Base Jumping

Ok for so long now i have wanted to base jump. So after i turn 18 me and bunches of friends are gonna start skydiving to build experience. So after that were gonna start road tripping and base jumping. I was wondering do these guys have any special equiptment? Something different from regular chutes and bags? And who makes good chutes?

even though I know nothing about Base Jumping, I'm gonna guess that the equipment is the same, you just have to pull the chord faster. just try and do it smart. make sure the cliff or high place you're throwing yourself over is high enough.

ohh yeah, trust me man....i dont wanna die. yet...

i gave up on skydiving when my cousin's instructor died on lesson #2

i gave up on skydiving when my cousin's instructor died on lesson #2
Daymn...and I've been wanting to go skydiving too. I guess one time won't kill me...will it? :uhoh:

Skydiving is fun as hell. the 3 jumps as tandem go by so fast, and then the freedom....

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alot of times in base jumping i've seen the people just hold their shoots bunched up in their hand, and when they're ready they throw it outwards.

I could see how that method could get you in trouble real fast. What if the chords accidentally get jumbled up and twisted while you're clutching them in your hand or when you throw them?

alot of times in base jumping i've seen the people just hold their shoots bunched up in their hand, and when they're ready they throw it outwards.

well, they dont actually hold the main chute in there hands, they hold what is refered to as a drag chute. its designed to catch the air and thats what pulls the main chute out of the pack.

yeah ive saw that too, but i want that rush of freefalling. not much with basejumping, but as much as i can. you have to tandem 3 times? my friend did it in georgia and said you only gotta do it once. hmm....

yeah ive saw that too, but i want that rush of freefalling. not much with basejumping, but as much as i can. you have to tandem 3 times? my friend did it in georgia and said you only gotta do it once. hmm....


it might be different in all places. I went to the place down in Osage City, Kansas about a hours drive ( or 35 minutes with me ;) )
and they wanted you to tandem 3 times.

Ohh well, i dont mind doin that.Yanno, ensuring my safety when ever i do it solo. Thatll be nice.

Daymn...and I've been wanting to go skydiving too. I guess one time won't kill me...will it? :uhoh:

It could! But you wanted the rush right? Whats a rush without the fear?

sniperx3-thats right it was a drag shoot now that i remeber, like a mini parachute thing then the bigger one comes out

its kind of cool when you see guys go to the top of biuldings that they're not suposed to and do it illegally, they go in, and have to leave within a couple minutes, i saw one in vegas at.....i tihnk the belagio, or monte carlo i think

when u get good u gotta get one of those flying squirrel suits. where theres like webbing between your legs and your arms. then u can steer better where u go.

I saw a guy on TV that had one of those suits. He did this stunt where he glided back into the door of the plane... Pretty damn cool. I'll stick to SCUBA diving for now though.

scuba is great. ever since i went diving in cancun i wanna get certified. but i dont have the money for gear and jall that right now.

scuba is great. ever since i went diving in cancun i wanna get certified. but i dont have the money for gear and jall that right now.
The gear is pretty expensive. I'm getting ready to buy a package for $1500 which includes a regulator, an octopus, a BCD and a computer. The dive store near me is having a warehouse sale, so they have some great prices. The package I am thinking of buying is normally $2400, the thought of saving $900 is quite appealing. :cheers:

for the base jumping thing,what everyone else said is right...the thing they hold in their hand is to slow em down a lil bit and then pull the big schute out.

just be careful...don't wanna end up like the guy that jumped off the eiffle tower and then broke his leg with half of the french police force watchign

So im also turning 18 soon and I want to go jumping too. I've been trying to figure out how to go about doing it but I dont know what I need to do. I want to eventually try one of those squirrel suits. So someone please help me out. How do I go about doing this?

dont you know better than to bring back tha dead!!!!!

Holy shit I forgot I even made this post!!! Thanks for bringing it back up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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