Talk:BASE jumping

message: Is BASE a Backronym or was it initially intended to be an acronym? The fact that bridges are abbreviated as "spans" suggests to me that the initials were thought of after the term "base jumping" was already in existance.  Some google searches on this subject don't lead me to any definitive answers on the question.  Even if someone can answer this question, tt's not essential to include in the article, but since BASE is asserted to "stand for" building, antenna, span, and earth, it may warrant inclusion.  --ABQCat 22:26, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Backronym

message: Can somebody please add some pics to this article--May the Force be with you!  Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 06:52, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pics 

message: This article reads like an old BASE jumper giving advice to newbies, rather than a descriptive article about BASE jumping.  I'm referring mostly to sentences like, "The bottom line is that BASE can be a fun game--but it can also turn deadly serious in a heartbeat. Remembering this is one of the keys to a long, healthy life, and also to a long, healthy jumping career." Superm401 | Talk 00:59, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is particularly worrying in light of the fact that the sport's founder died whilst BASE jumping. Neither this page nor the article on the man himself explains what he should have done differently, to avoid the fate that befell him. It is likely that the majority of people writing this article will be BASE jumpers themselves, and I can envisage them having a certain viewpoint that I have seen elsewhere. Lupine Proletariat 09:28, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes this would be a good idea in order to express neutrality in this topic.--Hellolindsaylohan1 (talk) 19:39, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tone 

message: The Associated Press referenced this article here in a recent news story.
7:09, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Referenced By Associated Press 

message: "Usually BASE jumpers jump to cause a tumble by back flipping and then using the gyroscopic effects to at least have some form of control."
How can gyroscopic effects be used to control the jump? I have a feeling this sentence is based on a missunderstanding. My guess is that the author refers to conservation of angular momentum as a means to control rotational speed. I may be wrong. If anyone agress with my interpretation, I suggest editing the sentence in question to reflect that. If someone can explain how gyroscopic effects can be used to control the jump, feel free to chime in.
--81.233.90.182 18:51, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gyroscopic effects? 

message: Are jumps from parachute towers also BASE jumps?
:I would san no, because they are used for training and are and are not actually an antenna, building, bridge or cliff. Trigahapykila (talk) 05:41, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jumps from [[Parachute tower]]s

message: There doesn't seem to be a clear distinction made here between two possible meanings of "highest BASE jump." This could mean either "highest starting (jumping) elevation" or "greatest difference between starting and landing elevations." Clearly the Guinness mention of the Troll Wall jump can't be the former, since the summit there is much lower than El Cap. The new record claimed for the jump from Meru Peak seems to be OK using the first meaning, as the summit is higher than the point jumped from on Trango; but is it also a record in terms of start-to-landing difference? (Based on what I know of the topography in each case, either could be the winner, but I would lean toward Trango.) Anyone have more data on this to clear this up? If so, a clarification could also be put on the Trango Towers page. -- Spireguy 19:04, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Record for "highest" BASE jump 

message: According to the Sydney Morning Herald, http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/leap-from-the-top-of-the-world/2006/06/08/1149359863372.html, the Meru peak jump was from 6,604 metres to 4,850 metres = 1,754 metres.    The Great Trango jump was from 5,955 metres to 4,200 metres = 1,755 metres, according to the Trango Towers page.  It seems that the landing altitudes are approximate.  I hope someone can clear this up with better data and edit this and the trango towers articles appropriately.  In any case I think the jump beginning at the highest altitude is a record that should be mentioned in this article, if only to acknowledge those who define the 'highest BASE jump' in this way.
--Fatsug 01:55, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Record for highest jump 

message: I recall seeing a newspaper article in 1973 or 1974, when the construction of the Sears Tower was nearing its end, one of the workers took a parachute with him and jumped off. My memory is fuzzy, but I think he got fired, not for the deed itself, but for "walking off the job." This was well before the internet so I'm having trouble finding any reference to this event — and for all I know I could have read about it in the National Enquirer. I'm definitely not referring to the worker who jumped from the World Trade Center in 1975 (there are plenty of references to that, and I have added it to the history section). Does anyone else remember an early 1970s jump off the Sears Tower? -Amatulic 21:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: History question

message: Surely the US isn't the only country that has a legal stance on BASE jumping. For example, I believe (although I'm not sure enough to add it to the article) that it's illegal in Australia.
:Such information isn't present because no one has added it yet.  Please feel free to add such information. Val42 03:14, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legal Issues is US-Centric 

message: "The altitude of the body at the moment of jumping determines the stability of flight in the first few seconds, before sufficient airspeed has built up to enable aerodynamic stability."  I'm having trouble making sense out of this.  I wonder if it should be attitude.  140.147.160.78 15:39, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stabilizing 

message: I don't have a source to cite, but I heard that hang gliding normally has somewhere from zero to two or three fatalities a year, and that most of the fatalities are from BASE jumps.  Does anyone have a citation to back that with?  The fatalities section is awful small, and every sentence counts.  --Thinboy00's sockpuppet alternate account 19:42, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, silly mistake. I forgot to multiply by the number of days in the year. So it's 44,757 / (365 * 2 * 290,850,005) which is 1 in 4,743,850. So that means BASE jumping is almost 2048 times more likely to be fatal. That makes sense. --Scraimer (talk) 08:50, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fatalities section 

message: i have become curious within the last few days. i was asked the question "can you tandem BASE jump." i have researched it as best i can and i have found nothing that says you cant but nothing that says you can. i would believe that you can do to the fact that the harness are very similar if not identical to parachute harness. feed would be great.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.112.23.222 (talk) 08:21, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tandem BASE jumping 

message: The current lead paragraph of the article could be expanded slightly to give a better definition of BASE jumping to quick/skim readers who are unfamiliar with the subject. 68.189.135.37 (talk) 14:20, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead Paragraph 

message: Australian Skydiver Kylie “Buffy” Tanti Mundy was 42 years old, people who knew her describe her as outgoing, a free spirit and hilarious woman, Kylie Tanti described herself as slightly damaged, still smiling and to take her as she was. For the quotes she wrote on her Facebook profile it seemed that she had been through a lot, but was a fighter that if life kicked her hard she was willing to kick harder.
BASE stands for Buildings. Antennae, Spans and Earth in this case referring to cliffs, all these four are fixed objects. It is believed to be the most dangerous sport recreationally speaking. Since its beginning in 1978 there are about 148 fatalities in BASE Jumping, the first was William Harmon on April, 1981 from an antennae tower in Virginia (strike, canopy) and Frank Donellan was the first to die on impact when he jumped off a building in London in June 1982.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mivall (talk • contribs) 04:00, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deadly BASE Jump ended Kylie Tanty's life in Malaysia 

message: In the opening sentence of tis section, it reads "BASE jumping as of 2002...".  Should this read 2006, instead?  The article  cited (note date range) is:
Westman, A; Rosen, M, Berggren, P, Bjornstig, U (7 April 2008). "Parachuting from fixed objects: descriptive study of 106 fatal events in BASE jumping 1981-2006". British Journal of Sports Medicine 42 (6): 431–436. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2008.046565.    [ Prof D ]  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.245.235 (talk) 12:45, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fatalities section question 

message: I wonder why the time table for base jumps in the german wikipedia totally differs from the one in this article here.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base-Jumping
95.91.234.141 (talk) 21:03, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  BASE jumping not international? 

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message: Two people are cited as being the first to jump from the Swiss mountain, the Eiger. One is more clearly cited as having jumped over the North Face (by far the steepest face, overall). The other entry simply refers to "the Eiger". There are a number of very different possible jump sites on the Eiger, and such unclarity is unclear. Was the first jump from the top of the Rote Fluhe (part of the North wall, but the top is on the "tourist route" to the summit, not on the North Wall itself. Or was it from the summit, which would be a much more challenging jump?
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thread_title:  Eiger entries unclear 

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message: While (relatively) rigorously avoiding disparaging (let alone invidious) remarks about either the sport or its enthusiasts, I confess that my ... curiosity ... stems primarily from my belonging to these other ... uh ... outlying categories: 
* climbers of real or simulated rock ... or more to the point (as still reasonably often in my case), of outdoor rock, where we avoid supporting ourselves (while climbing, as opposed to falling) on any metal or woody items attatched to said rock, and 
* enthusiasts of what Krakauer called the Death-sport Capital of the World
   I do, however, find a marked lack of compositional and identificational discipline among some the colleagues contributing, on at least this talk page, which concerns  a sibling sport ... dubious tho i find it, that they will remain survivors of said sport(s) ....   Of course, "that's neither here nor there": My excuse for noticing is that they've been neglectful, at least ... not always to say reckless ... in respecting the local norms for clear and orderly consultation. ... Well, of course we are on the Internet; we have to remain realistic abt that! Still, I'm abt to consult, in support of remediation, the edit history, for info (and thus for the basis for clear formatting) that would have been (for e.g. those of us still committed to staying alive) so much easier to provide in the course of not merely writing something, but consciously composing -- perhaps hoping such habits might contribute to the aforementioned Prime Directive (and not just to effective communication)....    (If someone just mumbled "Ouch!", lemme hear an a-men!)--JerzyA (talk) 07:18, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talk page maintenance (2019) 

message: So,
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thread_title:  Swear words 

message: What counts as the lowest BASE jump? The footage of Baumgartner's jump from Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio can be found on youtube. He jumps from the height of 29 meters above the ground, but the statue stands atop of a mountain and the descent on the parachute continues along the mountain side well below the base of the statue. Is there any agreed upon way to calculate the height of the jump in such situations? Or does the record have any official status? Ngfio (talk) 12:37, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Record for lowest jump 

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