insane base jumping

[Wayne D]

for those of you who have done it all.....

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&sho

this is mental......but looks like soooooo much fun!!

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

I'd say they are getting a little better at it wouldn't you say?

INSANITY!!!

Thanks for sharing

 

[Wayne D]

would make a pretty good IMAX flick

 

[michael zaletel]

That is the most INSANE thing I've EVER seen in my life. I'm still a bit in shock and am having trouble realizing this is real footage and not green screen style special effects.

You should title this thread wing-suit flying instead of base jumping though.

-shooter

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

would make a pretty good IMAX flick

HAHAHA are you willing to strap an IMAX to your head and try to do that? ROFL!! hehe... :usd:

 

[Wayne D]

HAHAHA are you willing to strap an IMAX to your head and try to do that? ROFL!! hehe... :usd:

no......but i will press RECORD and give anyone a good push

 

[Tom Lowe]

Okay, that was AWESOME. Wow.

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

no......but i will press RECORD and give anyone a good push

HAHAHA better yet! :biggrin:

 

[DRappazzo]

That was incredible, thank you for posting. I am still amazed at what human beings are capable of doing with the right of guts and determination. I just can't even imagine flying that close to rock face. Amazing.

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

Its really not that dangerous... they are wearing helmets.

 

[Peter McCully]

The only qualifications you need are no next of kin.

 

[Larry Gebhardt]

That is the most insane thing I have ever seen...and also one of the coolest. I worked with a guy who was base jumping for us off of a 400 ft high cliff, into the Green River in Utah, a long time ago...who a month later died at that same place in Norway. He hit the wall.

His name was Carl Boenish

Crazy stuff.

Larry

 

[Shawn Booth]

Thanks for sharing. That was simply great.

 

[Brook Willard]

Larry, how well did you know Carl?

For those that don't know, Carl Boenish is widely considered to be the father of modern base jumping.

 

[Larry Gebhardt]

Hey Brook

I shot an episode of a TV series of high adventure shows, one showcasing base jumping, about 20 years ago. The show was built around Carl and his wife Jeanie. We worked together for about a week and camped on a sand bar on the Green River just below the jump cliff. After the shoot, I heard on the Good Morning America that Carl had died jumping in Norway. Jeanie and I remained friends for a while after that, but lost track after a few years. He was quite a guy...we both owned Photo-Sonics 1VN cameras and "bonded" due to that.

By the way, Carl even came close to death on our shoot, where on one of his jumps, his canopy got caught in the propeller of the pickup boat, with him stuck under the boat. He just about drowned.

Like I said ...crazy stuff.

Have you ever Base Jumped? I got to the short list to shoot base jumping again about 6 months ago in South America (looked at Angel Falls along with Moab and other sites), but the shoot ended up going to an Argentinean director, shooting in Argentina (tight budget they said).

Larry

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

Those dam Argentines... cool stories Larry.

 

[Andrew Walker]

That was an awesome video. Kind of reminds me when I fly in my dreams.

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

dam u... I never get those

but sometimes I still dream a little in spanish.. yet, somehow, it just isn't as cool as flying which I only dreamt about once and was in now way as exhilarating as what these guys do rofl

dam u Andrew!

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

Fascinating...

reminds me of Dwain Weston kind of thing.

 

[Joseph Ward]

Some new footage was found... by a dead body. :sarcasm: