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While a BASE jumping location can be virtually any object that’s high enough for a jump, we’ve taken a look around and made a list of some of them more popular jump spots where the world’s best jumpers flock to.
Royal Gorge Bridge
One of the 'world’s most popular and talented' BASE-jumpers has died after attempting a jump in China, state media reported. Canadian Graham Dickinson is the latest fatality in the extreme sport. South China Morning Post Aug 29, 2019 A Chinese base jumper died on Wednesday after jumping from a 66-storey building in the southwestern province of Yunnan, local police said.
- This video was taken from my camera GoPro, attached to the helmet. This is a Wingsuit BASE-jumping competition in China 'Wings for love' 2016.
- BASE jumpers are thrill-seekers, daredevils, and sometimes tragically unlucky. Canadian Graham Dickinson, an experienced wingsuit pilot, had everything meticulously planned for a leap off a.
- BASE jumping was started in 1978 by a group that jumped off El Capitan using skydiving equipment. BASE jumping, which encompasses jumping with a parachute off a fixed object such as buildings, antennas, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs), has taken over skydiving’s place at the top of the extreme sports totem pole.
Location: Canon City, Colorado
Jump height: 956 ft.
Website: RoyalGorgeBridge.com
Legality: Depends on many factors, but there have been BASE jumping events at the bridge in the past. Use contact page here.
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Perrine Bridge
Location: Twin Falls, Idaho
Jump height: 486 ft.
Website: VisitIdaho.org
Legality: Jumps allowed year-round without permit, only a verbal okay from the Twin Falls County Sheriff.
New River Gorge Bridge
Location: Fayetteville, West Virginia
Jump height: 876 ft.
Website: OfficialBridgeDay.com
Legality: Jumping allowed the third Saturday of October each year for Bridge Day.
Angel Falls
Location: Canaima Natl. Park, Bolivar State
Jump height: 3,200 ft.
Website: Angel Falls
Legality: Permit required.
Table Mountain
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Jump height: Varies between jump points
Website: Table Mountain
Legality: Permit required, as well as 150 previous skydives.
Kjerag Mountain
Location: Lysefjorden, Norway
Jump height: 3,228 at highest
Website: Kjerag Mountain
Legality: Allowed
World BASE Race
Location: Innfjorden, Norway
Jump height: Unknown
Website: WorldBASERace.com
Legality: Open event every summer for wingsuit BASE jumpers with 80+ previous jumps
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The Eiger
Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Jump height: Varies by jump location
Website: The Eiger
Legality: Allowed
Jungfrau
Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Jump height: Varies by jump location
Website: The Jungfrau
Legality: Allowed
Lauterbrunnen (High Nose, Via Ferrata, High Ultimate Peaks)
Location: Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Jump height: Varies by jump location and peak chosen
Website: Lauterbrunnen
Legality: Allowed
Walenstadt (The Crack, other area peaks and lines)
Location: Walenstadt, Switzerland
Jump height: Varies by jump location and peak chosen
Website: Walenstadt
Legality: Allowed
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Greg Henderson wins international BASE jumping competition in China
Tue 17, Nov 2015
Greg Henderson is part of ABM’s Education Team. His role as Education Missioner focuses particularly on schools. He coordinates the annual OneWorld WonTok Youth Poverty and Development Conference for secondary schools around Australia and produces newsletters and educational resources for schools.
Greg has a Bachelor of Theology and is based in Brisbane with his wife Amanda. For those who have met him, he seems like the calm, quiet type who gets on with things without much fanfare.
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However, we’ve discovered another side to Greg – a dare-devil, adrenalin loving, adventurous personality! He recently won an international BASE jumping competition in south China's Guizhou province by jumping 375 metres from Baling River Bridge and beating over 30 jumpers from around the world.
You can view an article about Greg on the ABC News website and watch footage of him jumping from the bridge (at 1:03 dressed in a suit): http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-11/australian-wins-international-base-jumping-competition-in-china/6930482
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Congratulations Greg, we’re glad you’re still in one piece!
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