Adkins Family Blog » news http://adkinsgroup.org/blog Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:30:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 BASE Jumping http://adkinsgroup.org/blog/2007/04/12/base-jumping/ http://adkinsgroup.org/blog/2007/04/12/base-jumping/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:43:45 +0000 Brian http://lojic.com/blog/?p=32 Today I learned what the “BASE” acronym stands for in “BASE Jumping” from the tragic article below.

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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