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Dover, England, White Cliffs BASE jumping at, 35, 40–41
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, 85
Dr. Death (Hartshorne), 92, 105–6
Duff, Andi, 79
Dunkeswell, England, drop zone, 201
Durrer, Bruno, 12–13
Egidy, Maria von, 128, 144–45, 210
Eiffel Tower, jumps from, 44, 79, 98, 136, 161
Eiger North Face, wingsuit flight from, 161, 170
El Capitan, Yosemite:
first parachute jump from (1966), 22–24
skiing with parachute from (1971), 23
electricity pylons, jumping from, 35–36
Eliot, T.S., 101
Emerson, Dave, 241, 245, 246, 247, 248
Empire State Building:
Jeb’s attempted parachute jump from, 7, 130–35, 141–42, 158
Jeb’s countersuit against, 151–52
Jeb sued by building owners, 142, 156
jumps from, 84, 154
suicides from, 154
Empuriabrava, Spain, drop zone in, 115, 165
English, Euan, 202–3
English, Giles, 202, 203–4, 237, 239, 244
English, Nick, 202, 203–4, 233, 236, 237, 239, 244, 249
enlightenment, 62
Eustace, Bill, 23
Evening Standard, 116
Extra, 84
Extreme Air, World Championship, 101
Extreme Games (X Games), 29, 78, 79, 105
extreme relative work (XRW), 220
Extremsportveko (Extreme Sports Week), Norway, 175–76
Farber, Thomas, 152–53, 156–57
fear:
and brain function, 26, 30
and counterphobia, 51, 58
of the dark, 104
dispelled by knowledge, 229
of heights, 190
and hope, 82
jackrabbits vs. deer in response to, 26
physiology of, 62, 108
and risky behavior, 59–62, 67
and survival, 91, 143
Fearless (documentary), 129
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 64
Fitzmorris, Barry:
and Gigi, 53, 54, 159, 160
and Jeb, 51–52, 53, 54, 55
and Jeb’s jumps, 86, 108
flare maneuvers, 33–34, 146–47, 244, 249
Florez, Jhonathan, 253
flow state, 62–63
fluid dynamics, 171
Flying Dagger, 254
Flynn, Jamie, 245
FlySight, 168, 219, 229, 248
Fly Your Body, 111, 170
Foresthill Bridge, California, jumps from, 56–57, 64, 65, 104
Fortun, Paul, 124, 125
François (French jumper), at Arco, 73, 85–86
French Alps:
Aiguille du Midi, 80
national skydiving team, 110, 169
wingsuit pilot docking on glider wing, 144
French Spider-Man (Robert), 151–52
“Gangnam Style,” 176
Gateway Arch, St. Louis, jumping from, 52
Gatwick Airport, opening of, 76
Gayardon, Patrick de, see Deug
genetic code, 59–60
Gerdes, Matt:
in China, 182, 183, 189, 193, 194, 199
The Great Book of BASE by, 182
and Squirrel Suits, 254
Giuliani, Rudy, 84, 154
glide slope, 1:1 ratio, 79–80
Go Fast (sponsor), 127
Golden Gate Bridge, jumps from, 57–58, 98–99
Golden Knights, 160–61
Good Morning America, 200
Good, Nic “Moose,” 189, 206, 209, 210–14, 216–17
Google Earth data, 168
GoPro Joe, 189
GPS data, 127, 144, 168, 172, 203, 221, 229
Grand Canyon, jumps at, 80
Grand Targhee Resort, Wyoming, 199
gravity, speed of, 27
“Gray Thing” (BASE chute), 28
“Grinding the Crack” video, 176–77, 184, 205, 208, 229
Gubser, Andreas, 3
Gubser, Christian, 3–6, 176
Guernica, 77
Gypsy Moths, The (movie), 23
habituation, 61
Hackman, Gene, 23
Haggard, Roy, 147–49, 164
hang gliding, 147
Hannity, Sean, 136
Harlin, Renny, 95
Harrison (pilot), 191, 194
Hartman, Troy, 79
Hartshorne, Nikolas “Dr. Death,” 92, 105–6
Harvey, Andrew, 241–43, 244, 245, 246–50
Hautamäki, Matti, 162
hazardous enterprises, adventures defined as, 63
HBO, 205, 208, 209, 211
Heller, Mark Jay, 137, 141, 151, 153, 155, 156
Helliwell, Anne:
BASE training program, 30–32, 34, 64
and ethics, 34
first BASE jump of, 26–27
gear designed by, 28, 29
and Jeb, 45–46, 55, 64, 90, 100, 136
and the perfect jump, 34
and publicity seekers, 84
Henley/Mill End landing site:
British spirit at, 244
cameras allowed at, 246
cardboard boxes at, 232, 233, 235–36, 245, 246, 247, 249
and celebration, 250
Gary’s emails from, 232, 234–35, 236–37, 238–39, 240–41
Gary’s successful jump at, 247–50
landing moved to Mill End Farm, 233–34, 241
logistics details for, 240, 243
and media stories, 233, 243, 245, 250
permit to use helicopter at, 221, 227, 231, 232
preparation of, 227–30, 232, 242–47
volunteers at, 227, 228, 232, 234, 236–37, 243–44, 245
and weather conditions, 234–37, 238–39, 245
Herts Canoe Club, 37
High Nose, Switzerland, jumpers at, 13–15, 106, 228
highs, of sensation seekers, 61
Hillary, Sir Edmund, 114
Hollekim, Karina, 101–9
BASE training at Perrine Bridge, 103–4
injuries of, 136
at Palace Hotel, 107–9
skydiving, 102, 103
Hollywood stunt industry, 128
Holubeck, Barry:
in China, 182, 183, 189, 190, 192, 193–94
at the Eiger, 170
on technology, 200
Holy @#%*!, 89
Hongping Li, 94
Howick Falls, South Africa, 87–89, 154
“The Human Bird” (British TV), 159
Human Genome Project, 59
Hinderrugg, Switzerland:
wingsuit flight at, 3, 172
see also Crack
Hunter Defense Technologies, 163–64
Icarus, 3, 75
Jackson, Janet, 123
Jalbert, Domina, 78
Japan, hikikomori (withdrawal) in, 50
jazz, playing, 62
Jean-Albert, Loïc, 110–12, 118, 144, 149, 150, 162, 170
Jens (jumper), 17–18
Jeter, Derek, 135
“Jewbag” (jumper), 13
Jianglang Mountain, China, 254
Jii-Wings wingsuit, 145
Jin Mao Tower, China, 124–26, 182
John (police officer), 86, 87–88
Jubilee Gardens, London, 138–39
Jung, Carl, 75
Kappfjell, Thor Alex, 83–84, 133, 154
Kelly, Raymond, 156
Kerr, Deborah, 23
King, Larry, 136
Kjerag, Norway:
jumps at, 84, 86, 91–92, 105
jump training at, 67, 94, 170
KL Tower International Jump, Kuala Lumpur, 159–60
Knievel, Evel, 29, 103
Knutson, Vibeke, 124
KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, 87
Lake Elsinore, California, drop zone in, 147
Lake Garda, windsurfing on, 73
landing:
competing to be first, 114, 148–49, 178–80, 221–22, 224, 231, 237
flare with, 146–47, 244, 249
Health and Safety Executive involved in (UK), 241
into stacked cardboard boxes, 114, 128, 177–78, 179, 203, 222, 223–24, 227
Jeb’s blueprint for, 144
on level ground, 200
with Luge vs. parachute, 147, 148
mind game in, 229
paramotors used in, 227
permit to use helicopter (UK), 221, 227, 231, 241–42
on skateboard ramp, 148
on snow slope, 8, 128, 144, 147, 161, 199
without parachute, 7–9, 76, 112, 114, 127–28, 140, 147, 148–49, 161–62, 164–66, 177–80, 196, 199, 200–204, 220–21, 223–24, 227–30
Lascaux, France, cave paintings in, 74
laser range finder, 32
Lauer, Matt, 150
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland:
bad weather in, 16, 105
extreme sports in, 105
jumpers in, 10–11, 12–13, 15, 17, 105–6, 159, 170, 228–29
rules established in, 13
testing wingsuits in, 172–73
Law, Frederick R., 22
leave no trace, 34, 83
Ledger, Heath, 153
Lee, Vivienne, 40, 42, 43; see also Connery, Vivienne
le Gallou, Hervé, 161
Leonardo da Vinci:
ideas of, 21, 75
Vitruvian Man, 5, 224
Lil’ Kim, 135
Lindbergh, Charles, 75
London, Gary’s jump from Nelson’s Column, 115–16, 224
London Eye, Gary’s jump from, 138–39, 224
London Hilton, parachute jumps from, 41–42
London Olympics, 253
Los Angeles Times, 23
“lost generation,” 50
Luge (icy chute device), 147, 148
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 205
Mancino, Roberta, 158–60
in China, 182, 183, 189, 190
Web series of, 254
Man on Wire (movie), 154
Marc (TV producer), 3
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 205
Mason, Jackie, 135
McDougall, Christopher, see Douggs
Mei-Dan, Omer, 63, 89, 101
Melville, Herman, 150
Menara Telekom tower, Kuala Lumpur, 159–60
Men’s Journal, 162
Mill End Farm:
Gary’s successful jump at, 247–50
landing moved to, 233–34, 241
return visit to, 254
see also Henley/Mill End landing site
Milner Amphitheater, South Africa, 86–87
Milner Peak, South Africa, 86
monoamine oxidase (MAO), 60
Monte Brento, Italy, jumps from, 73, 111, 175, 221–22, 239
Montpellier, France, parachute jump in, 21
Moore, Roger, 23
Morgenthau, Robert, 135, 142
motorcycle racers, 162, 178
Mount Everest, 254
MTV Sports, 52
Mueller, Stephan, 182
muscle memory, training, 30
NASA, 147
National Geographic Channel, 14
National Parachute-Riggers, Inc., 77–78
National Park Service, 24–25
Nebelkopf, Jeff:
in China, 182, 183, 189, 190, 193, 194, 195, 253
and Old Navy wingsuit, 171–72
partnering with Tony, 169
in South Africa, 206, 211, 212, 214, 215
and World Wingsuit League, 253
Nelson, Admiral Horatio, statue of, 115, 224
neurochemicals, 59–61
neurological disorders, 59
New River Gorge Bridge, West Virginia, 29
New Seven Wonders of the World, 142
Newton, Darren, 41
New York City:
acts involving landmark structures in, 22, 84, 130–35, 152, 154, 156
Real Estate Board, 156
New York Daily News, 135
New York Post, 84, 157
New York Times, 22, 141, 151, 250
Niagara Falls:
jumps from Skylon Tower, 96
Wallenda’s wire walk over, 253
Nicholas, Adrian, 80
Nolan, Mark, 11, 12, 18
Nolan, Ursula, 11
Nordic ski jumping, 147, 153, 162
norepinephrine, 60
Norris, Michelle, 215, 218
North Pole, skysurfing over, 79
novelty seeking, 60
now, being in, 62, 95
O’Brien, Tim, “The Ghost Soldiers,” 59
Ogwyn, Joby:
in China, 182, 183, 185–87, 189, 190, 193, 194, 195, 253
and Everest, 14, 254
at High Nose, 13–15
in Lauterbrunnen, 16
premonitions of, 187
in South Africa, 206–13, 215, 216
and World Wingsuit League, 253
O’Keeffe, Georgia, 47
OLN cable network, 129
O’Reilly, Bill, 136
Outside, 13
Palace Hotel, New York, jumping from, 96–97, 107–9, 152–53
parachutes:
altitude required for, 64, 143
for BASE jumps, 28, 31; see also BASE
big year for, 253
and drag, 35, 78
early constructions of, 21
fatal jumps with, 21
first jump from El Capitan (1966) with, 22–24
fixed-object jumps with, 22, 24, 55
flare maneuvers with, 33–34
flare on landing, 146
in formations, 220
and glide slope, 79–80, 146–47
high-altitude jumps without oxygen, 79
hunters supplied via, 24
Icarus VX-39 canopy, 126–27
inflation of, 33
and landing, 33–34, 146
lines twisted, 33, 77, 125, 126, 217
maneuverability of, 78
name of, 21
opening “off-heading,” 33
opening “on-heading,” 28
pilot chutes, 27–28, 31, 32–33
ram-air canopy, 33–34, 78, 146
research of, 145–47
reserve, 28
round shapes of, 35, 78
ski jumping with, 23
skydiving with, see skydiving
and speed-flying, 149
square-shaped, 28, 35
stalling, 34
static-line setup with, 115
testing, 126
toggles for control of, 33, 78, 146
wingsuit flights with, see wingsuits
Paramag, 112
Paris Air Show (1937), 76–77
Parks College Parachute Research Group, St. Louis University, 145–47
Patrick, Nicholas, 164
Pečnik, Robert, 127–28, 228, 252
Pelkey, Mike, 22–23
Peninsular Ranges, skydiving in, 25–26
Pennine Alps, Switzerland, wingsuit glide in, 111–12
Perrine Bridge, Idaho, 93, 103–4, 122, 159
Perris-Elsinore region, skydiving in, 25–27, 148
Petit, Philippe, 154
Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, 83, 98
Phoenix-Fly, 228
Pilon, Mary, 250
pleasure principle, 60–61
Point Break (movie), 29
polymorphisms, 59
Popular Mechanics, 162, 251
Potter, Dean, 161, 170
Potvin, Jean, 145–47
proximity flights, 4, 7, 164, 177, 208
psychiatric disorders, 59–61
Pulitzer Building, New York, 22
Quinn, Owen, 23, 154
ram-air canopy, 33–34, 78, 79
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, 205, 225
Real TV, 86, 89, 129–30
Red Bull,
83, 187, 192, 253
Red Bull Air Force, 16–17
“Red Bull Wingsuit Flying Through,” China, 182
Reebok, 79
Reeves, Keanu, 29
Reliant Stadium, Houston, Super Bowl jump in, 123
Rio de Janeiro, Cristo Redentor statue, 83, 142–44, 148
Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, 89
risk:
and addiction, 216
as entertainment, 29, 59–62, 67, 83, 91
and limits, 101
and sensation seekers, 61
with wingsuits, 199–200, 216–17
Robert, Alain (“French Spider-Man”), 151–52
Royal Gorge Bridge, Colorado, 119–22
Sachs, Mel, 135–36, 137
Safir, Howard, 84
Sako, Karin:
and Jeb’s crash, 226
in Lauterbrunnen, 105, 106
and motherhood, 226
and Weston, 92, 118, 119–20, 122
samurai code, 226
satori, 62
Schattenloch Canyon, Switzerland, see Crack
schizophrenia, 60
Schubert, Brian, 22–23
Scotland Yard, 116, 139
Sector watch company, 79
sensation seekers, 61–63
Seppänen, Iiro, 94–97, 98–100, 122, 123
in China, 182, 185, 187–88, 193
and escape acts, 94–95
at Golden Gate Bridge, 98–99
in Las Vegas, 97, 99
at Niagara Falls, 96
at Palace Hotel, 96–97, 107
in South Africa, 206, 211, 213, 214, 215–16
September 11 attacks, 154
serotonin, 60
Seven Summits, 14
Shanghai Sports Bureau, 124
Shoebotham, Todd:
and Basic Research, 28, 29
and ethics, 34
and Jeb, 46–47, 55, 90
and training program, 30, 31, 34, 46, 64
Sierra Nevada, jumps from a dam in, 104
Simpson, Roland “Slim,” 91–92, 100, 125–26
Singer Building, New York, 22
ski jumping, 23, 147, 153, 162
Skydive Elsinore (drop zone), 25
Skydive Perris (drop zone), 25
BASE training at, 46–47, 55, 113–14, 126
first use of wingsuit at, 81
testing wingsuits at, 172–73
Skydiver of the Decade, 112
skydivers, challenges embraced by, 23, 61
skydiving:
from airplanes, 22, 27, 75
BASE vs., 24–25, 26, 28
differences between BASE and, 28, 35
eight-way relative work, 110
evolution of, 127
fatalities in, 30–31, 75, 77
films about, 23–24, 29, 111, 112
French national team, 110, 169
jumpsuits for, 169
low-pull contests, 75
in Perris-Elsinore region, 25–27, 148
safety reputation of, 24
sewing skills needed in, 168–69
terminal velocity in, 27, 28
in TV commercials, 79
and USPA, 24, 77
vertical trajectories in, 4
with wingsuits, see wingsuits
Sky News, 243, 245
skyscrapers: