BASE jumping is legal or illegal?

Hi guys! It’s me again , after a difficult week of partials I write again. I have been talking that BASE jumping is an extreme sport and you can practice it if you are not affair of intense emotions and making a free fall to a nowhere place; but remember  to ALWAYS use protection. Many skydivers give a bad image to this sport, because maybe you don’t know, but you can practice BASE jumping in any building, antennas, bridges and cliff you find is against the law in most places.  . “Even if the jump itself weren't illegal, gaining access to prime jumping spots often involves trespassing on private property, picking locks, climbing fences or deceiving security guards” (Adventure).

In my last post I mentioned that the legend Dean Potter jump from El Capitan, even that BASE jumping in national parks is prohibited right now. For a short time (when Dan Potter made his jump), officials of Yosemite National Park allowed jumpers to apply permits for jumping in El Capitan. After few months the jumpers were breaking the rules and causing environmental damage, since then, they prohibited BASE jumping in any national park and if they catch you jumping you would have a fine of 2,000 dollars plus the cost of any rescue operation that may be necessary. If this  occurred, also park authorities can confiscate your parachuting equipment. (Adventure). 

Base jumping from buildings in cities is the most of the times illegal. If you do this you are risking yourselves for an injury and an arrest that you can prevent. The most common place that people practice BASE jumping in the city and get arrest is in St. Lois Arch and in the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (Adventure)

So if you want to practice BASE jumping, research first if it is a legal place to practice it, so you don’t get a surprise later. And let’s go, try something new!.

Let’s go, wherever you jump; take only pictures, leave only footprints!

Yaressi Treviño

Bibliography

GrabGanowski, Ed. (2011). Adventure. Retrieved from How base jumping works: http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/urban-sports/base-jumping3.htm