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Since I was cluttering another thread, I decided to create another.

Do you think it is a good thing, a bad thing or a totally irrelevant thing to get people who want to get into our sport to first read the BASE Fatalities List.

I personnally think it is a good thing because people coming into BASE have some parachuting knowledge. Then again I am still new.

I would like some opinions on the subject

Thanks

poc
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The List is the very first section of my First Jump Course reader, as well as being part of the topic for the first lecture I give in every FJC (the risks of BASE jumping).

I think it's mandatory.
-- Tom Aiello

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Cool:)
Had a little moment of doubt before starting this poll.
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I consider the list mandatory reading for anyone who's thinking about getting into BASE. With so many videos out there which make BASE look really cool, I think it's important to provide some balance by showing what can (and frequently does) go wrong.

For more experienced jumpers, I think the list is equally valuable as a reminder of how easily we can get into a situation from which we cannot recover. Almost certainly, most of the jumpers on the list thought things were going to go just great prior to their fatal jump.

Michael

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From another thread:

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Telling them to read the list is'nt really about instruction. It's part of a reality check they need make in there decision to get involved in base.

Lee



Maybe I should have worded the poll otherwise.
While I agree that it is a reality check, I still do think than in reading you are learning what mistakes were made. Without trying to sound sarcastic, that would then make it about instruction wouldn't it?
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Nick why do you respond like that?

And why dont you reply om my pm´s and mails? you dont want to sell that flik of yours??:P

Stay safe
Stefan Faber

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Here we go again . . .

NickD :)BASE 194



Its like a circle... kinda like fashion...
Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

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lets let it be a choice ... just as jumpin
i actually just read it in full for the first time ... its depressing but guess that the purpose ... to make us think and then choose.
blaine

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It is a part of the picture. That is the other side of the cutting edge. If you can stand it what are you looking for here?

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Like....circles are sooooo last week
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Hey Nick,

Those poll numbers must make you feel pretty good regarding your efforts, eh?

Tony

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It is a part of the picture. That is the other side of the cutting edge. If you can stand it what are you looking for here?



I don't understand what you're asking
The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win!
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Oh I see
I do BASE jump
The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win!
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>>Those poll numbers must make you feel pretty good regarding your efforts, eh?<<

No way brother - I wish there was no List.

NickD :(
BASE 194

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Why?

I do not wish anyone's death, but they do teach by example and they won't be forgotten.

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i think the Fatality list is very good for jumpers, new or old school. but i think that the public see it in a different way, the news, wuffos, they look at it like almost a declaration of our 'extremeness'.

but i dont really give a damn what the wuffos think. BASE is hopeless, in all ways and all approaches. that is one of the reasons i like it so much.

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Note I didn't say good regarding the list I said good regarding your efforts. I think these numbers really demonstrate how much it is appreciated and useful.

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REQUIRED READING is my vote. Who knew packing in the snow could kill you???


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When them stupid ass bitches ask why

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>>BASE is hopeless<<

And the reason BASE will last forever . . .

NickD :)BASE 194

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What list what are u talking about nobdy ever dies BASE jumping the worst thing that could happen is u twist an ankle running from the cops. the whole death thing is just a myth like unicorns
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Be careful there, some of us here still believe in unicorns
You're making a big assumption calling them a myth
The bums will never win Lebowski, the bums will never win!
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a myth like unicorns



Crap. I feel the same way at the moment as when I found out there was no Santa Claus.
Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

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Crap. I feel the same way at the moment as when I found out there was no Santa Claus.



Feel good again
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