Almost saved up enough for the chop huh, Adrienne? Wink
QuickDraw
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Yep. Wink
I'm just hoping i don't OD on the carrotine tablets too. Pirate
motherhucker
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As a guesstimate, what would you say is the average age of most active BASE jumpers today?


I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm -47 if you count all those things they said would take a few years off of my life.
TomAiello
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My best guesses:

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As a guesstimate, what would you say is the average age of most active BASE jumpers today?
30.

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Also, what do you think is the average age at which most of today's active BASE jumpers did their first BASE jump?
27.

The range is fairly large, though. I know a few old guys (one in Texas, one in Arizona, one in Ohio, one in Alabama) who made their first jumps more than 20 years ago.

And I've met BASE jumpers as young as 19 (my instructor was actually 19 when I met him).

But on average? Yeah, I'd say starting around 27, with a five year BASE career, average age around 30.

That's just a wild guess, though.
base587
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>>5 year BASE career

Thank goodness this moronic behavior wears off eventually.
2 more years to go, then I can do something constructive with my life.

Laugh
base689
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As a guesstimate, what would you say is the average age of most active BASE jumpers today?
The average I don't know. Speaking for myself, I am 43 now. Cool

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Also, what do you think is the average age at which most of today's active BASE jumpers did their first BASE jump?
The average I don't know. Speaking for myself, I did my first BASE jump at 40. Cool

Anyway, my jumping mates are from 13 to 19 years younger than me. Smile
And my mentor/instructor/best friend is 16 years younger than me Sly
BTW, even if I am NOT the best athlete in the world, there are BASE jumpers with half my age that cannot stay after me while we hike up mountains Wink
Faber
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30.
Yeehaa cant wait,ill get more active im 26now.

How many jumps would be enough to be active?I considder me active,while i jumped.I did 30 jumps at 3 month,and think ill keep it that way when im back..
base570
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My first jump was Bridge Day '96. Got real BASE gear in '98 after 5 jumps with gutter gear at the Bridge. Best investment I have ever made. So, if i'll be 30 next month it looks like I started when I was 24. Geez, I'm getting old!! Wink
Dd0g
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Thank goodness this moronic behavior wears off eventually.
2 more years to go, then I can do something constructive with my life.
Laugh

yeah, right! Cool Laugh

Peace,

D-d0g
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