#alpine jumps

Extreme Sports – Base Jumping And Wing Suits [with footage]

Humans are mental. OK, not all of us but quite a lot. How else can you describe a species that will throw itself out of a perfectly good airplane with only a piece of nylon to stop you from hitting the earth at 100 mph?

Skydiving is an extreme sport. Yet some adherents take the practice to a whole new level with base-jumping. This involves throwing yourself from a fixed point such as a clifftop…