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 3,2,1 BASE is the European BASE jumping school based in Empuriabrava, Spain. We run
5-day intensive first jump courses (FJC) designed for the determined student to learn all aspects about the sport. We are open from April to the end of May, and September to the end of October.

It is our mission to educate, practise and test the motivated student in preparation for their first BASE jumps. To instill an attitude of perfectionism, so to make sound decisions and prevent accidents.

321 BASE jumping is the sport of using a parachute to jump from fixed objects. "BASE" is an acronym that stands for the four categories of objects from which one can jump:

• (B)uilding
• (A)ntenna (an uninhabited tower such as an aerial mast)
• (S)pan (a bridge, arch or dome)
• (E)arth (a cliff, crater, canyon or other natural formation)

BASE jumping is significantly more dangerous than skydiving from aircraft and is regarded as an extreme sport.

!!! BASE Jumping is not for everyone !!!

Give yourself a long hard, look, and decide if BASE jumping really fits you. It’s virtually impossible to objectively evaluate yourself, so it might be helpful to have a (close and tactful) friend help you with this step.

Does BASE jumping fit your physical abilities? BASE is not really about personal fitness (although it helps) or athleticism (which only comes into play in advanced sub-disciplines). In BASE, the important physical abilities are reaction time, coordination and balance. Evaluate yours.
It may be helpful to ask some of the following questions: If you are sitting at a desk, and knock a pencil off, do you pick it up off the ground, or did you catch it in mid-air? When you spill a bottle of beer, do you have to get up and get a new one, or do you right it before you’ve lost most of it? Are you clumsy at all, or are you constantly sure-footed and graceful? How comfortable are you with heights?

Does BASE jumping fit your mindset? The best BASE jumpers are organized to the point of anal retentive. They also have an intellectual curiosity about almost everything. Have you ever wondered how the reserve system on a skydiving rig works? How many times did you trust your life to it before you started wondering? Are you always trying to find a pull-up cord to close, or do other people ask you for them?

Do you make correct decisions in pressure situations? BASE jumpers need to react quickly, and correctly, in life threatening situations. Have you ever been confronted with an oncoming car in your lane? How did you react? Did you have to think about it, or did it just happen for you?

BASE will best fit a person who is intellectually curious, has good reactions, responds quickly and correctly (without having to think during the emergency), has excellent coordination and is highly organized and detail oriented. You can definitely still be a BASE jumper who has trouble with one or two of these things, but if you are weak in most of these areas, BASE is not perhaps a good sport to take up.

IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING TO GET INTO BASE JUMPING, PLEASE, AT MINIMUM, TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE ARTICLES POSTED ON our WEBSITE! www.321base.eu and other base realted sites

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