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BASE jumping
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base jumping B.A.S.E. jumping
English
Alternative forms
en B.A.S.E. jumping base jumping
Etymology
From en BASE jumping Building, Antenna, Span, Earth, four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump.
Noun
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en sports An extreme sport consisting of jumping from a fixed structure on land, using a parachute.
en https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-base-jumper-killed-20151002-story.html BASE jumper Johnny Strange dies in wingsuit jump in Swiss Alps 2015-10-02 Veronica Rocha w:Los Angeles Times Strange acknowledged the dangers of wingsuit BASE jumping on his social media accounts and mourned the deaths of fellow jumpers. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201202228/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-base-jumper-killed-20151002-story.html
Translations
extreme sport
German: de Basejumping n, de Base-Jumping n, de Objektspringen m, de Objektsprung m
Japanese: ja ベースジャンピング bēsujampingu
Russian: ru бейсджа́мпинг m bɛjsdžámping
Spanish: es salto BASE m
Verb
en verb form
en BASE jump ing-form
Related terms
en BASE jumper