jeb 0 #1 September 25, 2006 Hello everyone, I need a little help getting some information. What were the names of the first two men to jump the empire state building. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
460 0 #2 September 25, 2006 1) Owen Quinn 2) Mike McCarthy (not sure of this one) but NickDG claims its a person named "Van Refuse." From Nick: There will never be a WTC Towers #7. Owen Quinn, WTC #1 Van Refuse, WTC #2 Nic Feteris, WTC #3 (who also got the Statue of Liberty) John Vincent, WTC# 4 Thor Alex, WTC # 5 I know who it is, but I can't I tell you, WTC #6 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1047494;search_string=world%20trade%20center%20base;#1047494Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dman 0 #3 September 25, 2006 Hello Jeb, I can help you get in touch with Mike mc.I am close to his brother.E mail me if you are interested. VRANK [email protected] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Treejumps 0 #4 September 25, 2006 Hey CHris, Jeb was asking about ESB, not WTC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 0 #5 September 25, 2006 WTC is a lot like the Empire State Building, only completely different.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #6 September 25, 2006 Alistair Boyd and Mike McCarthy if I remember correctly. Both were daytime static line jumps. I'd have to go look up the year, but it was probably the late 80s. NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zoter 0 #7 September 25, 2006 Why static line jumps Nick..? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeb 0 #8 September 25, 2006 Thank you very much Nick :) I knew I could count on you... Jeb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #9 September 25, 2006 Yes, static lining it seems a bit weird by today's standards and some of us even questioned it at the time. If I had to guess the reason I would say Alistair and Mike were both from Europe and at the time, they didn't have a lot of tall objects to freefall. The Brits, especially, were the kings of static line BASE. And this was during a time it was being shunned in the U.S. in favor of direct bag. The advice in those days, if you wanted to learn static line BASE, was go find a Brit. The changes that have occurred in the last twenty years, in terms of gear, techniques, and available objects is hard to judge unless you lived it, but the older I get the more I appreciate what the Brits were able to accomplish at the time. In the end, I'm sure Mike and Alistair knew they could freefall it, but they probably figured it was such a high profile jump they'd be better off sticking with what they were the most comfortable with. And that makes sense . . . Besides they were probably sweating the landing more than the launch. There's a video (I have it somewhere) and they didn’t seem to have any trouble getting over the fence, hooking in, and going. Of course meaningful security on the ESB observation platform was almost non-existent in those days. I must add the following because it did occur. There were more than a few American BASE jumpers pissed at them (not me, I was global before it was cool, ) for bagging such a premier American object, not because they burned it, that wasn't a big worry in those days, it was the fact the bloody wankers did it first . . . Jake's book "Groundrush" gives a good account of the state of BASE jumping in Great Britain at the time and it's a little jewel of a BASE time capsule if you can find a copy. NickD BASE 194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JOY 0 #10 September 26, 2006 Boyd and McCarthy were on the Johnny Carson show a few days after it happened. It was very funny and positive for the sport shown as fun not totally crazy. Mike did most of the talking and Johhny loved it and showed the video. I think it was Boyd's canopy that wrapped around the top of a light pole so he was hung up and the cops got him. I think it was Mike that got away but could be the other way around. Talk about some jealous American BASE jumpers back then who all felt that King Kong's building at least deserved a freefall. Rick Harrison [email protected][email protected] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aj4218 0 #11 September 26, 2006 An old post which will help illuminate: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1746483;search_string=aj4218;#1746483 Al PS It was Mike who got a line caught. You wouldn't believe what else the publicity led to for them! It was April 1986. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tfelber 0 #12 September 26, 2006 In that photo it looks like he is going handheld??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pocbase 0 #13 September 26, 2006 Yes but that particular photo is from the Eiffel tower. The ESB pic is in the first posst of that thread.The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win! Enfin j'ai trouvé: Bieeeen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amibovered 0 #15 September 26, 2006 Landing Wingsuit ?If theirs a hell bellow, We're all gonna go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeb 0 #16 September 26, 2006 The landing project is on hold till I am able to find additional funding. I am working on it... Jeb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amibovered 0 #17 September 26, 2006 Pm me if you need any help. If theirs a hell bellow, We're all gonna go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
