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Anyway, Tom will never experience another moment in his life where he feels worthless. This forum has given his life a meaning that I'm sure he never expected as a young closet homosexual.

Hey blitzkrieg, your post isn't original cuz I said that first: I said, "Half of you Base jump so you can say you base jump." What I wrote is what you meant.

Yeah, I think that's my point. You might actually hate your life so much that you feel like you have nothing left to live for, but if you start BASE jumping at that point, then it neccessarily proves that at the very least you believe that the act of BASE jumping might change some aspect of your life therebye making it worth living again and that very idea is worth living for which is something even in the midst of the darkest depression. However, if you actually say that you started BASE jumping because you wanted to die because you had nothing left to live for, so what the hey? Why not die doing something cool? Well then that proves that you don't know what you are talking about when it comes to your own life and motivations and therefore you should be the last person on the planet making judgements about other people and their motivations especially in the capacity as moderator of this forum. Here's why I BASE jump, using lyrics from Faith no More: Q. "Why do you do what you do?" A. "I do what I wanna do." Q. "Who said you could do what you do?" A. "I told you who, told me to. I do what I wanna do"

Hey Tom, wasn't your original "I wanna die" motivation somehow related to a breakup? It's funny to me how some people get all emotional and say they wanna base jump cuz they have nothing left to live for. None of you have any clue about having nothing left to live for cuz you're all still alive, and no one close to you has ever truly believed that either otherwise you'd have personal experiences with suicide and you wouldn't think it would be so cool to say stuff like, "back then I felt like I had nothing to live for" Half of you Base jump so you can say you base jump, that's the fact that you all find hard to admit.

Coco, based on the length of your response, I'm gonna go ahead and assume that you have begun your BASE career caring entirely too much whether or not the internet people approve of you. Keep up the BASE jumping, but stop the caring before it kills you. You'll ignore my advice and become one of "them" I have no doubt. -jimmy

Hey what happened? Did all of the really pretty girls loose interest after I left? Good thing for you guys that even the B-team girls in Columbia are still super models.

Bro! What a blast! I have never seen a more professional group of people. Three days in Columbia with you and Cliff, three jumps off that beautiful building, and a truly amazing experience. I can't wait to go back for more. Tell everyone at the advertising agency, the production company, and Extremne Productions, that is was an absolute pleasure. Thanks again, jimmy

Haven't you heard? I'm already a criminal. About wasting people's time with this interview? I just figured that the thread on John showed sufficient interest as well as the fact that this weekend at the DZ I was asked, "what's up with John?" about 50 times. I figured I'd let him speak for himself. If it doesn't interest you don't watch it. But there were somewhere around 10,000 views on the thread deidcated to roasting him. BTW, I've been sent all kinds of laws lately; could someone please send me the one on Harboring a criminal or whatever it's called?

Hey All, Anyone interested in the ongoing saga of John Agnos can check out an interview I did with him last night. I put it up on skydiving movies, base section.

drama? Anyway, my favorite is acually this one. Nice pilot chute, huh? Yeah we all forgot our body armor that day, my bad.

This guy takes sick shots. Of course many of you already know that, but for those who don't... www.chrisbazil.com

Alright, that's not a hooded sweatshirt. Fair enough. Then it's got to be the cammo pants. As everybody knows, God has officially banned the use of camoflauge clothing among the non-military, heterosexual population. The off heading opening is just a warning. Keep wearing those pants, and I bet God gets midieval on your ass.

Duh, didn't you read the thread from a while back about BASE jumping with hooded sweatshirts?

Hey Avery, Did you get your minute???? No doubt you have or will soon. Thanks man, alhtough i already knew that, and although you could have said it privately, I appreciate you throwing that up here. Anyway, can't wait to hear all about the trip when you get back. peace

Wow, It would appear that Melissa is handling our recent break up pretty well. I definitely deserve it. I mean look at what I gave up...She's an ultra rich baller, she's going to be the youngest, and probably hottest, female aerobatic pilot to ever compete in the unlimited class. And look at that plane in her image photo, (my shot by the way). That's an edge 540. WOW! Who in their right mind would let that slip through their fingers? Idiot. All I can say to Melissa is the same thing I've been telling her for a couple of weeks: Sorry, but I don't believe we are "meant" to be together. Oh yeah, and I'm sorry because it looks like you feel stupid for sticking up for me from the beginning with this whole Clair dramatazation. Well you've definitely made your point now. No one will ever mistake you for being on my side ever again. By the way. How much of this has to do with you thinking I cheated on you with Clair, and how much of it has to do with our debate over who really owns the Mojo 190? I mean, I know you think I traded that rig for the $600 Sharp Shooter rig you got from that guy in Canada, but if you think back...I only agreed to trade if the Protest in the Park jump went off. It wouldn't make sense for me to trade that rig for the Mojo 190 for any other reason than to get it intentionaly confiscated. I have a potential buyer for the Canadian rig, so I can get your $600 back, but I'm definitely keeping the Mojo. Public discussions about private matters are fun. Hey Pete S. Just out of simple curiosity, how much older is your wife than you? Not that it has anything to do with my break up with Melissa, just wondering. H. Honestly I. I D. Don't G. Give A. A F. Fuck -jimmy

Based on Kant's categorical imperative, "Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it would become a universal law," I guess I'd have to admit to being a little unethical, but that doesn't change the fact that I think a lot of other jumpers are too who are usually not considered such. Sorry, I'm sure we're all over this thread by now.

Hey Outrager, thanks for the Post. And thanks for bringing up how lame my videos are. I fully agree, and I'd like to thank all of you who have still bought them from me as I try to bring myself up to the same standards as Jeb and...well all those other guys putting out stunning videos. I know my videos aren't as funny as Jeb's but hey I'm just not willing to have another man smash his face into my naked butt, but maybe that's the difference between me and him: I hate it when people kiss my ass. By the way have you seen Keen 'n Able yet? It's morre than just a BASE video: It has a wind tunnel section with David Gershfeld (who won the Fly Boyz film Festival this year), it has a swooping section with TJ Landgren (a World Class Swooper who's easily in the top five int the world), It has an Aerobatic Flying section with Melissa Andrzejewski (the youngest female pilot in the world to compete in aerobatics in the Unlimited Class), it has Douggs' footage from Norway this Summer (which everyone has to agree is the best air to air relative tracking footage ever shot.) It's got a Lodi Sequentials section, that's freeflying. (Funny that tree should bring up the Chronicles videos, cuz Olav, Omar, and Charlse all thought that the freeflying was FREAKING AMAZING, actually better than any sequential freeflying video to date.) hhhhmmmm , let's see what else? Oh yeah it has a guy crashing a P-51 Mustang on landing, it's got the best shots I could muster of Jt Holmes, Shane McConkey, Miles Daisher, and myself (nothing earth shattereing to be sure, but hey, I'm still working at it.) All of it was shot in the months between Feb. '05 and Nov. '05, and it was budgeted with what I made filming tandems over the summer. Sorry everybody if my videos aren't very good. I'm trying my best to be a nice guy, a good BASE jumper, and a top shelf video Producer. I was just spread a little thin last year, so I'm gonna cut out the trying to be a nice guy part in the future. But if you actually look at what I was trying to do with Keen 'n Able, maybe you will have an idea of what I'm trying to do in general. Not that I have ever expected anyone to care, or see things the way I do.

My BASE progression since 1989. (If any one cares) Good question. Very little activity until '99-2000. The last 3-4 years have just been more videoistically apparent. Reason #1 I did very few jumps between the time of my first BASE jump and around '99 because I percieved BASE jumpers as reckless A-holes who were generally on beer and meth, and would just as likely leave you for dead as help you out of a gnarly situation. Reason #2 I had thought that BASE jumping wasn't a desireble sport compared to skydiving because it appeared to me that people were falling off low shit and pulling a parachute before they hit the ground. I din't see the body flight skills that I enjoy so much as a skydiver. Then in 1999 enter Aussie Pete. That kid not only showed me that there were a whole new breed (my perspective) of jumpers that were unlike those I had experienced before, but they were also "flying" their bodies in sub-terminal air as opposed to just falling off things. I was amazed at what I saw Pete doing and BASE jumping appeled to me for the first time as a respectable way to spend time and energy. But I was always around the sport. I wasn't an active BASE jumper, although I had a few, but I have been around this joint for a bit. I was very good friends with Frank, even before Miles started jumping. Dennis McGlynn showed me how to film tandems, and Harry Parker and I have had a few good times back in the day. Wheter I'm right or not, I've been watching this sport and it's participants for half my life. I just wonder who's in charge of making the decisons about who's ethical and whos not. The scale seems to slide all over the place. Not a big deal, just what I see. It seems attitudes offend more than actions,and that's fine but the word ethics is getting old. THat's why I was using "BASEicaly Correct" like things that are "politicaly correct," you never know when it's gonna change.

Damn Tree, first my girlfriend went off on you, and then a 17 yr. old girl told you to sut up. Aw Snap.

I was wondering when someone was going to have the guts to say that. All the woulda's cuolda's in the world hold no value when compared to what actualy happened, and in that case nothing happened. Maybe we got lucky, but I checked and not even a scratch. Furthermore, programming went on as usual. I know what would have happened if it hit the dish, but it didn't. Believe me, we were crapping our pants. I didn't sleep well for two weeks, but eventually I was like wow, we got lucky. And then people were like "are you gonna put that in the video, it's gonna piss so many people off." and I was like, "hell yeah I'm gonna put that in the video cuz I happen to think it's hilarious." There's another BASE video out where this guy is talking about a time when he went through the window of a building with his body, did a ton of damage, and got caught. Unlike my scenario it actually did cost him about $5,000. He's kind of laughing while he tells the story too. Well we got lucky with the bike, he didn't get so lucky with his body.. Anyway, what's the diffference? Does it matter. I put the bike jump in and you know what...people love it. They're like "oh Shit! What happened to the bike? oh man that's crazy." some people are like, "You are such a reckless asshole." hhhmmmm.

Oh yeah, and Faber, I was recently in the UAE filming some jumps. While there I shattered the old UAE beering drinking record. On my 33rd birthday I drank a yard of beer in 5.06 seconds. The old record had been set by an Aussie rugby player and had stood for two years: 7.8 sconds. The Manager of food and beverages of the 5 star Hilton Hotel said my time was a "new standard" my picutre is on the wall and everything. In doing so I got myself invited to the World Beer Drinking Championships which will be held later this year in Thailand.

Faber, well said about the group thing. The reason I periodicaly post things like ths is because of another group...group number "I'm just learning to BASE jump and I read the BASE zone to figure out what the sport is all about." I want them to know that nothing is 100% defined. Lifwwithoutanet, if that bike had caused that antenna to get hot, or if the stucture had been damaged in any way shape or form, nobody would have ever even known that the jump took place. i sat on that footage for eight months, and I wish I could blame this thread on your post, but it's actualy in response to Tom's. Who by the way shuld be impartial on this forum cuz he's a moderator...he sais, "In all honesty, I think the major difference is in attitude. Jeb (for example, but this category could include a bunch of folks like Troy Hartmann, Carl Boenish, etc) approaches other BASE jumpers with a relatively friendly, non-arrogant attitude. He understands that there are other jumpers in the world, and he makes an effort to interact with them in a positive way. While that doesn't excuse any specific ethical transgressions, it does make it more likely that he'll be forgiven by other jumpers. If he were to do his thing and then yell "screw you guys, I'm the best in the world, and I'll do whatever I want!" at the top of his lungs, as often as possible, and as publicly as he could, he'd probably get a very different reception from most other jumpers. Human interaction isn't that hard to puzzle out. Be a nice guy, don't blow your own horn in other peoples faces', and don't engage in an active campaign to intentionally antagonize other jumpers--and they are far more likely to be friendly and forgiving. " I don't think i misunderstood him. Hypocrite. And I'm not buying any "good ole days" B.S. about how BASE jumpers used to act more ethicaly than me. My dad was left in 1991 at the bottom of a canyon in Arizona, at an elevation of 6,000 ft., in November, with a broken back, all night, to die. Ever spent the night at six thousand feet, in Arizona, in November? By yourself because your BASE "Mentor" was scared to get caught? My dad din't die, but I still have a hard time accepting that the good old day jumpers were more mature than me.

and if you'll re-read my post post you'll notice that I said the majority dictates what's ethical damn skin you'da chimp

Is it ok for a person to eat another person if he's really humble, nice, and not dayblazing while he does it? Just trying to get the correct definiton.

See, that is exactly my point. You guys care way too much if I brag. Who cares? The point is about ethics. Expect me to be humble if you want, but when I'm not, don't cunfuse the issue with ethics. Say, "he's got a bad attitude." And when you have done what Iv'e done, tell me how I could have changed my attitude while I did it. If my tone makes it difficult for you to stay on topic that says more about you than me. -peace