fundgh 0 #1 July 7, 2003 Has anybody done a living object jump. I more specifically mean a free standing living object (tree, giraffe, plant,) and not jumping out of a tree from a cliff. It seems like the palm tree that I can see from my living room would be tall enough!...FUN FOR ALL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #2 July 7, 2003 That's a Tall Palm tree, how tall is it? TimMy grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
motherhucker 0 #3 July 7, 2003 QuoteHas anybody done a living object jump. I more specifically mean a free standing living object (tree, giraffe, plant,) and not jumping out of a tree from a cliff. It seems like the palm tree that I can see from my living room would be tall enough! BEEN DONE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #4 July 7, 2003 Quotegiraffe Would i be right thinking "no slider" ? -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy2 0 #5 July 7, 2003 [QUOTE]giraffe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would i be right thinking "no slider" ? [/QUOTE] Where would you anchor the SL? --------------------------------------------- let my inspiration flow, in token rhyme suggesting rhythm... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #6 July 7, 2003 Quote Where would you anchor the SL? Wrap it around a carrott and jam it down its throat of course. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #7 July 7, 2003 QuoteQuote -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- giraffe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would i be right thinking "no slider" ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where would you anchor the SL? to its balls,then hope that it will move so fast that you wont touch the ground before atleast line streach I think migth some of thouse big trees in US(or Cannada?) migth be tall enough. I pretty often jump my gf,but there i wont need my BASEgear Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fundgh 0 #8 July 7, 2003 I don't know. I look at it and guess it could be 70 ft + and I know there are taller palm trees. But what about Giant Sequoias or Redwoods?...FUN FOR ALL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #9 July 7, 2003 QuoteI pretty often jump my gf You know the rules Faber....no naming. -- Hope you don't die. -- I'm fucking winning Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #10 July 7, 2003 QuoteQuotegiraffe Hoping that PerFlare will chime in here and tell us all about his Giraffe experiences...-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflysoul 0 #11 July 7, 2003 Italybaseone did it some years ago off a tree... 3,2,1,C-YA!!! V. BASE #1075 / BMI #I-002 / PFI #042 / EGI #104 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sum1sneaky 0 #12 July 8, 2003 from: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ Quote Tallest Living Tree The tallest tree currently standing is the Mendocino Tree, a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) at Montgomery State Reserve, near Ukiah, California, USA. Its height was measured to be 112.014 m (368.5 ft) when it was initially measured in September 1998 and it had a diameter of 3.139 m (10.3 ft). The tree is still growing and is estimated to be about 1,000 years old. The location of the Mendocino tree is kept top secret by Montgomery State Reserve park rangers because of fears that tree fans might trample down its fragile environment. The rangers say there is no official marker identifying the Mendocino, which, despite its grandeur, is barely distinguishable from an 80-acre cluster of two dozen or more surrounding champion trees at 106 m (350 ft) or taller. also, there was a big tree in australia: Quote (from: The Biggest Trees) ...a Eucalyptus regnans tree in Australia is believed to have measured 143 m (470 ft); another Australian eucalyptus almost certainly had been over 150 m (492 ft) tall. Neither of these trees is still standing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Skinflicka 0 #13 July 8, 2003 You're more likely to need skis (strapped to your ass to prevent excessive freefall).$kin. Prizes to anyone who gets to read my posts before Mr Aiello's son, Tom deletes them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PerFlare 0 #14 July 8, 2003 For your amusement Tom :) No shit there I was ... in France solo jumping in Magland. On the day of my departure I followed the recommendation from a friend, Tom Aiello, to go to the pub "St. Jacques" and order a Giraffe. The conversation between me and the bartender goes something like this. Me: Hi, do you have something called a Giraffe? Bartender: Yes Me: I like to have one please. Bartender: ehh ... are you alone? Me: Yes Bartender: Are you sure about the Giraffe? Me: Yes, don't worry I'm a Swede. Bartender: okay The bartender pulls up the Giraffe and starts to fill it up ... Me (thinking): * the F-word but in Swedish* Bartender: There you go Me: Thanks! Me again: Can you check on my bag because I better buy the train ticket before I start on that Bartender: Sure Me: Thanks Do not have time to enjoy the Giraffe but I manage to drink it in a very short time span so I can catch the train to Interlaken :) The rest of the day are a little bit blurry but I'm sure about some things, I had more beers in my backpack ... they was not there when I arrived in Interlaken. I have a short episode on my video camera of me drinking with a girl on something that appears to be a train :) Thanks Tom for you good advice ;) PerFlare a Giraffe man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BASE813 0 #15 July 8, 2003 QuoteI pretty often jump my gf,but there i wont need my BASEgear No i think some kind of pot holing gear would be more apt!!!! bugger! edited as i now see skin got the jibe in first!!! Like my climbing - tooooo slow!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites leroydb 0 #16 July 8, 2003 I know a tree...that...is over 300 maybe 360ft tall. I saw this tree as a teen in highschool... might be worth looking intoLeroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TomAiello 26 #17 July 8, 2003 QuoteI know a tree... Site naming. Believe it or not.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fundgh 0 #18 July 8, 2003 Is a tree an E? I guess it would be because it does not fit anything else, but ....a living object = L...FUN FOR ALL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TomAiello 26 #19 July 9, 2003 I asked the official USBA arbiter the same question. He said that he'd probably rule it an A, but that he might count it as an E if someone had the gumption to jump it as their qualifying cliff (he doubted very much--and so do I--that someone who had never jumped a cliff or antenna would be flicking a tree).-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fasterfaller 0 #20 July 9, 2003 There is a palm tree in phoenix that is on the edge of a 375' drop off with a good flat landing area . The tree is about 70' tall and is 10 feet away from the cliff . It is a straight drop for about 200' . The only thing holding the tree jump back is the platform and how to get it out of the tree after we are done with it . We have already been off the cliff a few times . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Faber 0 #21 July 9, 2003 it has been disussed many times.. i like the idea that you then will jump a T-ree (alpabetjumps),that were what i would log it as.. Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites base428 1 #22 July 9, 2003 http://www.vertical-visions.com/17redwd.html(c)2010 Vertical Visions. No unauthorized duplication permitted. <==For the media only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sum1sneaky 0 #23 July 9, 2003 QuoteThe only thing holding the tree jump back is the platform and how to get it out of the tree after we are done with it. Although I've never used one, I've been an archery hunter for as long as I can remember and helped a few fellow hunters put up their tree stands... an archery tree stand is very stable and easy to install and remove. understand I'm not a proponent of treestand hunting (I far prefer the sneak) - I'm a proponent of it's other uses Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
freeflysoul 0 #11 July 7, 2003 Italybaseone did it some years ago off a tree... 3,2,1,C-YA!!! V. BASE #1075 / BMI #I-002 / PFI #042 / EGI #104 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sum1sneaky 0 #12 July 8, 2003 from: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ Quote Tallest Living Tree The tallest tree currently standing is the Mendocino Tree, a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) at Montgomery State Reserve, near Ukiah, California, USA. Its height was measured to be 112.014 m (368.5 ft) when it was initially measured in September 1998 and it had a diameter of 3.139 m (10.3 ft). The tree is still growing and is estimated to be about 1,000 years old. The location of the Mendocino tree is kept top secret by Montgomery State Reserve park rangers because of fears that tree fans might trample down its fragile environment. The rangers say there is no official marker identifying the Mendocino, which, despite its grandeur, is barely distinguishable from an 80-acre cluster of two dozen or more surrounding champion trees at 106 m (350 ft) or taller. also, there was a big tree in australia: Quote (from: The Biggest Trees) ...a Eucalyptus regnans tree in Australia is believed to have measured 143 m (470 ft); another Australian eucalyptus almost certainly had been over 150 m (492 ft) tall. Neither of these trees is still standing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinflicka 0 #13 July 8, 2003 You're more likely to need skis (strapped to your ass to prevent excessive freefall).$kin. Prizes to anyone who gets to read my posts before Mr Aiello's son, Tom deletes them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PerFlare 0 #14 July 8, 2003 For your amusement Tom :) No shit there I was ... in France solo jumping in Magland. On the day of my departure I followed the recommendation from a friend, Tom Aiello, to go to the pub "St. Jacques" and order a Giraffe. The conversation between me and the bartender goes something like this. Me: Hi, do you have something called a Giraffe? Bartender: Yes Me: I like to have one please. Bartender: ehh ... are you alone? Me: Yes Bartender: Are you sure about the Giraffe? Me: Yes, don't worry I'm a Swede. Bartender: okay The bartender pulls up the Giraffe and starts to fill it up ... Me (thinking): * the F-word but in Swedish* Bartender: There you go Me: Thanks! Me again: Can you check on my bag because I better buy the train ticket before I start on that Bartender: Sure Me: Thanks Do not have time to enjoy the Giraffe but I manage to drink it in a very short time span so I can catch the train to Interlaken :) The rest of the day are a little bit blurry but I'm sure about some things, I had more beers in my backpack ... they was not there when I arrived in Interlaken. I have a short episode on my video camera of me drinking with a girl on something that appears to be a train :) Thanks Tom for you good advice ;) PerFlare a Giraffe man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BASE813 0 #15 July 8, 2003 QuoteI pretty often jump my gf,but there i wont need my BASEgear No i think some kind of pot holing gear would be more apt!!!! bugger! edited as i now see skin got the jibe in first!!! Like my climbing - tooooo slow!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #16 July 8, 2003 I know a tree...that...is over 300 maybe 360ft tall. I saw this tree as a teen in highschool... might be worth looking intoLeroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #17 July 8, 2003 QuoteI know a tree... Site naming. Believe it or not.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fundgh 0 #18 July 8, 2003 Is a tree an E? I guess it would be because it does not fit anything else, but ....a living object = L...FUN FOR ALL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #19 July 9, 2003 I asked the official USBA arbiter the same question. He said that he'd probably rule it an A, but that he might count it as an E if someone had the gumption to jump it as their qualifying cliff (he doubted very much--and so do I--that someone who had never jumped a cliff or antenna would be flicking a tree).-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fasterfaller 0 #20 July 9, 2003 There is a palm tree in phoenix that is on the edge of a 375' drop off with a good flat landing area . The tree is about 70' tall and is 10 feet away from the cliff . It is a straight drop for about 200' . The only thing holding the tree jump back is the platform and how to get it out of the tree after we are done with it . We have already been off the cliff a few times . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #21 July 9, 2003 it has been disussed many times.. i like the idea that you then will jump a T-ree (alpabetjumps),that were what i would log it as.. Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
base428 1 #22 July 9, 2003 http://www.vertical-visions.com/17redwd.html(c)2010 Vertical Visions. No unauthorized duplication permitted. <==For the media only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sum1sneaky 0 #23 July 9, 2003 QuoteThe only thing holding the tree jump back is the platform and how to get it out of the tree after we are done with it. Although I've never used one, I've been an archery hunter for as long as I can remember and helped a few fellow hunters put up their tree stands... an archery tree stand is very stable and easy to install and remove. understand I'm not a proponent of treestand hunting (I far prefer the sneak) - I'm a proponent of it's other uses Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
