base jumping

Thursday, January 1, 2009
Saturday, November 22, 2008
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Two Guys Jumped Off the Burj Dubai and Lived to Tell About It

5:00AM Adam Frucci | Oh, wow. Apparently, in May, a Brit and a Frenchman snuck on to the under-construction Burj Dubai and BASE jumped from it at 650 metres up. Now, there’s video available of their infiltration, jump and subsequent escape. The footage from up top and the jump is just incredible stuff. I wish I had the cajones to do something like this. Although my favourite part of the video may be the footnote at the end; wait for it, it’s worth it. [Current via Neatorama] More »
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Friday, July 25, 2008
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Lunatics Base-Jumping Off Giant Wind Turbines Have More Guts Than We Do

8:40AM Matt Buchanan | The idea of diving out of an aeroplane with essentially just a thin envelope of fabric protecting me from splattering my organs all over concrete like postmodern art makes me want to pee myself. Yet somehow jumping off a giant, bird-blending propeller blade, almost thirty stories up, makes me want to poop myself too. And that’s exactly what these insane base jumpers do, on video no less. More »
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