Archive for the 'BASE' Category

01 Jan

Thoughts For an Aspiring Base Jumper

Steph,
First off I love your blog! I check it at work and it lets me escape the
office for a little bit each day. Keep up the good work and know that
your really influencing people to dream and LIVE life not just idle by.
I have been thinking about base jumping quite a bit recently. Here is [...]

20 Dec

Let Me Live and Let Me Learn

Life of My Own–Three Doors Down

Since Fletch is 15, she is mostly retired now. She has arthritis in her spine, back legs, front shoulders and elbows. She’s not hearing quite as much. She’s not seeing quite as much either. Her nose seems to work perfectly, though, and she definitely has [...]

13 Nov

Why We Love Switzerland

Lauterbrunnen is a beautiful mountain valley, surrounded by two thousand foot limestone walls, and overlooked by the snowy peaks and glaciers of the Eiger and the Jungfrau.

07 Nov

How to Start BASE Jumping?

Hi.. My name is Amanda. My fiance is a big skydiver–has gone I think about 10 times. I want to find somewhere to surprise him to go base jumping, which is something he has always wanted to do. I was trying to look online, but can’t find a whole lot of information [...]

30 Oct

Desert High

Le Monde Est a Pleurer–Jean LeLoup

The desert high season, of fall and spring, is a magical time. The energy is high, the visitors come in wave after wave, the weather is perfect every day, and it just doesn’t stop.

07 Oct

Talking About Fears

hi steph, i’m amazed to read you never get scared during a skydive. the best i ever managed is to only get anxious. obviously you are incredibly bold, given the standard you solo climb at & the fact you BASE jump as well as skydive. have you always been bold or is it something you [...]

03 Oct

Fall

At certain moments, light and color take over everything.

25 Sep

Up

Kryptonite “3 Doors Down”

A friend of mine says that skydiving is all about emotion. It serves no practical purpose. When an airplane hanger is quiet and empty, it’s as though nothing ever happened there. But in the height of a jumping day, the air is filled with energy and intensity. [...]

16 Sep

Hit me one more time…

Goddurnit, I crashed my parachute again.
I will say this, I appear to be an extra durable person. So that’s good
There’s nothing like pounding it in at a remote landing area to make helicopters seem like the best thing in the world.
And nothing like a few weeks of lap [...]

12 Sep

Talking About Dreams

Hi Steph,
Sorry to write this being a complete stranger. Just wanted to thank you for your incredible inspiration. It is a beautiful thing to see someone pursue life with so much pleasure and enlightenment. Reading your blog has really helped me to grow, and how to step back and see what I [...]