Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

iStan21

Re: [pocbase] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

pocbase wrote: The only thing is that they want you to go head low, in a diving position due to the snatch especially from the higher ones; that's not good for BASE.
On some lower bridges you can choose to bind the bungee around your hips and not around your ankles. This setup allows you to jump in position you want. Kind of like on a regular rope jump as you said.

iStan21

Re: [iStan21] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

Did anyone here ever heard about practicing pulling/ throwing dummy PC during a practice bungee?? Is that something likely to do or its just a bullshit??

Lukasz_Se

Re: [iStan21] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

I have seen it done as a preparation for the real deal, doesnt sound like a bad idea:)

bodyguard

Re: [Lukasz_Se] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYXpTRluwEQ

theres another one

"if it feels cool it probably looks cool"
dan smith

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wwarped

Re: [iStan21] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

if it is fun and works for you... Go For It!

-free with 3-

iStan21

Re: [bodyguard] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

bodyguard wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYXpTRluwEQ

theres another one
Looks like a practice pull at 0:21. Just wondering if the jumper went a little headdown at 0:20 because of the fast arm movement into a 'tracking' position??

IDreamofBase

Re: [iStan21] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

I actually have a vid of me and my buddy practicing exits while bungee jumping as if we were going stowed, Ill try to get it up on youtube,

base736

Re: [TomAiello] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

As Tom says, this was part of the BR course once upon a time. When I did it, jumps were on a short bungee with maybe a 30-foot drop, bungee attached on what I recall being a regular full-body harness for climbing so that the "snatch force" from the bungee pulls you vertical. A rope system was used to haul people back onto the catwalk of the (very short) bridge we were jumping from. Practiced pitching and getting to the risers a few times there.

... Then got pulled over by immigration on our way back. Somebody had seen us coming back out from under the bridge and hopping into a truck. Apparently that's not kosher in southern California? Cops couldn't care less what we were doing once they determined that nobody there was Mexican.

IDreamofBase

Re: [base736] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

heres @ PIC

savagesac

Re: [iStan21] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

Great Idea!
Here's a sweet picture!!

thrillseek

Re: [savagesac] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

hell with that...bungee jumping sounds dangerous!

Kiki32

Re: [IDreamofBase] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

I dont know how open to gainers Id be had i not done two of them on bungee before. I'm definitely not against this.

gazzoom

Re: [wwarped] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

yeah, i did it as training for base before my FJC. At the time there was an unlimited bungee jump deal where i was staying while travelling in OZ. So i paid and did as many as i could in a day, i think i stopped at about 20.

It really helped, not only with the "stepping off" nerves but also with the head high exit required for the FJC i had booked in the US a month or so after.

if you can get a lot of jumps in like that i would recommend it, as Tom said it used to be part of one of the base FJC,s and i am sure thats where i got the idea from.

kcollier

Re: [base736] Bungee jumping as part of preparation for BASE

base736 wrote: Cops couldn't care less what we were doing once they determined that nobody there was Mexican.
awesome

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