Faber 0 #1 June 3, 2004 Last night i had the oppertunety to jump one of my loved towers,its an 180ft/160ishft A that i like to jump,and as its 5mins away from my place i can take the bike and easy do a solo(infact i only jumped this tower solo so far). Heres the storry,sorry for my bad english,feel free to rewrite it and post if you like the last couple of days ive got some 400ft jumps,before that i had a front over that made it hard to jump off anything(inkluding planes). Its 9ishpm,im surfing the net... the weather has been too windy this day to that i even borthered to watch on the weather(on the net).Suddenly i get a nice orange light in my living room,wow i need to have a look at the sun... its great...blue skies and a high orange sun.. but hey.. look at the trees.. they aint moving much.. hmm perhaps the wind has changed and the trees now is in shelter of that wind,one thing to do to tjek it out.. the walk to my kitchen.. WOW no winds.. back to the living room,thinking about my nice Fox that aint packed yet.. DK weather.. hmm nice 2ms winds just in the right direction to jump the Tower really close to me... MUST PACK.. so i do.. no hurry,but also no slow.. Canopy/harness packed,need new PC on and rember my Carry on SL device..,Qoickly i take some breakcord tie it and place it whith a spare rubberband(to wrap up my bridel)...Lene(my gf)is online.. i tell her i want to make this jump,and from were.. as usual its ok by her... at 1040 or so i grab my gear take my bike and drives to the object.. nice.. it has light inside the tower, i know that it will be turned off soon... i hide my bike in some high grass,between some trees,its my perfect hide,it will also be were i will stuff my gaer into my stashbag as i have jumped... i sit down wait till the light go off,give it some more rest and im ready to start the real part of the trip. Im walking slowly towards the Object,making sure no one is arround or would be abel to be aware what im about to do... Quick i jump over the easy fence,and starts to climb...Its an inside climb,and metal plates arround so even as this A is only 3km from downtown people wont be abel to see me.As i get higher up i can start feel the wind.. the 2ms wind will be perfect at this jump... It feels like i just started climbing and getting the rythm,and then im up there... nice.. summer has arrived.. its perfect weather and i can see all the way home to were i live plus further. I tekst my gf "im up,will call you before i jump.will enjoy this place first". takes off my stashbag,slowly i take my rig out.I take on my protectors(knees and albowe).Give the harness a gear chek.. evrything is perfect... Time to tjeck my bridel,SL and PC. Bridel fine.SL what the fuck?!? how stupied were i as i made this.. I turn out pretty mad at my self as i discover that i had made a huge mistake as i Made my SL setup(i use a carry on SL devise),I always use 2 sets of breakcord,but i hadnt placed the breakcord inside the SL devise,in the dark i could easily have missed this,and trying to use darcon line as breakcord would for sure have ripped the top of my canopy,and left me falling whith a bunch of shit over my head. I loosen the breakcord and connects it as it should be done,but suddenly im not sure if i want to jump anyway,it seems like my head cant stop thinking of the failur i just saved myself from,did i make more?did i pack too fast(i used aprox 40mins)..i hate thouse head fucks,i know i usaly does my stuff correct... Last time i jumped this object,i hittede a lightbulp as a result of a offheadding opening,my leg were sore acouple of days after that one.that same night one of my best mates Broke his leg in UK...again headfuck.. hmm ok relaxe now.. breathe.. you want to jump?sure,just want to rechek it all again.. nio problems evrything is perfect.. im ready... the sumer suddenly hits me again.. what a great place to be.... Igets geared up,secure my SL to the rail,and stands in cover as i call my gf.. " hi sweety,im gonna jump give me 15 mins,and i have called you back.". Okay here we go.. its kind of late now.. looks like the hole city is asleep,perfect. As i climb out i rember i promised my mate that the next jump off this object would be in his name(that same jumper that broke his leg not long ago). As i stands out there i once again cheks my bridal,it wont catch anything,okay ... "Mac this one is for you,now im gonna fuck myself up,3 2 1 C YA",the low building below rush against me,as im about to yell fuck i get this great lift..my canopy once again saved me,45 off to my left,makes my LZ look nasty,but i made it,i clear it and just makes it to the soft grass.. Grabbing my gear and runs toward my bike i have problems locating the pace as its kind off dark.As i get to the place i drop the canopy,grab the phone and call my gf "hi sweety,im ok.on my way back home in a bit".I stuff the canopy and harness into the stashbag,unluck my bike,makes sure that no one is arround then i get up and off i am...No one ever saw me,this is life... On my way home i call my mate,he dont answer,perhaps hes getting soft as he dont jump at the time.. hmm i tell short on his voicemail what happened...I get an asnswer the next morning from him,as i thourght he liked that one... I love life... see ya soon mate,heal faster Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdbase 0 #2 June 3, 2004 Nice story! Yer english aint so bad mate Makes me think of a solo I did on base jump #4 from my 720'er. It was scary as hell and when I landed in the dark field, I immediately took a seat on the ground with my canopy still draped over my back. I looked up at the full moon. It had a huge halo around it as is offen seen in the late fall. It was positioned in the sky just above the tower from my perspective. I sat there for about 20 minutes and just sucked in the feeling of being alive. No cameras , no spectators , no ground crew, no witnesses. Just me, the moon , the tower and a whole lot of appreciation for life. Life IS good, aint it -Bryan-Bryan I love base like a fat kid loves cake Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #3 June 4, 2004 QuoteYer english aint so bad mate Now THAT'S funny. In all seriousness, Faber's posts are my absolute favorite to read. My wery favorite. www.WingsuitPhotos.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #4 June 4, 2004 QuoteMy wery favorite.HAHAHAHAHAA!!!! Oh, man."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GroundZero 0 #5 June 4, 2004 Nice.... That perfect english should be entered into Webster's Dictionary as the definition for "Summer". I get the feeling exactly, It's not the language, it's the emotion. Not nice... Very Nice! Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BASE813 0 #6 June 4, 2004 dude! your message made me laugh! and reading the story made me laugh more! i did not realise that you had such a head fuck before shouting ".... im gonna fuck myself up!!" - you crack me up!! thanks for the jump in my honour mate! appreciate it - laid up on my arse for the past 3 weeks and with many many weeks ahead its nice to hear my friends are out there having fun and being safe (well as safe as you can be!! ) keep having fun mate.............. cause life is too short not too...... now you all be safe out there......... please post details of interesting jump stories as i like to read them!!! MacSpack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZegeunerLeben 0 #7 June 4, 2004 >>Nice one Faber. You captured that sense of quiet awe and respect you feel standing at the top of an object. And that whirlwind of thoughts and emotions can be quite a headfuck can't it? Glad to hear you revised your custom dacron break-cord setup ha ha! Quote Mac this one is for you,now im gonna fuck myself up,3 2 1 C YA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #8 June 5, 2004 Thanks guys sorry the weather is starting to be better here=less time at this computer Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
