BASE jumping is the sport of throwing yourself from fixed objects – think buildings, aerials, bridges and cliffs - then thinking to pull a parachute on the way down.
The name itself is an acronym: Building, Antenna, Span, Earth. Unlike skydiving, there's no plane involved. But the same gravity. In every form.
While people have been experimenting with parachutes for centuries, modern BASE jumping as a sport was first kicked off in 1978 by Californian, Carl Boenish. His first modern jumps from Yosemite's El Capitan, proving that repeated, safe leaps from fixed objects were possible with the right gear and know-how.
The jumps are usually from much lower heights than skydiving, leaving little time to deploy a parachute or correct mistakes, which is obviously exciting, but not, shall we say,…
