Mr. Corliss said that before he discovered BASE jumping he used to be suicidal.
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Nearly 200 people have died while base jumping since 1981 according to base jumping website Blincmagazine.
Members of the UK skydiving and base jumping community paid tribute to Mr Harbird via online message boards.
More than 150 people have died while base jumping since 1981 according to base jumping website Blincmagazine.
Thirty-two people have now died base jumping in Lauterbrunnen since 1994, according to the Swiss Base Association.
Twenty two people have now died base jumping in Lauterbrunnen since 1994, according to the Swiss Base Association.
Base jumping sees participants launch themselves from a surface and free fall from high altitudes before opening a parachute.
Base jumping sees participants launch themselves from a surface and free fall from predominantly low altitudes before opening a parachute.
In the 1990s, he moved from traditional skydiving to Base jumping, leaping off fixed objects and using a parachute to break the fall.
For those interested in base jumping, Khan recommends beginning with skydiving, then travelling to jumping points via tour groups such as Stevanger Base Klubb in Norway.
He said Mr Harbird had been "very analytical" about base jumping.
Created by long-time base jumper and skydiver, Ossie Khan, and shot over a two-year period, Experience Zero Gravity reveals some of the most stunning base jumping locations in Europe.
As is well known to participants in the sport of Base Jumping (a mind-bogglingly dangerous activity that involves parachuting from static objects), parachutes have problems when launched from tall buildings.
Mr. Hall died during a base-jumping expedition to Baffin Island in 2007.
Encouragingly, they have been increasing especially fast, though from a low base, to China, jumping by 44.6% in the three months to November compared with the same period a year earlier.
Last week President Bush gave his full backing to NASA's project to create a lunar base, and many believe that the moon could be a jumping off point for Martian exploration.
With other social networking site maintaining a far more significant user base, it may be prudent to wait just a short while, before jumping into the latest social fray.
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Racers follow the stream -- jumping off small cliffs and through waterfalls -- and a final rock face at the base creates one of the last challenges, requiring concentration and crab-walking to climb down.
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