The Burj Dubthe the tallest building in the world has been the scene for a world record BASE jump. A British man made a successful jump, while his friend a Frenchman, was caught before he could jump. They were both arrested and held in Dubai.
World Record BASE Jump. (2008). [online] Available at: http://current.com/sports/89546563_world-record-base-jump.htm. Accessed on 25-3-2011. [Documentory]
Base jumper Dan Witchall asked how he feels before a jump he says ‘I think I might die, every time’. The thrill of outwitting security systems, the risk of being caught climbing up a building onto a roof is almost as big a thrill as the jump. Since 1981, around 140 base jumpers have fallen to their death.
The latest episode of The Men Who Jump off Buildings can be watched on 4oD.
Donaldson. B. (2010). Independentt. The Men Who Jump Off Buildings – Base Jumping [online] Available at: http://www.list.co.uk/article/27340-the-men-who-jump-off-buildings-base-jumping/ [accessed on 24-3-2011].
Everyone dies, don't they – but not everyone lives," said Dan, the subject of Alastair Cook's film The Men Who Jump Off Buildings.
Sutcliffe. T. (2010) The Men Who jump Off Buildings. Channel 4./The Great Outdoors BBC4. Independent. [online] Available at: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-tv-the-men-who-jump-off-buildingschannel-4br-the-great-outdoors-bbc4-2037779.html (accessed on 24-3-2011)
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Tuesday
Friday
Base Jumping
In 1975, Owen J. Quinn, a jobless man parachuted from the south tower of the World Trade Centre to publicise the plight of unemployment. Quinn got a job with the dock builders' union, working at the World Trade Centre and on July 22, he disguised himself as a construction worker, hid his parachute in a duffel bag and made his way up the North Tower of the World Trade Centre. He claims to have been inspired after seeing a modle of the WTC. Quinn had long ago had his first taste of parachuting and absolutely loved it and wanted to die doing it. Quinn wore a blue football jersey with the biblical verse, a19:26: "But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, with men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible". When he landed he was arrested. He was booked and charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct, and reckless endangerment. (Base Jumping: 2011)
In 1976 Rick Sylvester skied off Canada's Mount Asgard for the ski chase sequence of the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me, giving the wider world its first look at BASE jumping.
Base Jumping.(2011). [online]. Jumping Off A Cliff, AVAILABLE at: : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASE_jumping [ACCESSED ON 24-3-2011]
Monday
flying high
This is my one and only time of gliding like a bird.
The feeling I had when doing this was terrific, it gave me a great sense of freedom.
What was amazing was how safe I felt.
I was so excited as I looked down at the people below on the beach, the view was so different from up here, I could see forever.
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