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I was hangin out with a friend today who parasails . These guys are really into the weather , winds and canopy control . Besides the canopy differences and them running off a hill instead of jumping off a cliff , it doesn't seem that different . I think the BASE community could benefit alot from learning some of what these guys know. What does everyone else think ?

Check out Understanding the Sky. The book is for paragliding but is very useful for BASE.

I definitely think it's helpful.

However, the gear is so different that the application of the actual flights (i.e. canopy control, etc) is pretty limited. You would never launch a paraglider in conditions that are pretty acceptable for a BASE jump, largely due to the differences in canopies (radically high performance 50-some-odd cell ZP ellipticals v. 7 cell F-111 squares).


I might rephrase that:


My copy of "Understanding the Sky" is pretty dog eared, at this point.

 

I paraglide also. I've never heard of a negative spiral ( have heard of a negative spin ). Are you referring to a SAT manuever ? Anyway, Mad Mike Kung, the acromaniac , recently went skydiving and had the boys at the DZ freaking while he was pulling SAT's , Heli's and Loops on his skydive canopy.

Yes, I was referring to a SAT but am not a fan of throwing out an acronym to peoples and stuff I figured it would be easier to just call it that. Negative spin in base is a 180:)