Adkins Family Blog » sports http://adkinsgroup.org/blog Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:00:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Extreme Wingsuit Base Jumping http://adkinsgroup.org/blog/2009/04/13/extreme-wingsuit-base-jumping/ http://adkinsgroup.org/blog/2009/04/13/extreme-wingsuit-base-jumping/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:17:14 +0000 Brian http://adkinsgroup.org/blog/?p=392 Wow

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BASE is an acronym for building, antenna, span, earth, the four categories of objects from which one can jump in the extreme sport.

BASE jumper dies after leaping from Idaho bridge

Maybe it should stand for “beyond acceptable statistical evaluation” or “beyond any sane evaluation”…

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