French Daredevils Look to Urban Sites, Much to Disappointment of Base Jumpers

A man climbs onto a ledge, just before midnight, on the 21st floor of a building in southwest Paris and leaps off. Seconds later he opens his parachute -- all part of the thrill of base jumping. Unlike sky divers who leap from an aircraft, base jumpers take off from a fixed point, usually a cliff or a bridge. But daredevils in Paris, like their counterparts in other cities, have taken the sport to high spots including the Eiffel Tower, Montparnasse Tower ...

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Written by: editor - Tuesday, April 29, 2014