Trivial_Trekker 0 #1 February 26, 2006 I hear they can get quiet large (in excess of 400ft), but are extremely unstable. Just wondering... []DETE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bert_man 0 #2 February 26, 2006 by 'BASE jump a glacier' do you mean crevasses? There may be crevasses wide enough to permit a base jump if you know what your doing and/or are crazy enough. I don't think they can be over 400 feet though, because below that much weight, ice starts to flow without cracking (at least thats Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills says) Edit: does anybody know if 'crevasses' is the proper plural form of the word? it just sounds wrong... but then again so does 'crevassi' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirCanada 0 #3 February 26, 2006 A serac band is jumpable... there are plenty in the rockies that would be doable with skis. Maybe a few that would be doable without. People have certainly jumped / flown past serac bands after exiting from cliffs above. Sam Beagey flew a wing suit past some cool glaciers off some big cliff in Pak. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trivial_Trekker 0 #4 February 26, 2006 I was thinking more of something resmebling more of a cliff, such where Ice meats water. I was looking at some photos in a books and got wondering. What I really think would be even neater, would be to jump an Iceberg somewhere NW of Newfoundland. I think it would be a jump of a life time, b/c no one could repeat it. Your site would eventually melt away into the atalantic... Obviously you would need to have mad skills in both ice climbing and base jumping. I found this picture http://www.sgisland.org/download/wallpaper/iceberg.jpg very cool stuff []DETE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saf40 0 #5 February 26, 2006 QuoteI was thinking more of something resmebling more of a cliff, such where Ice meats water. I can't remember the sequence completely but you mean something like the icesheet in Die Another Day? ..with out the CGI obviously.. that would be cool though- but would need a back up team for boats etc (and if u dont land in a boat then you'd freeze bits off that you would rather keep.. Now if there was some site where a glacier has receeded to a 'lip' above a cliff/steep face (like a hanging valley) that would make for a nice jump! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AirCanada 0 #6 February 27, 2006 Quote Now if there was some site where a glacier has receeded to a 'lip' above a cliff/steep face (like a hanging valley) that would make for a nice jump! That would be what is known as a serac. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 914 0 #7 February 27, 2006 There is a serac jump with near glacier/ wall strike in a video called "focused" purchase here: http://www.digitaldividecwn.com/msp/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=25 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 460 0 #8 February 27, 2006 the answer is yes.Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Trivial_Trekker 0 #9 February 28, 2006 What about an Iceberg jump?? []DETE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ronald 0 #10 March 1, 2006 Quotethe answer is yes. If I am not mistaken, a french guy went for a commercial to Greenland, to jump a glacier. It flows down into a fjord, and the exit point is from the edge of the ice, above the water. Hight, about 70 meters. Yes, there are glaciers big like that. It did not work out the first time, bad weather. They went again in 2005, but I did not hear anything about the result, being OK or no. Anyway, glaciers big like that tend to break near the edge. Must be REALLY scary to stand on top of a glacier. Ronald Overdijk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
AirCanada 0 #6 February 27, 2006 Quote Now if there was some site where a glacier has receeded to a 'lip' above a cliff/steep face (like a hanging valley) that would make for a nice jump! That would be what is known as a serac. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
914 0 #7 February 27, 2006 There is a serac jump with near glacier/ wall strike in a video called "focused" purchase here: http://www.digitaldividecwn.com/msp/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=25 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
460 0 #8 February 27, 2006 the answer is yes.Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trivial_Trekker 0 #9 February 28, 2006 What about an Iceberg jump?? []DETE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ronald 0 #10 March 1, 2006 Quotethe answer is yes. If I am not mistaken, a french guy went for a commercial to Greenland, to jump a glacier. It flows down into a fjord, and the exit point is from the edge of the ice, above the water. Hight, about 70 meters. Yes, there are glaciers big like that. It did not work out the first time, bad weather. They went again in 2005, but I did not hear anything about the result, being OK or no. Anyway, glaciers big like that tend to break near the edge. Must be REALLY scary to stand on top of a glacier. Ronald Overdijk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
