page_title: BASE jumping
section_title: High BASE jumps
hierarchical_section_title: BASE jumping / Technique / High BASE jumps
caption_attribution_description: English: Three Wingsuit BASE jumpers getting ready to jump at an exit point in France.
context_page_description: BASE jumping is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend safely to the ground.
  "BASE" is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: building, antenna, span, and earth.
  Participants exit from a fixed object such as a cliff, and after an optional freefall delay, deploy a parachute to slow their descent and land.
  A popular form of BASE jumping is wingsuit BASE jumping.
  In contrast to other forms of parachuting, such as skydiving from airplanes, BASE jumps are performed from fixed objects which are generally much lower altitude, and BASE jumpers typically carry only one parachute.
  BASE jumping is significantly more hazardous than other forms of parachuting, and is widely considered to be one of the most dangerous extreme sports.
context_section_description: Many BASE jumpers are motivated to make jumpers from higher jumps objects involving free fall. High BASE jumps are those which are high enough for the jumper to reach terminal velocity. High BASE jumps are often called "slider up" jumps due to the use of a slider reefing device.
  High BASE jumps present different hazards than low BASE jumps. With greater height and airspeed, jumpers can fly away from the cliff during freefall, allowing them to deploy their parachute far away from the cliff they jumped from and significantly reduce the chance of object striking. However, high BASE jumps also present new hazards such as complications resulting from use of a wingsuit.
caption: Wingsuit pilots getting ready to jump
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