Professional climber and BASE jumper Steph Davis heads to Mineral Canyon, Utah. Watch her re-discover an old and difficult Steve Hong route, where she BASE jumps off the top.
Tag: base jumping
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Ski BASE with JT Holmes and Shane McConkey
“My name is Shane McConkey. I’m a professional skier. I also like the BASE jumping.” Watch this short clip of McConkey and professional free skier and friend JT Holmes merge skiing and BASE jumping in Bella Coola, British Columbia. They also take on the Eiger and the mountains of western Norway. RIP Shane!
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Dean Potter Performs the First Ever BASEline
Today, extreme athlete Dean Potter posted a photo on his Instagram feed of the first ever BASEline. He balanced, with his arms spread, across thin webbing, suspended above a deep canyon. While most would do everything in their power to stay on the line, clinging for dear life, Dean Potter was there to jump off.
Dean Potter performed the first BASEline. BASElining, like it sounds, is a combination of BASE jumping and slacklining. Potter teetered across a line of webbing, wearing only his parachute pack and a pair of pants before diving into the air.
Photo from Dean Potter’s Instagram, by Jim Hurst The feat was part of the promotion and research for Steven Kotler’s new book the Rise of Superman. The book examines the point of consciousness that all extreme athletes share. “How did they do it?,” the book’s website reads. “In a word, ‘flow.’ Flow is the source code of ultimate human performance. It is a rare and radical state of consciousness where action and awareness merge, self vanishes, time slows down and major aspects of physical and mental performance skyrocket.”
With his Flow Genome Project, Kotler works to explore how this mental state allows rock climbers, snowboarders, surfers and other extreme athletes to make split-second decisions and push their bodies to the their limits.
The book goes out on March 4, 2013, but you can watch the trailer here:
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Jeb Corliss, L’Impossible
“If you think something can’t be done. There you go…it can’t be done.” Jeb Corliss claims that he’s not superhuman, that he’s like everybody else. I’m not so sure I agree.
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Mario Richard Dies in BASE Jump Accident
On Sunday August 18, Mario Richard, 47, was killed in a BASE jumping accident in the Dolomites of Italy. He left behind his wife, rock climber Steph Davis.
The couple had been jumping in Trentino, Italy since the beginning of August. They’d made several successful jumps, but something went wrong in the air after Richard descended from Sasso Pordoi. Wearing a wing suit, he hit nearby rocks and had passed away by the time rescue teams reached his body.
Richard, originally from Quebec, began BASE jumping in 1991. Even before that, enjoyed skydiving, but his love of the air goes back much further in time. In his website, he says he fascination with flight began as a child when he would craft garbage-bag parachutes for his G.I. Joe action figures. He and Davis lived together in Moab, Utah.
Friends of Davis and Richard comment on Richard’s bravery and individuality. He will be missed by many. Andrew Bisharat, Editor at Large at Rock & Ice Magazine, posted a photo of a wing-suited Richard on Instagram Monday. In the caption, he wrote, “Mario, you were a rare bird indeed. May you fly free and your kindness, spirit, knowledge and inspiration live on.”
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BASE Jumping Tombstone in Moab, Utah
BASE jumping, from an amateur’s point of view. Can you imagine, you’re out there on a biking trip and stumble upon a group of BASE jumpers?
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INFINITYLIST Productions’ Experience Freedom
The mission of this film, according to INFINITYLIST Productions, is to “open the doors for other athletes and filmmakers and provide opportunities for greater exposure.” Way to set the bar high, guys. This film is amazing!
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Extreme Trailer: One Step Beyond
Here’s a clip that peels back the curtain of extreme sports. Géraldine Fasnacht, world-renowned snowboarder and BASE jumper, invites us into the small and close-knit community of wingsuit flying. Anyone seen the full movie?
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“10 Days of Sketch” BASE Jumping Trailer
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Seattle BASE Clan, a group of BASE jumpers out of Seattle, Washington. They’ve got some gnarly videos over on their Facebook page. This one features jumps in Twin Falls, California and Moab.
Show them some love!
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Insane WiSBASE / Wingsuit BASE Jumping / Proximity Flying
Having seen the majority of WiSBASE (wingsuit BASE jumping) and proximity flying clips out there, it’s safe to say that this is one of the most well done. Big shout out to the guys with enough balls to do this. Dear WiSBASE jumpers — not sure how much longer you’ll be alive, so please, make some more movies while you’re still flying strong. Thanks. Sincerely, Nerve Rush HQ.