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Leap of faith: Amazing daredevil base jumping pic

By Ruth Doherty, Nov 12, 2012

This is the stunning image of a daredevil caught taking his life into his own hands as he leaps off a cliff with no reserve parachute. This adventurer was one of four men captured in...
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Video: Cliff fall horror as base jump stunt goes horribly wrong

By AOL Travel, Oct 11, 2012

At first glance, it doesn't seem like the brightest idea... and it turns out that, well, it wasn't. Gymnast base jumper Richard Henriksen was performing a stunt for a show on the NRK TV...
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Video: Base jumper's parachute fails - but he survives 120m plunge

By AOL Travel, Jul 04, 2012

In a video that is surely the stuff of nightmares, this base jumper was filmed as he dived from a 120m power pylon in Russia and plunged to the ground headfirst after his parachute failed to...
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Never mind the egg and spoon... World Base Race is top for adrenaline junkies

By Ruth Doherty, Jun 25, 2012

Jumping off a platform 1,300 metres up a mountain cliff is not everybody's idea of fun... but dozens of competitors flock to the biannual World Base Race in Norway and Switzerland to do just...
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Video: Base jumper sets new world record in Indian Himalayas

By Ruth Doherty, Jun 06, 2012

Russian Base jumper and climber Valery Rozov has set a new world record with a giant leap from the western ridge at the top of Shiving, a 6,543m mountain in the Indian...
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