BASE In Malaysia

[JamesNahikian 0]

Appropriate for the Base forum, though I thought the coverage would interest most of you. Check out http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2614761.stm for a story, with photos, on jumping the world's second-best B.

D. James Nahikian
CHICAGO

[Gawain 0]

clicky..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2614761.stm

edit to add: BTW, some nice pics in here. I must say that in nearly every way, I am very impressed with BBCs website. Fantastic depth in so many areas.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[freefallfreak 0]

Gawain,

Clicky-ed...nice...thank you.

FFF

"Upon seeing the shadow of a pigeon, one must resist the urge to look up."

[TomAiello 26]

Here is another press link. For most of us, it's just a cool photo. Some people around here can probably read it, though.

Malaysia is lots of fun. The best part is sneaking out and making bandit loads without the (BASE jumper) organizers finding out. This place is pretty much BASE paradise.

Wish you were all here!

-- Tom Aiello

Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com
SnakeRiverBASE.com

[TomAiello 26]

I am the second photo from the bottom on the BBC page. Note the stealthy colors of my canopy...

Hmmm. Maybe I ought to get a DZ.com shirt and wear it for some jumps. Maybe Sangiro would sponsor me a logo canopy...

-- Tom Aiello

Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com
SnakeRiverBASE.com

[PhreeZone 20]

Tom.... that Dayglo yellow center cell canopy? Accourding to the BBC thats "Swedish skydiver Magnus Svensson"

Might want to tell the BBC who "Unidentified skydiver" is with the Rainbow canopy .

I do like the Troll in the last pic flown by "Croatia's skydiver Robert Fry"

Yesterday is history
And tomorrow is a mystery

Parachutemanuals.com

[skymama 37]

Nice picture, Tom. I like the caption, "It is a long distance from the top of the world's tallest buildings". That's not exactly what I was thinking!

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[skreamer 1]

Oops, didn't realize this had already been posted when I posted it in the BASE forum.

[ernokaikkonen 0]

>Oops, didn't realize this had already been posted when I
>posted it in the BASE forum.
in the spirit of post whoring:
It's a good thing you let us know anyway.

[narcimund 0]

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That's not exactly what I was thinking!

Looking over the New River Gorge Bridge, your companion says, "Oooo. It's so high." Meanwhile you're thinking, "Oooo. It's so low."

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[TomAiello 26]

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Looking over the New River Gorge Bridge, your companion says, "Oooo. It's so high." Meanwhile you're thinking, "Oooo. It's so low."

That's because your companion is a BASE jumper. It is awfully high...

-- Tom Aiello

Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com
SnakeRiverBASE.com

[TomAiello 26]

Yeah, Magnus and I had a laugh over it. They've mislabelled virtually all the photos.

I'm sure that Robert Pecnik is well known enough to skydivers the world over that it doesn't bother him to get labelled as Robert Fry.

And I can't wait to tell Dwain that he is somehow related to Jimmy Freeman. Perhaps it's a recent marriage?

The article sounds good, though, as long as you don't really know who the people are, or what each person actually said.

-- Tom Aiello

Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com
SnakeRiverBASE.com

[narcimund 0]

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That's because your companion is a BASE jumper. It is awfully high...

Yeah, well somebody told me I'm not ready to jump off a 1700 foot running exit A, so I guess I'll have to wait to join him.

First Class Citizen Twice Over