Watch Base Jumping in Norway’s Fjords (and Feel Your Stomach do the Flips)

Base Jumping. No.  A thousand times no.  A million times no.  I can think of a trillion other things that I would volunteer to do before I jumped off the side of a mountain wearing nothing but a flying squirrel outfit (sorry, wing suit).  Hyperbole aside, even watching it gives my stomach the turns.  But you know something?  There is definitely a certain exhilaration watching people base jump from the safety of one’s PC, laptop or phone.  It is still going to make your stomach do the flips, though. This enthralling film by PordoiFilms of a team base jumpers doing what they love in Norway’s Fjords is particularly spectacular.

What particularly got my attention here – in that kind of deer in front of the headlights kind of way – was when one of the jumpers was attached to another by what seemed like a very thin cord and then proceeded to glide underneath her base-jumping partner through the fjords.  Well, underneath at one point, around at another – then on top and finally through some kind of space-time portal into another dimension (OK not that last bit). I spilt my coffee at this point (and I'm not even going to start on bodily fluids).

Interwoven between the breath-taking base jumping are short “talking heads” of the base-jumpers themselves.  Honestly, despite massive evidence to the contrary, they all seem quite sane.  

A big thank you to all involved for creating this – although I would never, ever, ever (x100) consider doing it myself, this certainly shows me why base-jumpers feel the need!  It must be the sensation of a lifetime.  Just not my lifetime...