BASE Jumping
In 1980 a new sport debuted when the Finn Jorma Öster made the first parachute jump from the Troll Wall.
The Troll Wall gained further notoriety as one of the pioneering sites for European BASE jumping during the first half of the 1980s.
The use of parachute equipment not adapted for cliff jumping, the need for jumpers to find exit points by trial and error and difficulties associated with retrieving injured jumpers led to a relatively high number of fatalities. This resulted in Norwegian authorities making BASE jumping from the Troll Wall illegal on July 25, 1986.
Despite BASE jumpers facing heavy fines, the loss of their equipment (and potentially their lives), the Troll Wall remains popular with both local jumpers and tourists as BASE jumpers have been able to use wingsuits to jump from the Troll Wall's highest point and make a safe landing.
Eight BASE jumpers are known to have lost their lives at the Troll Wall. The first recorded fatality was Carl Boenish in 1984 while the most recent was in 2012.
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