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- Moab Utah: Current Conditions : 73.0F, Clear - 3:43 AM MDT Jul. 20
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France: Current Conditions : 11C, Mostly Cloudy - 10:00 AM CEST
- Twin Falls Idaho: Current Conditions : 77F, Clear - 2:53 AM MDT Jul. 20
- Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland: Current Conditions : 20.6C, Mostly Cloudy - 11:11 AM CEST
- Lysebotn, Norway: Current weather: Partly Cloudy
- Arco, Italy: Current weather: Patchy light rain in area with thunder
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- Speedflying Video: Brévent Speed flying
- Speedriding Video: Jay and Will Speed Soaring Bobcats over Rhosilli bay on a very win
- Moab BASE: Welcome to Moab Base Adventures
- Moab BASE: Scouting in the Grand Canyon
- Moab BASE: Tandem Base Jump Video
- Moab BASE: B.A.S.E Jumping for Debutants (no ball gown required)
- Moab BASE: Another day at the office
- Moab BASE: Outside magazine online
- Moab BASE: “Birdmen” movie is now available
- Moab BASE: The Moab Sun News features MBA this week
- Moab BASE: Chris Hunter photography
- Moab BASE: MBA in the New York Times !
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- Moab Utah: Current Conditions : 97.0F, Clear - 3:30 PM MDT Jul. 19
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France: Current Conditions : 12C, Clear - 10:00 PM CEST Jul. 19
- Arco, Italy: Current weather: Patchy light rain in area with thunder
- Lysebotn, Norway: Current weather: Partly Cloudy
- Twin Falls Idaho: Current Conditions : 96F, Clear - 2:53 PM MDT Jul. 19
- Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland: Current Conditions : 17.8C, Partly Cloudy - 10:40 PM CEST
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| Skydiving: Friday Freakout: PC Entanglement. The “F” Word Comes To Mind. Posted: 20 Jul 2012 05:10 AM PDT  Skydiving is generally a happy place of fresh air, freedom, and fun. Except for the odd occasion when you’re plummeting towards the ground entangled in your pilot chute with a shit-ton of lines everywhere. Then the only thing coursing through [...]More... by iLoveSkydiving |
| Moab Utah: Current Conditions : 73.0F, Clear - 3:43 AM MDT Jul. 20 Posted: 20 Jul 2012 02:43 AM PDT Temperature: 73.0°F | Humidity: 54% | Pressure: 29.94in (Rising) | Conditions: Clear | Wind Direction: SE | Wind Speed: 1.0mph More... |
| Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France: Current Conditions : 11C, Mostly Cloudy - 10:00 AM CEST Posted: 20 Jul 2012 02:43 AM PDT Temperature: 11°C | Humidity: 32% | Pressure: hPa (Rising) | Conditions: Mostly Cloudy | Wind Direction: NNW | Wind Speed: 4km/h More... |
| Twin Falls Idaho: Current Conditions : 77F, Clear - 2:53 AM MDT Jul. 20 Posted: 20 Jul 2012 02:43 AM PDT Temperature: 77°F | Humidity: 29% | Pressure: 29.86in ( Falling) | Conditions: Clear | Wind Direction: ESE | Wind Speed: 7mph More... |
| Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland: Current Conditions : 20.6C, Mostly Cloudy - 11:11 AM CEST Posted: 20 Jul 2012 02:43 AM PDT Temperature: 20.6°C | Humidity: 60% | Pressure: 1016hPa (Steady) | Conditions: Mostly Cloudy | Wind Direction: WNW | Wind Speed: 1.6km/h More... |
| Lysebotn, Norway: Current weather: Partly Cloudy Posted: 20 Jul 2012 02:43 AM PDT |
| Arco, Italy: Current weather: Patchy light rain in area with thunder Posted: 20 Jul 2012 02:43 AM PDT |
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| Speedflying Video: Brévent Speed flying Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:19 PM PDT Brévent Speed flying by Youtube Speed Flying |
| Speedriding Video: Jay and Will Speed Soaring Bobcats over Rhosilli bay on a very win Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:19 PM PDT Jay and Will Speed Soaring Bobcats over Rhosilli bay on a very windy day by Youtube Speed Riding |
| Moab BASE: Welcome to Moab Base Adventures Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:32 PM PDT Welcome to Moab Base Adventures! We are excited about our new adventure in what we think is the greatest place on the planet. Check out this link of one of our recent adventures on Huffington Post: Mario flying from the Dragon’s Nest exit point in the Fisher Towers, landing on [...] More... by Moab BASE Adventures |
| Moab BASE: Scouting in the Grand Canyon Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:32 PM PDT We just got back home from the magnificent Grand Canyon where we flew around for over 2 hrs in *a remote section of this amazing landscape. This scouting project called for very specific location criteria and we found 4 suitable sites after checking out about 10 different ones. Greg, the [...] More... by Moab BASE Adventures |
| Moab BASE: Tandem Base Jump Video Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:32 PM PDT We started making tandem cliff jumps here in Moab in the beginning of the year, and made many jumps with experienced base jumpers in the first phase. We are lucky enough to have captured great footage of Amber, our first nonjumper friend to make a tandem cliff jump with us in Mineral Canyon. [...] More... by Moab BASE Adventures |
| Moab BASE: B.A.S.E Jumping for Debutants (no ball gown required) Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:32 PM PDT |
| Moab BASE: Another day at the office Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:32 PM PDT We are moving forward with phase 2 of the “Big Drop” project.It’s always interesting to see how stuff flies once airborne and jeans are no different.Different arrangements were tried to achieve the desired visual effect but mostly for predictable flight path down the cliff face. This project is on Kickstarter to [...] More... by Moab BASE Adventures |
| Moab BASE: Outside magazine online Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:32 PM PDT |
| Moab BASE: “Birdmen” movie is now available Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:32 PM PDT |
| Moab BASE: The Moab Sun News features MBA this week Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:32 PM PDT |
| Moab BASE: Chris Hunter photography Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:32 PM PDT Chris Hunter from Hunter Imagery is MBA’s pro photographer. You can see his work from our latest Parriott Mesa adventure jump.Tandem Base customer was Skye Taylor from Australia Here is the link to his pictures Nice work Chris ! The MBA Team More... by Moab BASE Adventures |
| Moab BASE: MBA in the New York Times ! Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:32 PM PDT A couple of months back, the NYT crew came to Moab to have a first hand view on how we do things.We are very pleased with the outcome and enjoyed reading the “drama” bits in the article Enjoy the reading and hope to see you in Moab soon ! Double the [...] More... by Moab BASE Adventures |
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| Moab Utah: Current Conditions : 97.0F, Clear - 3:30 PM MDT Jul. 19 Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT Temperature: 97.0°F | Humidity: 20% | Pressure: 29.89in ( Falling) | Conditions: Clear | Wind Direction: ESE | Wind Speed: 0.0mph More... |
| Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France: Current Conditions : 12C, Clear - 10:00 PM CEST Jul. 19 Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT Temperature: 12°C | Humidity: 40% | Pressure: hPa (Falling) | Conditions: Clear | Wind Direction: West | Wind Speed: 0km/h More... |
| Arco, Italy: Current weather: Patchy light rain in area with thunder Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT |
| Lysebotn, Norway: Current weather: Partly Cloudy Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT |
| Twin Falls Idaho: Current Conditions : 96F, Clear - 2:53 PM MDT Jul. 19 Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT Temperature: 96°F | Humidity: 10% | Pressure: 29.86in ( Falling) | Conditions: Clear | Wind Direction: NE | Wind Speed: 13mph More... |
| Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland: Current Conditions : 17.8C, Partly Cloudy - 10:40 PM CEST Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT Temperature: 17.8°C | Humidity: 73% | Pressure: 1016hPa (Steady) | Conditions: Partly Cloudy | Wind Direction: SSW | Wind Speed: 0.0km/h More... |
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| Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:13 PM PDT Date: June 6, 2011 Nationality: French Object Type: Earth Location: Dévoluy, Chateau de Cartes, France COD: Impact Wall Clothes / Suit: Wingsuit Description: After a Weekend on the spot with other wingsuiters, Bryan decided to enjoy the place alone for the whole week, living in his truck, saying that place was a wingsuit paradise. His body was recovered the next Saturday. According to forensics death occurred 5 days earlier. No witness. He was found at the bottom of the 1st "card" (in that line you fly proxy around peaks named "cards"), entangled in his lines, PC out. He seems to have pulled low in an emergency situation. bfl-footer footer BFL |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:02 PM PDT Date: June 13, 2011 Nationality: New Zealand Object Type: Earth Location: Sunndalssra (Hårstadnebba), Norway COD: Impact Wall Clothes / Suit: Tracking Suit Description: Jumping alone, tracking, fog on the upper part of the face. Was seen under canopy coming out of the upper valley without applying any inputs, spiraled into the next lower valley where he was found. Closing loop intact, Ted was found with the brakes still stowed (not released). Facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/ted.rudd bfl-footer footer BFL |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:17 AM PDT Date: March 26, 2009 Nationality: Canadian Object Type: Earth Location: Sass Pordoi, Dolomites, Italy COD: No-Pull / Impact Clothes / Suit: Normal clothes Description: The jump was to be a wingsuit ski base. Ski off of a mountain, do some flips, then pull on release cords that are attached to upward releasing ski bindings in order to jettison the skis and fly away from the wall in the wingsuit and deploy. Shane did a double back flip in perfect McConkey style. As planned, afterwards, he went to release his skis. This is where the jump went wrong. He was able to release the right ski, but not the left, to make matters worse, the right ski became in-tow on the left.. He remained focused on releasing them by reaching down to that left binding. This put him into a spin/ unstable falling style, that was out of his control and not his concern; Shane was only concerned with reaching that heel piece on his left ski so that he could release it and achieve a snag free deployment. His movements were intentional and deliberate. He succeeded in releasing that left ski off of his boot and then both skis were gone. He immediately transitioned into a perfect flying position; but he was too low. Less than a moment later, he impacted the snow, and died. Shane McConkey Documentary Trailer: Shane McConkey -- In Deep tribute bfl-footer footer BFL |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:13 AM PDT Date: November 13, 2009 Nationality: Swiss Object Type: Building Location: Sunrise Tower, Zürich, Switzerland COD: Building Strike (Canopy) Clothes / Suit: Normal clothes Description: Ueli was jumping an L shaped building, the 88m tall Sunrise Tower, during a promotional event. He jumped the side of the building facing the bottom of the L handheld. The glidepath he was on would put him very close to the edge of the building. He tucks his legs up and tries to clear it but it proves too be not enough and he clips the building edge with his legs. The impact flips him up and unloads the canopy. When his weight reloads on the canopy it appears to be asymmetrical and Ueli turned into the ground. He was taken to the hospital and treated in the Intensive Care Unit for two days at which point he died. Ueli was a very skilled jumper and respected by the community. TED Talk: Ueli Gegenschatz soars in a wingsuit: Ueli Gegenschatz Galway Bay Wingsuit Flight: bfl-footer footer BFL This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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| Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:10 AM PDT Date: June 26, 2011 Nationality: French Object Type: Earth Location: La Mousse, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland COD: Pilot-chute in tow Clothes / Suit: Tracking Suit Description: Account from best friend on the jump Quote: "Rodolphe, 31 years old, was an experienced wingsuiter who knew every single spot in the valley. On this jump he was wearing a trackingsuit. From the landing area, his 2 friends who had jumped before saw this: Normal launch, he fell and tracked a short 6 seconds then pulled, high. But we saw no Pilot Chute coming out. We then supposed his PC was in tow and waited for deployment. Rodolphe began to wait too in boxing position, then he started to worry. He looked behind him, did a slight rollover, saw his PC collapsed and struggled hard to open it, modifying his body position in many ways. He impacted trees on his back with nothing out. The bridle had entangled with the pilot chute, making a perfect knot." footer BFL |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:57 AM PDT Date: July 12, 2011 Nationality: American Object Type: Earth Location: Mushroom Exit, Eiger Mountain, Kleine Scheide, Switzerland COD: Gear Malfunction (Canopy) Clothes / Suit: Tracking suit Description: Our friend Jeremy went up the Eiger to jump the Mushroom on a clear morning on the 12th of August. Both him and the other jumper accompanying had under 100 jumps, but were extremely heads up jumpers. They reached the mushroom quickly, Jeremy went last....more information to come. He did not over-delay. Jeremy was a highly decorated combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps, skilled big mountain climber, and a great friend...the best always go first...RIP dude update: Jeremy's canopy suffered from multiple line failure on opening. Multiple factor seems to be involved : high lines made of 400lb dacron, heavy jumper, full-speed-track pull. It brings the question of structural absolute needs for our sport. We have been pushing the limits, asking for lighter and lighter gear... BASE gear has been overbuilt from the beginning, and as users we are more and more neglecting gear maintenance and structural limitations. There's been case of slider-down opening at terminal velocity with only minor material damage - this was the way to go until we wanted to increase the performance. Light gear is great. But it has drawbacks. We have to learn a major aspect of modern gear through this tragic accident. Each jumper have to figure out what the gear is designed for and what are the limitations. Manufacturers should together define a minimal standard for structural strength that has to be respected, whatever the clients are asking for. We rely on a single canopy system - which has now a very low failure rate. We can not afford having underbuilt material appearing on the market just because of the new trend of lightweight and low volume gear. bfl-footer footer BFL |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:52 AM PDT Date: July 18, 2011 Nationality: Norwegian Object Type: Earth Location: Romsdalhorn, Romsdalen, Norway COD: Low-Pull Clothes / Suit: Wingsuit Description: He had some problem finding his pilot chute his fingers were cold he said before the jump..but also to low when he start thinking pulling..His chute came out but to low. impact just after line stretch. bfl-footer footer BFL |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:49 AM PDT Date: August 14, 2011 Nationality: French Object Type: Earth Location: St. Julien Montdenis, France COD: TBD Clothes / Suit: Wingsuit Description: More information to come If you have any information for this fatality please get in contact with us.. Olivier Labauve. Nickname 'keud'. Experienced basejumper, was wearing a prodigy ws during the accident, weather ideal, no wind. bfl-footer footer BFL |
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