565 0 #1 January 30, 2007 Dear Fellow BASE jumper My name Is Omer Mei-Dan, I am long time Base Jumper and a Medical doctor in the field of Orthopedic and sports surgery. In collaboration with a friend, Dr. Erik Monasterio (from Bolivia/ New Zealand and an experienced, semi professional mountaineer and rock climber), we are conducting a research on a population of Base Jumpers (BJ). Erik who specializes in Forensic Psychiatry, is used to working with "risk-taking" populations and has published a number of research papers on the subject. He has recently published the first systematic study of a group of climbers. This study examined the "personality styles" of risk-taking climbers and also looked at how often they had accidents and what the death rate was (over a 4 year period). As there are no scientific studies of BJs, we believe that it would be very interesting to conduct a study on this unique population. The study would use validated, standardized personality assessment questionnaires. The information on personality characteristics of BJs will help us understand what it is that motivates BJs to participate in such a unique and extremely dangerous sport. I am sure that there are unique characteristics which motivate us and that we don't fully understand. This study will help to shed some light on those facts. It will also give us information on the frequency and severity of accidents. The study participants must volunteer to take part and they will remain anonymous. In recognition of the volunteer's participation we will forward the result findings to all participants, with an explanation of our conclusions. We would appreciate your cooperation by completing the intro letter and the two questionnaires which will be mailed to you upon request and by contacting and recruiting as many Base jumping friends as possible. The questionnaires can be answered in about 20 mins and sent back via Email. All data is to stay anonymous and will be statistically evaluated by Dr. Monasterio, in NZ. If the community of BJs dedicate a few minutes to this important study we would be provided with valuable information that will help us understand ourselves a lot better. We would appreciate your cooperation greatly. Thank you very much for your time Omer omer@extremegate.com Erik.Monasterio@cdhb.govt.nz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cesslon 0 #2 January 30, 2007 I'm that used to seeing/hearing the acronym "bj" and having it mean blow job, that I found the message funny each time I read that acronym call me childish if you want but by the time I go to Quote If the community of BJs I literally laughed out loud Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #3 January 30, 2007 Quote .... I literally laughed out loud So did a bunch of other people before the posts were deleted. The original thread had similar results the first time it was posted ==> BASE Research.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bofh 0 #4 January 31, 2007 Isn't it hard to get good results from such a study? I mean, the study will not be about BASE jumpers, but about BASE jumpers that like to help out with such a study. Are those two groups equal? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #5 January 31, 2007 QuoteIsn't it hard to get good results from such a study? I mean, the study will not be about BASE jumpers, but about BASE jumpers that like to help out with such a study. Are those two groups equal? absolutely not, sadly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #6 February 1, 2007 Hey Omer Thanks for doing this sorry i forgot to respond your mail.. Guys i took my few mins to fill this out try it yourself.. its a good cause..Looking forward to see the results Stay safe Stefan Faber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
