Wingsuit Insanity

[pearsjes 0]

On page 4 of the Jan 02 issue of Skydiving there is the following report:
"On the 28th of October, I intentionally flew a wingsuit between the guy wires of a 1,600-foot antenna - at about 200 feet AGL," says BASE jumper Dwain Weston. "Deployment was commenced immediately after passing through the wires, with cell pressurization reached at about 20 feet AGL"
Does anyone else think that this is:
1. believeable
2. insane

[kingbunky 3]

... a little from column a, a little from column b. mostly insane though, imho.
"Jumping out of planes for the thrill of it all."
-J.Geils Band

[LawnDart21 0]

I'll preface this by saying I have yet to personally make any base jumps, ie, I don't know much about base jumping....LOL With that said, I've heard 1) base canopies have a much shorter snivel than a skydiving main, 2) a winged suit base jump would slow down the fall rate significantly, ie 200 ft above ground level deployment going 120mph would be fatal, but I'm assuming it might be possible to deploy a base chute within that altitude if the wing suit had slowed the fall rate enough (can't birdmen slow their fall rates to like 60mph?). So, there you have it, in my totally uneducated opinion, I would say that "yes" I think it's probably possible to do that. I'd never think of even trying it, but I guess alot of our sport is about pushing limits, right?
"There are a lot of old skydivers and there are alot of bold skydivers, but there are very few old bold skydivers......"
Blues Skies, Tom

[RemiAndKaren 0]

Of course its insanity! Think about it.. they jump from perfectly serviceable antennas...
Remi
Muff 914

[skreamer 1]

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they jump from perfectly serviceable antennas...

Aaah but Remi, you haven't seen their antennae!

[AggieDave 6]

Maybe good antennae, but they have good RF going on too...so after a while, yes the RF causes problems and the Insanity sets in. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton-

[3fLiEr 0]

check out the picture I submitted to the BASE section of the gallery - its a guy doing a wingsuit at WAYLOW altitutude from the KL towers............... Nice work !!!
bsbd
"In a world where we are slaves to gravity I am pleased to be a freedom fighter"

[3fLiEr 0]

Also have you checked out the wingsuit flight by Jean Loic (?)...on Crosswind..... he dumps out waylow........ even nicer work!!...........
Check out some BASE vids like Beyond Xtreme you will see many people (Aussies mainly) pressurizing at sub 100ft !!......... dont it give you a hard on?!?!?! ..... ;op
Also Dwain is the guy who did a double gainer from 180ft....... so why not believe he dumps at 200ft with a wingsuit......???
bsbd
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"In a world where we are slaves to gravity I am pleased to be a freedom fighter"

[skreamer 1]

I knew Dwaine Weston was a shit-hot base jumper, but didn't know he was an experienced wingsuit flyer too - I think I read somewhere once that he reached 1000 base jumps without having NEARLY as many skydives. Different sport, different buzz I suppose.

[AggieDave 6]

Can't remember who said it or where I heard it from, but I heard a good explanation of BASE jumping as "suicide but with out the commitment..."
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton-

[Strynx 0]

Check out www.Headdown.net in the 2001 film festival there's a group of BASE jumpers that made a movie where they jump from a 16 floor of a building. Now that's low..... It's call Thanks for the coffee. The tiltle is written in swede on the web site. The only thing i remember in the title is "Kaffe" Cool shoot though.

[3fLiEr 0]

http://zelda.spray.se/~lukas/video/
This has some nice visuals on it..................
"In a world where we are slaves to gravity I am pleased to be a freedom fighter"

[Strynx 0]

Thanx 3! nice one.

[billvon 3,111]

Wimp. If he'd been a real man, he would have landed the suit.
-bill von

[flyingferret 0]

I work on the 15th, doable? And I have another jumper on the same floor :) But our building is actually 27 stories, maybe we could get roof acces :)

[freeflir29 0]

"But our building is actually 27 stories"
Thats about what? 260 some feet........That's doable....
"I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"
Clay

[flyingferret 0]

Well, yeah, but I work on the 15th. But this is downtown dallas, I kinda doubt I could get outside on either floor.

[freeflir29 0]

"I kinda doubt I could get outside on either floor"
Isn't that part of the "Thrill" of BASE? Figuring it out and beating the odds....
"I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"
Clay

[JDBoston 0]

Wow. That "low reserve pull" clip is just nasty.

[homer 0]

2. insane
it's his death the crazy SOB! A wing suit does slow you down a little but not enough to keep you alive when you do a belly slide on the ground. Come to think of it, I'd pay money to watch someone attempt a belly landing using one. On land or water I doesn't mater to me.Why dont we get drunk and screw.

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[lazerq3 0]

Go to L&B's website and check out the 39 sec base jump from 2900 ft!!!!!!!!! That guy went on forever before he pulled!!!!!
jason

[homer 0]

Not sure if that's the world record BASE or not. Saw the world record jump in this years Warren Miller video (cold fusion) the shit had everybody hoopen and holleren.
Why dont we get drunk and screw.

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[lummy 4]

10 ft per floor? Is that about right? That seems about the height from floor to suspended ceiling. There's another 2 ft or so usually between that and I'd guess at least a foot thickness for the floor.
Is there a BASE way to estimate height?

[freeflir29 0]

I think it's actually 12 but remember....there's NO 13TH FLOOR.....LOL Funny bungee jumping incident I heard about...."I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"
Clay

[harro 0]

Base is too close to the grouod for me. I love my freefall!!!
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