B.A.S.E. jumping

See also: base jumping and BASE jumping

English

Noun

B.A.S.E. jumping (uncountable)

  1. (sports) Alternative form of BASE jumping
    • 1996, Joe Tomlinson, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports, Carlton Books, →ISBN, page 12:
      If any of the extreme sports can be considered truly high risk, then B.A.S.E. Jumping is that sport. […] Modern B.A.S.E. jumping is believed to have started in 1978, where daring parachutists first began jumping off of El Capitan, a 3,000 foot (915m) cliff high above Yosemite National Park.
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