I haven’t BASE jumped since last year in March and realised I did not miss it. BASE jumping brought me to some awesome places, made me meet wonderful friends, made me share incredible moments and took me out of my comfort zone. It was awesome to experience being on the edge and push off the rock to that point of no coming back. It was magical to have this one second leaving the rock while everything inside you is telling you “no, don’t do it!” as an instinctual reaction. It was wonderful to be in the air and feel a form of freedom with such amazing feelings.
But little by little I found less interest in doing it. Loosing friends over the years affected me more than I thought. Some people think climbing mountains is more dangerous than BASE jumping. This is wrong. I know more climbers than I know BASE jumpers. I have lost more friends BASE jumping than climbing. This is the reality.
Having less interest in BASE jumping and wanting to climb more made me ready to quit. I love climbing mountains and it is where I want to put my energy and time. BASE jumping was fun, powerful, and different. BASE Jumping was a wonderful adventure. But I won’t miss it. I’ll miss some of its people.
Thanks to those who “guided” me on the learning path. And thanks to everyone I met and shared a jump with. I have fond memories of those times. I’m psyched with my decision and ready for more climbing adventures :)
- Firsts Span jump at the Perrine’s Bridge in Idaho with a great crew Harry Parker
- Firsts Earth jumps in Gorgeous Norway
- Norway and its awesome people
- Jumping in Switzerland
- I did not get to know Steph Davis thru rock climbing but thru BASE jumping…
- Cool atmosphere, fun jumps
- On the Edge with Alex Aimard
- Jumping in the Verdon with Matt Gerdes Dom Daher
- Just another landing
- Another beautiful day with lots of jumps to do
- Friendship at every jumps
- Lucky to get to jump in some stunning places like here in Morocco
- No coming back… Erwan Chevalerias
- My favorite crew…. Jérôme Blanc-Gras, Manu Guy, Tim Emmett, Bertrand Delapierre. Fond memories
- Going forward…. Arnaud Chaudiere
I am already looking forward to reading about the new climbing adventures!
Thanks!
De nouvelles sorties de zone de confort avec de nouvelles zones de découvertes !! Belles aventures à toi et merci de nous faire partager ces moments !
Merci pour ton sympathique message. Plein de belles choses pour toi.
Salut Liv, je suis dans la même démarche que toi, ton article résume une partie des sentiments qui m’animent. Si t’es toujours à Cham, je viens next week pour bosser, ce serait cool qu’on boive un verre et qu’on discute un peu, ça me ferait du bien d’échanger avec toi sur ce sujet
Merci Romain pour ton message. Semaine prochaine je serai à Ceuse pour grimper, puis salon à Friedrishschafen. Je viendrai voir les finales de la coupe du monde le Samedi 12 si tu es encore là ?