Cave Base

[NewGuy 0]

This is just nuts...
Cave Base Jumping
...but sure looks like a lot of fun!!!!
NewGuy

[flow 1]

Man, that must be an insane feeling jumping to a dark cave, as you probably can't see a thing in the cave before your eyes get used to it.

[RemiAndKaren 0]

Thats not so bad!
I know someone (think its BJ) jumped from a chopper above the whole, and I've heard rumors atht Patrick de Gayardon reached Terminal Velocity before entering the cave (but I've never seen any documented report on it.. Any one?)
Remi
Muff 914

[flow 1]

That is nuts. :)
Really, to get into terminal velocity you need to jump quite high, and I guess it is hard to spot the jump so that you hit the hole, not the wall. Sliding might make it even worse, you might hit the hole just to find out the wall of the cave in your face.
.j

[Viking 0]

one question would it be possible to put a Hi po canopy into a tight spin and just sink it right down into the cave??
I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver

[Jesse 0]

Absolutely amazing

[freeflir29 0]

"Hi po canopy into a tight spin and just sink it right down into the cave??"
The problem would be setting up to land. You would be going so fast that you might not have enough room.......
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Clay

[AggieDave 6]

I guess it would suck to swoop into a wall of the cave, or a stalagtight...Those are definately some crazy people, although I wouldn't mind BASE jumping some day, a cave jump may be a little much.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton-

[mountainman 0]

Hey Remi....I remember seeing the video of PdG jumping into the cave and being terminal. He was flying when he went into that hole.
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[Geoff 0]

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one question would it be possible to put a Hi po canopy into a tight spin and just sink it right down into the cave??

I understand the cave is quite narrow at the top, but opens up considerably wider a few hundred feet down. So it would be difficult.
Maybe it would be easier to fly a HP canopy low over the entrance aperture, chop, delay, then use a reserve ?!
And maybe it wouldn't.
Geoff

[mnischalke 0]

I was thinking this was some cool stuff until I noticed how the extraction worked. 1,100 feet of rope attached to a makeshift winch is the fricking insane part.
Oh, dave, don't worry about the stalactites, worry about the stalagmites. Them's the ones with the pointy parts up.
mike
Black then white are all I see, in my infancy...

[flow 1]

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1,100 feet of rope attached to a makeshift winch is the fricking insane part.

Yeah... when you just thought you had survived the jump, then fall from the shift just before you got up.

[Hugo 0]

I too remember the film with Patrick de Gayardon (think it was him?!) and a team of people doing helli jumps into the cave. They actually had some ground footage of one of them going "through" the hole so you actually experienced they're fall rate. Not sure if it was terminal though as they were definately flat and jumping solo! ...nutters ;p

[flyhi 24]

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I too remember the film with Patrick de Gayardon (think it was him?!) and a team of people doing helli jumps into the cave.

I remember seeing BJ Worth and a crew do that for one of those I Can't Fucking Believe They're Doing That! whuffo TV shows, but they definitely weren't terminal. Still neat, though.
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flyhi

[hisgoofyness 0]

does anyone know the video of patrick heli jumping in to the cave, or where i might find that footage
hisgoofyness
its a bird, its a plane, no wait, its one goofy s.o.b.

[RemiAndKaren 0]

Yeah Flyhi.. thats the one documented jump I've seen (BJ)....
Remi
Muff 914

[freefallfreak 0]

Newguy,
No thanks...I don't think I'm that brave yet...(but maybe if someone could transplant a little hair around the opening, I'd get frisky)...
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