@UofITom: BASE jumping stands for Building, Antenna, Span, or Earth Jumping

IbexianManifesto

@Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised ...: too soon

jdbaile3

@admoseremic: *That would have . . .

admoseremic

Holy crap. The It would have sucked climbing up all those stairs. Definitely worth it though!

admoseremic

Very, very cool. I can't imagine ever doing something like that. I was getting a bit queasy when they were standing at the edge of the balcony! (Yeah, I'm a wuss.)

dc-united

That video was unbelievable. I, too, wish I had the cajones... wow.

ezman

@weatherman: Record BUILDING jump... most base jumping is from cliffs.

UofITom

What's the point of a world record base jump? I mean, isn't base jumping about jumping out of things that are particularly close to the ground?

weatherman

that building is sicknasty tall. they keep reaching their goals for it, only to decide to keep going higher because the building is built very very strong. its taller than many base jumps i would think

manunited518

They should have had someone on the ground filming up at them. That would have been a great angle.

bandit

Sweet video!

shorty63136

@godwhacker: Damn, I've got too much work to do. I'll celebrate next year.

Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude

that building looks almost twice as high as any other around it.

baldingnerd

@Rabid Penguin: "once said:"

Rabid Penguin

These guys are sick. Living life as they see it and that's what it's all about. Enjoying life and living it on the edge. That's what I want to do one day cause life is short and gotta make it as awesome as possible.

dnyyanks62

@Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised ...:

Don't listen to these people.

As Freddie Mercury one said: Don't try suicide, you're just gonna hate it.

Rabid Penguin

Awesome awesome awesome.

stryder100

Our money has gone to good use! Awesome Video!

Earthslide

@Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised ...: Wanna go do it? C'mon! Don't be afraid to try new things!

*Takashi Miike*

@Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised ...:

now ya know!!! time to get to it!

godwhacker

Is today National Suicide Day and no one told me??

Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude

@UofITom: and what are these adrenalin-junkies going to do next, set the record for the worlds slowest lap around the Nurburgring?

weatherman

@Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised ...:

ok, but don't expect me to remind you next year!

godwhacker

@Curves: I was there last year. Dude jumped off that morning. 'cept he forgot his parachute. Left the car running, door open and just jumped.

yelraf

I have seen bridge jumpers a the New River Gorge in WV and as far as I can tell, they are ALL crazy. I am afraid to drive over the bridge, let alone jump off.

Curves

Yak Yak Yak, all they do is talk for the first 5 minutes then talk a little more. Where is the excitement. Lame.

HJTravels

That was great. It amazed me how long they had in freefall until they had to opent he chutes.

Wow!

DestroyerMTL

Who says you have to get caught? And besides, I never mentioned jumping off buildings, but getting a sick rush once in awhile is awesome.

dnyyanks62

wow current is putting out some good stuff these days... goodbye tv?

i have always wanted to go skydiving but base jumping seems so much more self attaining and fulfilling

purple-pillows

@IbexianManifesto: And?

UofITom

@dnyyanks62:
Life is too short to spend 3 months in a Dubai prison in exchange for a single jump.

im.thatoneguy

@ezman: You can always do it in SecondLife, but I don't think that that is the same thing. I have done it before in that game. It is fun but not as fun as the real thing.

thefutureisnow

the world's most dangerous sport - if something goes wrong there's no time to correct.

frigg

sux he got snipped.

its a long way down... when you drop the soap in a Saudi prison.

Long. Way. Down.

nystreetfilms

@Curves: Fayetteville, WV, is my hometown. I used to drive across that bridge at least 2 times a day for years and years. Hah.

TonyRockyHorror

When he starts talking about why he does this, it makes sense to me, even though I still wouldn't be able to jump. It really must be an amazing feeling.

RE-L

@nate4096: I'm just teasin'.

weatherman

@dc-united: Well, then, I guess I'm a wuss, too.

I'm agoraphobic like crazy - I can't stand on a table without feeling vertigo. Oh well...

That's one hell of a jump, tho'... :)

metrophage

@godwhacker: That's ok, I can make a reminder for myself. I have this new Beta calendar program.....

Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude

@weatherman: the idea isn't necessarily the jump that is closest to the "base" (as you seem to be using the word) is the best. As IbexianManifesto pointed out it's jumping from an object that is connected to the ground, and not a plane or helicopter.

nate4096

This is something I still wish to do someday...
Did some regular jumps, which are nothing compared to this...

Awesome because you never get used to it, and the rewarding feeling after the jump is just something that can't be described.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

Awesome, but curious ..

If it was so easy to get into the building, imagine if a terrorist wanted to gain access and do some real damage, like plant bombs = (

Acemonster

man... as soon as he jumped off I got chills, and my stomach jumped to my throat. That is some powerful stuff right there, and I would love to get the chance to try it.

Ibelieveinsandwitches

vid doesn't work anymore

tatiana.noel

@AdalScuderi:
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dlskier

@Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised ...: Hmmm, mocking a tradgedy 2 days after it happened is pretty low. Everyone knows you have to wait 22.3 years before something like this is funny.

craig_16

@frigg: and if something goes right, you must RUN away from the cops!

Palestina

@stryder100: Those guys have balls of steel. I would never EVER have the scrotum sack to do anything like that. Behind the radiation of a computer screen is much safer.

hiimcliff

Does anyone know what watch he is wearing at 2:29 ?

AdalScuderi

The first to jump...and live.

Lupison

Awesome! But... I'd be afraid of what the Saudi police would do to you if you get caught. Did the Frenchman get to go home with his, er appendages intact?

idalian

@idalian:

You do realize that the Burj Dubai is actually in Dubai and not Saudia Arabia and that they are indeed two separate countries?

Hardcore1

They should just charge those two guys $$ to jump off w/ huge disclaimer. But seriously, I don't see anything big deal about this jump.

os_2

@tatiana.noel:

Get a mac and it will....

HA!

Twenty5

Ballsy. Looks like security in Dubai sucks.

CutePuppyz

@craig_16: I wasn't mocking a tradgedy or making light of what that guy did to himself. I was mocking Adam's choice of words for the title of this post in light of that one he wrote earlier today...

Oh and I was also poking fun at the Beta post by Jesus too...

Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude

@Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised ...: I knew you weren't mocking the tradgedy. The "funny after 22.3 years" is a TV show reference I hoped somebody would pick up on.

craig_16

@Faslane66:

Working on my Ubuntu machine running XP in a virtual machine....You can't get more 'working' than that! :)

slibuntu

@tatiana.noel: Codecs here, get your codecs here, .50 each!!!!

Faslane66

@tatiana.noel: plays on my Mac and Vista!...?

Faslane66

Crazy bastards!!! That rules though!!!! I wouldn't do it EVER of of ANYTHING but THEY can do it all they want to! haha

Faslane66

@Twenty5: runs fine on my vista running laptop

taftsearlobe33

@frigg: I always figured Russian Roulette was the most dangerous sport

taftsearlobe33

@craig_16: My TV trivia skills seem to be lacking today..

Jrsy is back to being the dude, playing the dude disguised as another dude

It's pointless when they succeed. Only when they fail we can make a point.

Undoubtedly

@baldingnerd:
and it pretty much is

Solday

I'm going to Dubai on Christmas. I can't wait to see all of this stuff. It just looks amazing.

GhostofCharlesBronson

Scary thing number 1: two guys with really big backpacks/jump packs got to walk in that building with no one questioning them or stopping them. Um, hello, terrorists?

Scary thing number 2: after they did this once, security was still lax enough that one of them was able to go back a few days later and do it again!

jiznerdo

shweeet

dopoognora

I would have thought it would be a couple early 20 something guys.

It looked like they could have easily made it to another building too. THAT would be my goal, jump from the highest building, land on another high building, then take another jump to finish.

Mister Cow Pnoy

very cool, my hat off to these two big balled basers.

On side note, the few, the rich, in that country, are building it up using what is essentially slave labor. and the big wheel keeps on turning............

banmojo

These guys just broke the law when instead, they could've waited for the building to be completed and tried to get in on the opening showcase by base jumping legally.

Now that they did it, and gave the idea out. I'm sure someone else will jump from the roof when it's done. Not 5 or however many stories down.

daniel

@Hardcore1: At the end of the video they talk about wanting to jump at the next tallest building being built in Saudi Arabia. That's what he meant.

And I hope they get a chance to do it. So they can get caught and put in jail for a very long time. That would be nice.

B&E is B&E. No matter what.

daniel

I found the pre-video disclaimer (don't recreate or _attempt_ to recreate) to be more interesting than the post-video one. They're basically stating outright that they think you'll screw up and become road pizza because you don't know what you're doing.

Purple Dave

@taftsearlobe33:
No, it's ullamaliztli, that Aztec version of basketball, where losing could result in decapitation.

Purple Dave

you wish you had the "drawers" to do this? Cajones are drawers. Cojones are balls.

HoseHead

@slibuntu:

Sound keeps cutting out for me. I click a segment a little ahead to regain it.

Perhaps that's what he means by "doesn't work anymore".

AnAphexTwin

@HoseHead:
Well, when you've got gigantic balls, it does take a big pair of drawers to hold 'em in.

Purple Dave

Stupid, stupid, stupid. That said, the video of the jump is spectacular.

AdmNaismith

I believe you mean "cojones"

"Cajones" would be some kind of wierd box shaped balls...not very aerodynamic for base-jumping I suppose.

Bilsko

I'm glad they used those gliding suits, not just for safety, but also since they're basically doing what I'd love to do, acrophobic or not. But an hour climbing stairs?!

Am I the only one who almost comically wishes they peeled off in a Tumbler replica when that guard found them?

Mr.Wilson

@yelraf:

Did he survive ?
Depends a lot on how and on what he landed

NYJATT911

@HJTravels:

Good to gain an insight into what the jumpers had to go through.
I mean we would ave never known they would have had to climb 160 floors - Try 16 dude !

NYJATT911

I wonder if three months was worth it?

I imagine I would be less upset over the fine, depending on how I was treated.

Either way, I suppose there's no question of him stopping--and the next tower is almost three times as high? Am I doing the math right?

Twp3pf2

@HJTravels:

A little foreplay goes a long way.

Twp3pf2

@Solday: Hey guys. I live in Dubai. And to say this is a HUGE building is an understatement. The first time you see it at a distance you go, oh that is a tall building. but you don't realize just how HUGE it is. It is surrouned by 60 to 80 story skyscrapers. And they are less than half the size. You have a great view of the jump, and the guy is falling for 5 or 6 seconds before he is even close to the top of a nearby building... it is freaking mind bogglingly huge.

CameoCytisorus