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Hoping we'll get at last a movie that shows a minimum of respect to the activity, not like what can show baumgartner or dumont... Sorry to name them, but I don't appreciate the representation they give of this sport. I hope the canadians will do better. Nico

-> www.meteosuisse.ch ('s' missing) This one's particulary useful : http://www.twic.ch/wcam/image.jpg (note the date) Merci Fish. Hidden under my question was this one : is people still jumping there in this season ? I don't realize how late in the season we can jump there? Maybe even in winter ? Nico

Hi, I can't reach the webcam of base 1007 CH website. Can anyone tell me what the weather looks like these days in LB valley, and if it seems worth travelling there this week-end? Weather web sites seem to say : rain will be ok, but wind getting strong. Well, these are just forecasts... Thanks. Nico

Third jump, from a local quite high bridge, already jumped the two previous times. Winter, no wind, thursday end of afternoon, getting out of work. Huge snowflakes slowly getting down, covering the metal corner of the bridge where we usually put our feet and push (well... 'push', not that hard. After all, it's a bridge). This evening, everything is frozen, the bridge fence also, and everything is really slipping. I take sooo much time to get ready, hand held, and get on the good side of the fence taking care not to slip. There, I realize I've absolutly no way just to make a *nice* straight step. I *will* slip, then go head down, or twist, or what else. For a 3rd jump, I want to be clean. I found a bold screwed on the metal surface, and put a foot on it, using it to get some grip. I jump, and I start going head down. Not that much, but for a 3rd jump, this scared me. Opening very hard, but on heading. The snow's still falling dense, and through I know the landing, and can't see nothing but some blurred white and grey ground. 15 meters before ground, I see the ground MOVING. Then I land amongst a herd of frozen and scared sheeps that I just awoke, spreading away in the field. What kind of cruel farmer can let their animals in such a cold... Nico

It looks like the most regular readers of this forum among those are Mikki_ZH and BASE_1007. You should also check out the BASE 1007 web page, which has quite a lot of information on Swiss BASE. Thanks a lot Tom. Nico

I'm trying the same search for switzerland, but a search this detailed must be an administrator privilege ? If so, may you run the same query for switzerland ? Or may any switz base jumper PM me ? Thanks a lot. Nico

Wind can blow through a crane, so I would call it an antenna... Wind blows around and above a water tower, so I would call it a building. Nico

As a junior base jumper, I haven't yet seen so many different packing technics. And when looking at my own way to do, I realize that during packing, I could bind the lines close to the canopy to ensure they stay centered, and prevent them from going apart the center. And then of course remember to remove the binding cord before putting the lines in the tailgate. Am I describing a 20 years old known technic ? Nico