B.A.S.E. jumping

A form of base jumping — An extreme sport consisting of jumping from a fixed structure on land, using a parachute.

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nounB.A.S.E. jumping (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountablehobbiesAlternative form of BASE jumping.

    If any of the extreme sports can be considered truly high risk, then B.A.S.E. Jumping is that sport. […] Modern B.A.S.E. jumping is believed to have started in 1978, where daring parachutists first began jumping off of El Capitan, a 3,000 foot (915m) cliff high above Yosemite National Park.

    1996, Joe Tomlinson, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports, Carlton Books, →ISBN, page 12
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