Base Jumping
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Base jumper has a very lucky escape
Story and video from SWNS A daring base jumper performed a perfect 'low level' stunt from a wind turbine but ended up face-planting the ground after he literally ploughed into a field. Kevin Marret, 28, had a lucky escape - with only
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Friends film themselves freefalling backwards from a cliff while hand-in-hand
Story and video from SWNS These friends filmed themselves freefalling backwards from a cliff - while holding hands. Josephine Eve, 28, and Niclas Strohmeier, 23, performed the stunt at the BASE jumping hotspot of Monte Brento, Italy. They fall
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Amazing footage shows 'human catapult'
Bridge Day in West Virginia is the only day of the year in which it is legal to base jump from the iconic New River Gorge Bridge. Thousands of spectators filled the bridge to watch over 100 jumpers enjoy the day. A human catapult was one of
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Daredevil soars through the skies in Italian Alps
Incredible footage captures the moment base jumper Fred Fugen leaps off a cliff and soars above the Aosta Valley in Italy. What makes the film so remarkable, aside from the sheer daredevilry on show, is the amazing camera angel that shows
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BASE jump ends with a surprised spectator
This incredible helmet-cam footage features a sneaky BASE jumper making an epic leap from a fifty story office building in an undisclosed city in the United States. He performers a huge double 'gainer' flip off of the building, falling
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Base jumper suffers painful, but lucky, crash landing through trees
This scary looking incident was filmed in Lauterbrunnen, near Bern, in Switzerland in May last year. Reflecting on his disastrous jump the daredevil wrote: "I started B.A.S.E. jumping one year ago. This was jump number 56. "After the
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Base jumper killed after hitting cliff in Swiss Alps
An American base jumper has died in the Swiss Alps after hitting a cliff and falling into a gorge. The 44-year-old man died on Friday after he misjudged his launch and hit the cliff, falling hundreds of feet below, AP reports. Police said he
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