BASE & Wingsuit
Carl Boenish founding modern BASE jumping, Felix Baumgartner's stratosphere jump, wingsuit proximity-flying, Luke Aikins jumping without a parachute.
Part of Extreme Sports
6 moments in this segment.
- — Carl Boenish — first El Cap BASE jump. Filmmaker Carl Boenish films four skydivers BASE-jumping from El Capitan. The BASE acronym (Building / Antenna / Span / Earth) is coined; modern BASE is born.
- — Jeb Corliss — Grinder. Jeb Corliss flies a wingsuit through a narrow gap in Tianmen Mountain, China. The crash at Table Mountain a year later (he survives) becomes one of the most-watched wingsuit clips.
- — Felix Baumgartner — Red Bull Stratos. Felix Baumgartner jumps from 39 km in the stratosphere, breaking the sound barrier in free-fall. Live-streamed to ~8 million concurrent viewers on YouTube — the largest live stream in YouTube history at the time.
- — Valery Rozov — Everest BASE jump. Valery Rozov BASE-jumps from 7,220 m on Everest's north face. The highest BASE jump ever recorded; Rozov dies four years later jumping in the Himalayas.
- — Alan Eustace — higher than Stratos. Google engineer Alan Eustace jumps from 41.4 km — higher than Baumgartner. With minimal fanfare; the Stratos PR machine has moved on.
- — Luke Aikins — 25,000 ft without a parachute. Luke Aikins jumps from 25,000 ft without a parachute, landing in a 100×100 ft net in Simi Valley, California. Broadcast live on Fox.
