Flying_Penguin 0 #1 March 22, 2007 Well I heard some crazy Whffo shit before --> what if the chute doesn’t open etc… but earlier today I was teaching and I had a client who was sure her son had done a tandem base jump in the Switzerland, I thought paragliding? but she had details that seemed to ensure that it was a rapid decent? A paraglide swoop to the floor? I just can’t see the two person exit with a virgin, and the track? It could be done but she must have got it wrong? I guess I just got chapped because I love BASE and feel special and reverent about it. So I’m just curios is there anything like a tandem base in the Swiss valley that she got mixed up with? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unclecharlie95 3 #2 March 22, 2007 Tandem BASE jumps have been done on a few ocassions, Ted Strong at BD back in the 80s and the late Thor Alex from an E in Norway (see 1st BASE) and probably others. But from the walls of the cheesy valley, with a newbie, I doubt it! They do fly skydive and paraglider tandems into the valley though..BASEstore.it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greeny 0 #3 March 23, 2007 Managed to talk my girlfriend out of being a Tandam with aguy who was trying to do one at KL. Spoke to anouther girl recently who the same guy tried to talk into going of perrine. he has a rig he built for it, so not as unbelieveable as you might think. All very scary Greeny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skydawg 0 #4 March 23, 2007 I think Tom B and DW did one? Definitely weren't newbie's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreenMachine 0 #5 March 23, 2007 Taking a virgin tandem from 8,000 feet can be scary enough for both parties but doing it from 486' just seems plain wrong!! However, I did work with a guy at my last job who said he did a tandem BASE jump years ago on a family vacation in Switzerland. Normally I would have called "bullshit" on the spot but instead my buddy (a Ranger) and I just smiled and let him be a liar.Rigger, Skydiver, BASE Jumper, Retired TM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stein 0 #6 March 24, 2007 Thor Alex with a virgin, note that the virgin is taking the final steps Stein Tandem base Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreenMachine 0 #7 March 25, 2007 Hey Stein, thank you for the video clip. That exit looked better than I thought it would. Nonetheless, the guy I worked with was still a liar Rigger, Skydiver, BASE Jumper, Retired TM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
