Base Jumping Facts

What is base jumping? How many people die base jumping? FACTS, FACTS, FACTS

• BASE stands for Buildings, Antennae, Spans (Bridges) and Earth, the four categories of bojects, base jumpers lunch their jumps from
• 5% of all Base jumpers dies
• 95% of all base jumpers spend more than 5 days in hospital during their career
• Dwain Weston was the 2002 base jumping champion
• The first base jump was performed 1617, 86 meters hight, Franc Vrancic
• The first base jump starting the modern sport was performed in 1965 (by Erich Felbermayrr)
• 31,1m was the hight of the tower of saint pauls cathedral  russell powell jumped of in 1990
• Already two days after its opening two Emiratis jumped of the Burj Khalifa in 2010 (from the 160th level)
• There have been 176 recorded deaths of base jumpers till now (26 in Lauterbrunnental)

More base jumping FACTS will follow..

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