Recent years have seen a formal competition held at the high Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, judged on landing accuracy. In 2012 the World Wingsuit League held their first wingsuit BASE jumping competition in China. ==Notable jumps== February 2, 1912 Frederick R.
Law parachuted from the top of the torch of the Statue of Liberty, 305 ft above the ground. February 4, 1912, Franz Reichelt, tailor, jumped from the first deck of the Eiffel Tower testing his invention, the coat parachute, and died when he hit the ground.
He was fired. On July 22, 1975, Owen J.
The scene was filmed by air-to-air cameraman Mikael Nordqvist, from the same team. Since the 1976 Mount Asgard jump featured in the pre-credit sequence to The Spy Who Loved Me, James Bond movies have featured several BASE jumps, including one from the Eiffel Tower in 1985's A View to a Kill, the Rock of Gibraltar in 1987's The Living Daylights, and in 2002's Die Another Day, Pierce Brosnan as James Bond jumps from a melting iceberg.
Carl Boenish was the catalyst behind modern BASE jumping, and in 1978, he filmed the first BASE jumps which were made using ram-air parachutes and the freefall tracking technique (from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park).
While BASE jumps had been made prior to that time, the El Capitan activity was the effective birth of what is now called BASE jumping. After 1978, the filmed jumps from El Capitan were repeated, not as a publicity exercise or as a movie stunt, but as a true recreational activity.
In 2018 at Eikesdalen, Norway a world record was set with 69 BASE jumpers jumping from the cliff Katthammaren. == Competitions == BASE competitions have been held since the early 1980s, with accurate landings or free-fall aerobatics used as the judging criteria.
This program ran for three months in 1980 and then collapsed amid allegations of abuse by unauthorized jumpers.
December 1981. ==External links== Parachuting from fixed objects: descriptive study of 106 fatal events in BASE jumping 1981–2006 Luigi Cani base jumps off a cliff A Sport to Die For ESPN, Michael Abrams First Dog Ever To BaseJump BASE Jumping adventures in the UK & Europe during the late 1980s, 1990s & early 2000s by Doug Blane Resources for Base Jumping Air sports Articles containing video clips Jumping sports Outdoor recreation Parachuting
When Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield jumped together from a Houston skyscraper on 18 January 1981, they became the first to attain the exclusive BASE numbers (BASE #1 and #2, respectively), having already jumped from an antenna, spans, and earthen objects.
December 1981. ==External links== Parachuting from fixed objects: descriptive study of 106 fatal events in BASE jumping 1981–2006 Luigi Cani base jumps off a cliff A Sport to Die For ESPN, Michael Abrams First Dog Ever To BaseJump BASE Jumping adventures in the UK & Europe during the late 1980s, 1990s & early 2000s by Doug Blane Resources for Base Jumping Air sports Articles containing video clips Jumping sports Outdoor recreation Parachuting
Carl Boenish continued to publish films and informational magazines on BASE jumping until his death in 1984 after a BASE jump off the Troll Wall.
Tandem BASE is becoming a more accessible and legal form of BASE jumping. == Records == Lowest: Felix Baumgartner jumped from Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro and claimed the world record for the lowest BASE jump ever, jumping from . Biggest: Guinness World Records first listed a BASE jumping record with Carl Boenish's 1984 leap from Trollveggen (Troll Wall) in Norway.
The scene was filmed by air-to-air cameraman Mikael Nordqvist, from the same team. Since the 1976 Mount Asgard jump featured in the pre-credit sequence to The Spy Who Loved Me, James Bond movies have featured several BASE jumps, including one from the Eiffel Tower in 1985's A View to a Kill, the Rock of Gibraltar in 1987's The Living Daylights, and in 2002's Die Another Day, Pierce Brosnan as James Bond jumps from a melting iceberg.
Upon landing, Allwood discarded and secured his parachute, then used a full-sized reserve parachute to BASE jump into Hyde Park below. In 1986, Welshman Eric Jones became the first person to BASE jump from the Eiger. On October 22, 1999, Jan Davis died while attempting a BASE jump from El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
The scene was filmed by air-to-air cameraman Mikael Nordqvist, from the same team. Since the 1976 Mount Asgard jump featured in the pre-credit sequence to The Spy Who Loved Me, James Bond movies have featured several BASE jumps, including one from the Eiffel Tower in 1985's A View to a Kill, the Rock of Gibraltar in 1987's The Living Daylights, and in 2002's Die Another Day, Pierce Brosnan as James Bond jumps from a melting iceberg.
December 1981. ==External links== Parachuting from fixed objects: descriptive study of 106 fatal events in BASE jumping 1981–2006 Luigi Cani base jumps off a cliff A Sport to Die For ESPN, Michael Abrams First Dog Ever To BaseJump BASE Jumping adventures in the UK & Europe during the late 1980s, 1990s & early 2000s by Doug Blane Resources for Base Jumping Air sports Articles containing video clips Jumping sports Outdoor recreation Parachuting
The jump was made two days before Boenish's death at the same site. Highest altitude: On August 26, 1992, Australians Nic Feteris and Glenn Singleman made a BASE jump from an altitude of jump off Great Trango Towers Pakistan.
A study of 20,850 BASE jumps from the Kjerag Massif in Norway reported nine fatalities over the 11-year period from 1995 to 2005, or one in every 2,317 jumps.
Upon landing, Allwood discarded and secured his parachute, then used a full-sized reserve parachute to BASE jump into Hyde Park below. In 1986, Welshman Eric Jones became the first person to BASE jump from the Eiger. On October 22, 1999, Jan Davis died while attempting a BASE jump from El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
December 1981. ==External links== Parachuting from fixed objects: descriptive study of 106 fatal events in BASE jumping 1981–2006 Luigi Cani base jumps off a cliff A Sport to Die For ESPN, Michael Abrams First Dog Ever To BaseJump BASE Jumping adventures in the UK & Europe during the late 1980s, 1990s & early 2000s by Doug Blane Resources for Base Jumping Air sports Articles containing video clips Jumping sports Outdoor recreation Parachuting
The 2001 National Park Service Management Policies state that BASE "is not an appropriate public use activity within national park areas ..." (2001 Management Policy 8.2.2.7.) However, Policy 8.2.2.7 in the 2006 volume of National Park Service Management Policies, which superseded the 2001 edition, states "Parachuting (or BASE jumping), whether from an aircraft, structure, or natural feature, is generally prohibited by 36 CFR 2.17(a)(3).
El Capitan, Half Dome, and Glacier Point have been used as jump sites. == Safety == A study of BASE jumping fatalities estimated that the overall annual fatality risk in 2002 was one fatality per 60 participants.
The scene was filmed by air-to-air cameraman Mikael Nordqvist, from the same team. Since the 1976 Mount Asgard jump featured in the pre-credit sequence to The Spy Who Loved Me, James Bond movies have featured several BASE jumps, including one from the Eiffel Tower in 1985's A View to a Kill, the Rock of Gibraltar in 1987's The Living Daylights, and in 2002's Die Another Day, Pierce Brosnan as James Bond jumps from a melting iceberg.
He had previously jumped off mountains in Asia, Antarctica and South America in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. On October 5, 2016, Rozov broke his own record for highest altitude BASE jump when he leapt from a height of from Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world.
The 1000th application for a BASE number was filed in March 2005 and BASE #1000 was awarded to Matt "Harley" Moilanen of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
A study of 20,850 BASE jumps from the Kjerag Massif in Norway reported nine fatalities over the 11-year period from 1995 to 2005, or one in every 2,317 jumps.
It was the world's highest BASE jump off the earth at the time. On May 23, 2006, Australians Glenn Singleman and Heather Swan made a BASE jump from an altitude of off Mount Meru in Northern India.
Schilling jumped off the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho, a record 201 times on July 8, 2006.
The 2001 National Park Service Management Policies state that BASE "is not an appropriate public use activity within national park areas ..." (2001 Management Policy 8.2.2.7.) However, Policy 8.2.2.7 in the 2006 volume of National Park Service Management Policies, which superseded the 2001 edition, states "Parachuting (or BASE jumping), whether from an aircraft, structure, or natural feature, is generally prohibited by 36 CFR 2.17(a)(3).
He had previously jumped off mountains in Asia, Antarctica and South America in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. On October 5, 2016, Rozov broke his own record for highest altitude BASE jump when he leapt from a height of from Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world.
He had previously jumped off mountains in Asia, Antarctica and South America in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. On October 5, 2016, Rozov broke his own record for highest altitude BASE jump when he leapt from a height of from Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world.
He had previously jumped off mountains in Asia, Antarctica and South America in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. On October 5, 2016, Rozov broke his own record for highest altitude BASE jump when he leapt from a height of from Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world.
July, 2010. "The Ground's the Limit".
He had previously jumped off mountains in Asia, Antarctica and South America in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. On October 5, 2016, Rozov broke his own record for highest altitude BASE jump when he leapt from a height of from Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world.
Recent years have seen a formal competition held at the high Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, judged on landing accuracy. In 2012 the World Wingsuit League held their first wingsuit BASE jumping competition in China. ==Notable jumps== February 2, 1912 Frederick R.
They jumped in wingsuits. On May 5, 2013, Russian Valery Rozov jumped off Changtse (the northern peak of the Mount Everest massif) from a height of .
Ana Isabel Dao was the first Venezuelan woman to jump off Angel Falls. In September 2013, three men jumped off the then-under-construction One World Trade Center in New York City.
In March 2014, the three jumpers and one accomplice on the ground were arrested after turning themselves in. On 26 September 2020 JeanJacques Wallis becomes the 1st person to Wingsuit Base Jump off the Famous Lions Head Mountain in Cape Town South Africa ==Comparison with skydiving== BASE jumps are typically performed from much lower altitudes than in skydiving.
He had previously jumped off mountains in Asia, Antarctica and South America in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. On October 5, 2016, Rozov broke his own record for highest altitude BASE jump when he leapt from a height of from Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world.
He later died while attempting another high-altitude BASE jump in Nepal in 2017.
In 2018 at Eikesdalen, Norway a world record was set with 69 BASE jumpers jumping from the cliff Katthammaren. == Competitions == BASE competitions have been held since the early 1980s, with accurate landings or free-fall aerobatics used as the judging criteria.
In March 2014, the three jumpers and one accomplice on the ground were arrested after turning themselves in. On 26 September 2020 JeanJacques Wallis becomes the 1st person to Wingsuit Base Jump off the Famous Lions Head Mountain in Cape Town South Africa ==Comparison with skydiving== BASE jumps are typically performed from much lower altitudes than in skydiving.
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