BASE is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, antennas (referring to radio masts), spans (bridges) and earth (cliffs).[1][2] Participants jump from a fixed object such as a cliff and, after an optional freefall delay, deploy a parachute to slow their descent and land. A popular form of BASE jumping is wingsuit BASE jumping.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASE_jumping

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[–] [S] 13 points 3 days ago*

Photographer Carl Boenish helped coin BASE as a description of the sport’s adrenaline-inspiring launch points (buildings, antennas, spans, earth) in 1978, when he videotaped early jumps from Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan rock formation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/base-jumper-fatally-plunges-700-feet-wingsuit-failure-utah-rcna600114

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