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jump from the South Tower of the World Trade
Center. He bypassed the observation deck
anti-suicide fence and climbed over a window
washing machine apparatus. No charges were
ever applied.
•On August 26, 1992, Austrailans Nic Feteris and
Glenn Singleman made a BASE jump from an
altitude of 20,600 feet (6286 meters) jump off
Great Trango Towers Pakistan. It was the world’s
highest BASE jump off the earth at the time.
•In 1996, one jumper was injured and three
landed safely in the only authorized BASE jump
from Seattle’s Space Needle.
•On October 23, 1998, Avner Tshori and Inbar Raz
BASE jumped from Azrieli Center’s round building
which was at that time the highest tower in the
Middle-East, in the first documented BASE jump
in Israel.
•On October 22, 1999, Jan Davis died while
attempting a BASE jump from El Capitan in
Yosemite Valley. Davis’ jump was part of an
organized act of civil disobedience protesting
the NPS air delivery regulations (36 CFR 2.17(a)),
which make BASE jumping illegal in national park
areas. The chute she was using failed to deploy.
•In 2000, Hannes Arch and Ueli Gegenschatz were
the first to dare a BASE jump from the imposing
1800-metre-high north face of the Eiger.
•In 2005, Karina Hollekim became the first woman
to perform a ski-BASE.
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•In April 2008, Hervé Le Gallou and David
McDonnell infiltrated Burj Khalifa and jumped off
a balcony on the 155th floor. They evaded arrest
following their successful jump. However, on a
second attempt two days later, Le Gallou was
caught and subsequently detained in Dubai for
three months.
•In 2009, three women—29-year-old Australian
Livia Dickie, 28-year-old Venezuelan Ana
Isabel Dao, and 32-year-old Norwegian Anniken
Binz—base-jumped from Angel Falls, the highest
waterfall in the world. Ana Isabel Dao was the first
Venezuelan woman to jump off Angel Falls.
•On January 8, 2010, Nasr Al Niyadi and
Omar Al Hegelan broke the then current world
record for the highest building BASE jump
after they leapt from a crane suspended platform
attached to the Burj Khalifa’s 160th floor
at 672 metres (2,205 ft).
•On May 5, 2013, Russian Valery Rozov, 48,
jumped off Changtse’s north face from a height
of 7,220 metres (23,690 ft). Using a specially-
developed wingsuit, he flew to the Rongbuk
glacier, breaking the world record for highest
base jump.
•In September 2013, three men jumped off the
then-under-construction One World Trade Center
in New York City. Footage of their jump was
recorded using head cams and can be seen on
YouTube.] In March 2014, the three jumpers and
one accomplice on the ground were arrested
after turning themselves in.
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