Wingsuit Flying - Further Developments - WiSBASE

WiSBASE

Since 2003 many BASE jumpers have started using wingsuits, giving birth to WiSBASE.

Among the main places where the WiSBASE practice in Europe is reported are Kjerag and Trollstigen in Norway, Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland, Chamonix in France, and Monte Brento in Italy, with the landing field near Dro.

One technique is proximity flying, which is flying close to the faces and ridges of mountains. Ten people died WiSBASE jumping in 2011. On 1 July 2011 near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, Jeb Corliss became the first man to fly through a waterfall wearing a wingsuit Apache. In 1999, Corliss had a near-fatal BASE jump into a waterfall where the chute opening went asymmetric and he could not avoid flying into Howick Falls, South Africa. On 16 January 2012, he was severely injured when he hit a ledge with his legs on Table Mountain, Cape Town.

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