Bridge Day Base Jumps

Harp

The one Day of the year you can legally jump from a bridge!!

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JESTER

Did you have to jump with him to get these shots They are all nice and looks exciting even though I would never do it. Where is this? I have seen it on TV before.

sirsloop

This is the same bridge the "Stunt Junkies" used... the one where the person jumped off the top of a mack truck. From what I remember, the river was the last place you wanted to land!!!!

Harp

It is the New river bridge in WV. Bridge day is the 3rd Sat. in October every year, 400 jumpers, a great festival on the bridge and over 100,000 spectators. This year the jumpers made close to 800 jumps from the bridge.
A great water rescue team is there and many do land in the water but are picked up in seconds.
More bridge day here.


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leaforte

What a great opportunity to get some shots, since most BASE jumps are covert and you have to know the jumper, and the where, to get the shot. Thanks for sharing. I can't help but imagine 100,000 people, and 400 jumpers, crowding on (I know...they are scattered) to an old span bridge on the same day. The visual almost has a (sick) cartoon feel to it...

coldclimb

leaforte wrote:

What a great opportunity to get some shots, since most BASE jumps are covert and you have to know the jumper, and the where, to get the shot.

Yeah it's great that people can still do this in America off an impressive structure like that, at least ONE day out of 365. Nice shots, I enjoyed them!

Phyxius

The New River gorge is a gorgeous place. I'm too chicken to base jump, but I raft under that bridge every once in a while.

Nice job!

sirsloop

Phyxius wrote:

The New River gorge is a gorgeous place. I'm too chicken to base jump, but I raft under that bridge every once in a while.

Nice job!

no pun intended right?

Phyxius

sirsloop wrote:

no pun intended right?

I had to reread my post like ten times to see the gorge - gorgeous thing.

ian408

Cool shots!

I was just talking with one of my co-workers who is making a mouth
activated switch for his SD1000...how timely these shots are