Kuye kubekho ingxoxo eninzi malunga ne-BASE jumping kwiimithombo eziphambili zeendaba. Kodwa yintoni kanye kanye kwaye kuthini na? Siza kukunceda ukuyihlela yonke into.
Yintoni i-BASE Jumping?
I-BASE iyimpawu zentlobo ezine zezinto ezizimeleyo ukuba i-jumpers ethatha inxaxheba kwimidlalo ingahle ihambe, kubandakanywa izakhiwo, i-antennas, i-span (equka ibhuloho) kunye noMhlaba (njengento ephezulu yecala).
BASE jumpers bembatha i-parachute, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha i-wingsuit, eyona nto eyenziwe ngokufanelekileyo evumela ukuba banciphise umlinganiselo wabo wokuzala kwaye baze benze ukuchaneka ngokuchanekileyo ngezulu. Emva kokugquma kwintlambo, i-wingsum i-jumper izalisa ngokukhawuleza emoyeni, ngoko iyakwazi ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza ukuya kufinyelele kwindawo ephakamileyo apho kubaluleke khona ukuvula iparachute, nto leyo ivumela ukuba ihlawule ngokuphepha emhlabathini.
UBASE jumping ngumdlalo ogqithiseleyo kwaye kukho ezininzi izingozi ezibulalayo. Abafundi bayakhuthazwa ukuba baqeqeshwe ngomqeqeshi oqinisekisayo wokubhaka isibhakabhaka kwaye bachithe iiyure ezininzi behlonipha izakhono zabo ngaphambi kokuzama ukuzuma kweBASE ngokwabo. Nangona abaqeqeshi abaqeqeshiwe benza ukuba kubonakale kulula, kukho ubuninzi obuqilileyo kunye nobuchule obufundwa kuphela ngexesha kwaye ezininzi zihamba. Njengoko le midlalo iguqukile, ezinye izibhakabhaka ziphendukele kwisigxina sokuxhamla ukuze zenze i-adrenaline ngokukhawuleza, ngokudala i-crossover enkulu phakathi kwezemidlalo ezimbini ezigqithiseleyo.
U mzekelo
Abanye abaxhamli be-basers baxhuma emabhanji, ngelixa abanye bevela kwizakhiwo. Abanye abatyebileyo abangabanikeli "abagadi beentaka" okanye "ama-squirrel flying" (AKA wingsuits) baze bagxume kwiindawo eziphakamileyo okanye izakhiwo ezinomntu. Abanye baya kukhwela kwi-plane baze baqhube kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ngaphambi kokuhambisa iiparachuthi zabo.
Ngethuba lemizuzwana embalwa yokuqala yokuwa kwamahhala ama-wingsuits agcwalisa emoyeni, ngoko umlindi wenyoni uya kufikelela kwiikhilomitha ezili-140 ngeyure, ngamanye amaxesha ahamba ezinxweme kunye neendonga (okanye nakwiimingxuma) kwimvelaphi yazo. Izikhwama zivumela "abaqhubi" ukuba bashenxise ukuchaneka ngokuchanekileyo, nangona abo bahamba kakuhle kwi-BASE jumpers abanolwazi abakwenzayo.
Imbali
I-BASE jumping ingayifumana imvelaphi yayo emva kwee-1970 xa abafuna i-adrenaline bekhangela imidlalo emitsha ukuba baphakamise izakhono zabo kumda. Ngowe-1978, umenzi wefilimu uCarl Boenish Jr. ngokwenene waqulunqa eli gama, xa yena nomkakhe uJean, kunye noPhil Smith kunye noPhil Mayfield, baqala ukuxhuma e-El Capitan eYosemite National Park basebenzisa ii-parachute zomoya. Benza ukuwa okukhululekayo kokukhululeka kweso sikhulu sodwala, kubalulekile ukudala umdlalo omtsha kwinkqubo.
Kwiminyaka yokuqala yokuqala ye-BASE jumping, abathathi-nxaxheba kule ndawo emitsha yingozi kunye neyingozi kakhulu baqeshwe iinjenge ezifanayo ezisebenzisayo xa zisuka kwiindiza. Kodwa ekuhambeni kwexesha, izixhobo zahlengahlengiswa kwaye zahlengahlengiswa ukuhlangabezana neemfuno ezithile ze-jumpers. Iiparachuthi, i-jumpsuits, i-helmets, kunye nezinye iigesi ziguquke zonke, ziba zihambelana ngakumbi kwaye ziguquke zibe yinto efanelekileyo kakhulu ekusebenziseni kwimidlalo esebenzayo.
Ekubeni ama-BASE jumpers kufuneka athwale izixhobo zabo kunye neendawo apho baqhankqalaza khona, oku kulungiswa kwamkelwa ngabavulindlela bokuqala bezemidlalo.
Phakathi no-1990, i-skydiver yaseFransi kunye ne-BASE jumper uPatrick de Gayardon yavelisa eyayiza kuba yile maphiko yamandulo. Wayenethemba lokusebenzisa zakhe izakhiwo ukufaka indawo engaphezulu emzimbeni wakhe, ukumvumela ukuba ahambe ngokulula emoyeni ngelixa edibanisa ukuhamba ngendlela yakhe. Kwiminyaka elandelwe ukulungiswa kwenzelwe ukuyila kokuqala ngamanani amaninzi, kunye nomqondo we-wingsuit wenyuka esuka kwisiqheliso esasetyenziswa ngabantu abambalwa kwisiqhamo esipheleleyo esasetyenziswa namhlanje.
Ngowe-2003, amaphikouit enza ukuxhamla ukusuka kwi-skydiving ukuya kwi-BASE jumping, okwenzela inzululwazi eyaziwa ngokuba yi-proximity flying.
Kulo msebenzi, i-BASE jumper isagqithisa ukusuka kwisakhiwo salo hlobo kodwa ibuye ibuyele eMhlabeni xa ihamba ngokusondeleyo emhlabathini, imithi, izakhiwo, indawo, okanye ezinye izithintelo. I-parachute isadingeka ukwenza ukukhusela okukhuselekileyo, nangona kunjalo, njengeaphikouit ayinikezeli ukuhlaziya okwaneleyo ukuvumela ukuchukumisa.
Namhlanje, iindiza ze-wingsuit ithathwa njengengxenye ebalulekileyo ye-BASE jumping, kunye nabaninzi abathathi-nxaxheba bekhetha ukugqoka i-wingsuit-like-whipping while they make their jump. Oku kuye kwakhokelela kwinqanaba levidiyo ye-GoPro engabonakaliyo yabaqhubi bezithuthi njengoko besenza ukunyanelisa ukufa.
I-BASE jumping iyimidlalo eyingozi kakhulu ekumele ilingwe ngabo baqeqeshiwe ngokufanelekileyo. Kuqikelelwa ukuba ingozi ingamaxesha angama-43 amathuba okuba yenzeke ngelixa ithatha inxaxheba kulo msebenzi ngokuchasene nokukhwela kwenyuka kwi-moya. Ngokutsho kwe-Blincmagazine.com - iwebhusayithi ezinikezelwe kwimidlalo - abantu abangaphezu kwama-300 bafa ngelixa i-BASE igxuma ukususela ngo-1981.