Wednesday, May 20, 2009

World's Highest Springboard -- 876 Feet High!!


Yes you read that correctly -- 876 feet high (or 265 Meters) this old style "Cheeseboard" that has been painted yellow has been used at the wildly popular "Bridge Days" in West Virginia for a number of years as a "Method of Exit" for B.A.S.E. Jumpers to exit the bridge.

The Extreme Sport of B.A.S.E. Jumping (Building / Antenna / Structure / Earth) attracts people from all over the world to watch these crazy people go off a diving board that is 876 feet above the water below them. The water is about 12 inches deep!! The B.A.S.E. Jumpers "exit" the bridge by way of the diving board, wait just a second or two and then throw their parachute to (hopefully) land safely in the water below them.

1 comment:

Ron Piemonte said...

Steve,
They actually don't land in the water, they land on a target. I used to coach three guys that used to compete in base jumping when I was in Oregon. All have been killed....Sad, they were all great guys.