Fuck yea Devon!!! Thanks for the shout. It was a crazy experience, but i’m glad to have set a good example with a positive outcome rather than being a statistic. Stay safe out there.
Great vids man, very descriptive. Recently postponed taking my FJC after the recent events in BASE. Still in my future, but just don’t feel right about it at the moment, no shame. Be safe, if you are ever in NY let’s gets some skydives
I appreciate the feedback, but I’m in no way even a subject matter amateur on this topic. It seems we’re truly all students in the sport of BASE no matter how long we’re in the sport, something can always be learned. In that sense sharing what you’ve learned can help others keep themselves from making your mistakes, and can allow you to correct your own learning where misunderstandings may have taken hold.
Safety rules: do not touch the control lines at 180 degrees. Should go to the rear Risers. And this skill should be trained on the bridge. I hope I translated correctly😄
Я бы согласился в большинстве случаев, если только объект, на который прыгают, не находится ниже 90 метров. Использование свободных концов в этих случаях может привести к опасной потере высоты. Вы можете уйти от стены, но есть большая вероятность, что вы ударитесь о осыпь или землю, прежде чем ваш купол восстановится. По этой причине большинство прыгунов, которых я знаю, возвращаются к тормозным магистралям на низких объектах. У тебя были проблемы с переводом, так что я сделаю то же самое для тебя. Я надеюсь, что это переводится так же хорошо.
@@DevMcLaughlin Partially agree. For example, my guru taught me for each jump to prepare plans A B C D: A: normal opening with minimal adjustments. B, C: opening 90 left/right. D: 180. For each plan, you need to see the landing sites in advance. And my training went cold with the lapel training on the Risers from a height of 110m. Well, in general, we all have high jumps. And it's great that we can share our experience with each other!
It’s going to vary between people significantly. And what it comes down to is being honest with yourself and your own abilities. Many courses like Apex recommend 1,000+ skydives, but require only 200. Some of these instructors think it’s better to accept all students no matter the number of jumps, as it’s seen more careless to deny students and have them seek incomplete mentorship and endanger themselves elsewhere. I’ve seen base jumpers with thousands of skydives struggle with body position but excel under canopy, and experienced cliff divers struggle under canopy but excel with body position. It really comes down to you individually. And I’ll tell you personally it wouldn’t have done me any harm to wait longer to get into the sport, but I think what gave me confidence is my intent to be honest with myself, cautious, and always curious to learn what I didn’t know, even if that made me look like an idiot. Pairing that with the bare minimum set of skills I’ve developed over the years, which I felt could get me out of trouble when needed, I figured I had the capacity to enjoy the sport without endangering myself beyond the baseline level of risk all jumpers must come to accept.
Hey Devon, I’m involved in a research project regarding off heading openings in BASE. Would you be willing to share your PC size and model, pin tension and reduction fold packing method?
That’s so sick man, I’d love to. I might need guidance on which tools to use and how to get some of this information, but I’m happy to help all the same. I have a good dozen buddies who’d probably love to contribute just the same. Are you also factoring in delay or airspeed, air density/pressure, elevation, wind off exit, and whether slider down or slider up? Or are you isolating your research solely towards gear?
If a better option were available it would pick up popularity. The current system as it stands is the most simplistic resulting in the most predictable and reliable design available. With current gear design, risk can be reduced but not eliminated. The best comparison I can think of is getting in a car accident; there’s steps we can take to reduce the likelihood of one occurring (not speeding, following laws, staying vigilant, not texting) but we cannot eliminate that possibility entirely (unless we never step foot in a car).
@@DevMcLaughlin I was talking about the antenna jump. If you tracked immediately after the double front that would have created enough separation. But that takes skill
Yeah he made a number of mistakes on that jump. But it’s not likely even a perfect track out of that double would have put him in much better a place with that 180 given the delay he took. That doesn’t mean he shouldn’t have prolly tried. But yeah, tracking from the start, no aerials, deff the way to go.
Fuck yea Devon!!! Thanks for the shout.
It was a crazy experience, but i’m glad to have set a good example with a positive outcome rather than being a statistic.
Stay safe out there.
Likewise dude! Happy I could share such a great example of discipline.
great video! love the tiny little "order 66" detail you threw in there
Couldn’t help it. Thanks man!
I’ll never go BASE jumping but enjoying your videos. Greetings from Manchester, UK. Happy Christmas!
Appreciate you stopping by all the same. Merry Christmas dude🫶🏼
Have my base course scheduled in a few months and just want to say that I really appreciate you sharing your learnings and approach
Hell yeah man, happy to help.
Great vids man, very descriptive. Recently postponed taking my FJC after the recent events in BASE. Still in my future, but just don’t feel right about it at the moment, no shame.
Be safe, if you are ever in NY let’s gets some skydives
It more important you do it when you’re ready than do it at all man. Cheers.
Dope content mate🤙🏻
Thanks man, appreciate the feedback.
Love This!
Great subject matter expert
I appreciate the feedback, but I’m in no way even a subject matter amateur on this topic. It seems we’re truly all students in the sport of BASE no matter how long we’re in the sport, something can always be learned. In that sense sharing what you’ve learned can help others keep themselves from making your mistakes, and can allow you to correct your own learning where misunderstandings may have taken hold.
@@DevMcLaughlin I agree !
I was a skydiver for 14 years never did base but you are a pleasure to listen too!
Much appreciated! Blue skies
blue skies brother, if you ever in Dubai, give a shout.
Safety rules: do not touch the control lines at 180 degrees. Should go to the rear Risers.
And this skill should be trained on the bridge.
I hope I translated correctly😄
Я бы согласился в большинстве случаев, если только объект, на который прыгают, не находится ниже 90 метров. Использование свободных концов в этих случаях может привести к опасной потере высоты. Вы можете уйти от стены, но есть большая вероятность, что вы ударитесь о осыпь или землю, прежде чем ваш купол восстановится. По этой причине большинство прыгунов, которых я знаю, возвращаются к тормозным магистралям на низких объектах.
У тебя были проблемы с переводом, так что я сделаю то же самое для тебя. Я надеюсь, что это переводится так же хорошо.
@@DevMcLaughlin
Partially agree. For example, my guru taught me for each jump to prepare plans A B C D:
A: normal opening with minimal adjustments.
B, C: opening 90 left/right.
D: 180.
For each plan, you need to see the landing sites in advance.
And my training went cold with the lapel training on the Risers from a height of 110m.
Well, in general, we all have high jumps. And it's great that we can share our experience with each other!
How many skydives did you have before doing your very first base jump?
280ish I think?
@@DevMcLaughlin I see, would you say having about 280 skydives it’s enough to start base jumping? I’m getting close to 200 and I’m thinking about it
It’s going to vary between people significantly. And what it comes down to is being honest with yourself and your own abilities. Many courses like Apex recommend 1,000+ skydives, but require only 200. Some of these instructors think it’s better to accept all students no matter the number of jumps, as it’s seen more careless to deny students and have them seek incomplete mentorship and endanger themselves elsewhere. I’ve seen base jumpers with thousands of skydives struggle with body position but excel under canopy, and experienced cliff divers struggle under canopy but excel with body position. It really comes down to you individually. And I’ll tell you personally it wouldn’t have done me any harm to wait longer to get into the sport, but I think what gave me confidence is my intent to be honest with myself, cautious, and always curious to learn what I didn’t know, even if that made me look like an idiot. Pairing that with the bare minimum set of skills I’ve developed over the years, which I felt could get me out of trouble when needed, I figured I had the capacity to enjoy the sport without endangering myself beyond the baseline level of risk all jumpers must come to accept.
Hello how high is the jump of the earth that made you 180 in the miuto 3:00
That was a friend of mine, not me. That cliff is about 450ft to the lower ledge, 700ft to the LZ.
Hey Devon, I’m involved in a research project regarding off heading openings in BASE. Would you be willing to share your PC size and model, pin tension and reduction fold packing method?
That’s so sick man, I’d love to. I might need guidance on which tools to use and how to get some of this information, but I’m happy to help all the same. I have a good dozen buddies who’d probably love to contribute just the same. Are you also factoring in delay or airspeed, air density/pressure, elevation, wind off exit, and whether slider down or slider up? Or are you isolating your research solely towards gear?
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How is this something that can happen on every jump and there is no fix for it? Seems like a major design flaw
If a better option were available it would pick up popularity. The current system as it stands is the most simplistic resulting in the most predictable and reliable design available. With current gear design, risk can be reduced but not eliminated. The best comparison I can think of is getting in a car accident; there’s steps we can take to reduce the likelihood of one occurring (not speeding, following laws, staying vigilant, not texting) but we cannot eliminate that possibility entirely (unless we never step foot in a car).
The main mistake you did was not tracking
On sub-terminal slider down cliffs? Idk about that.
@@DevMcLaughlin I was talking about the antenna jump. If you tracked immediately after the double front that would have created enough separation. But that takes skill
Yeah he made a number of mistakes on that jump. But it’s not likely even a perfect track out of that double would have put him in much better a place with that 180 given the delay he took. That doesn’t mean he shouldn’t have prolly tried. But yeah, tracking from the start, no aerials, deff the way to go.