Official BASE numbers being sent out.

[guest]

Hello BASE jumpers. Well, after quite a delay, I'm happy to say that my wife Joy, after over 80 hours of work and cross referencing has been through all of the BASE correspondence that we had. We had all correspondence many of you had sent to Jean Boenish over the last year as well as several we received directly. The last group of numbers and cards went out in the mail this past Monday, Jan. 10, 2000.
For anyone that has qualified by jumping all 4 required objects, please send us the information about which objects and the DATE and TIME of the last jump that qualified you for BASE. For very recent last jumps, we will wait 3 to 4 weeks to mail the number out, to try to preserve the right order. For folks who qualified more than 4 weeks before we get the letter, we will send it out right away with the last available number.
We are asking for a $10. Donation for the number and if you want a green plastic card (size of a credit card) with your name and number on it, you must send $5. Any checks need to be made out to BASE.
Hey folks, the night numbers are still pretty low, well below 200 so if anyone has done all 4 objects at night, they qualify for both a regular BASE number and a Night BASE number. IF IT IS A PROBLEM SENDING MONEY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, WE'LL AT LEAST GET YOU A NUMBER ON ONE OF OUR FREE PAPER CARDS JOY MADE UP. IF GETTING AN AMERICAN STAMP IS A PROBLEM, JUST THROW A DOLLAR IN THE ENVELOPE AND WE'LL BUY THE NECESSARY POSTAGE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT MAKING MONEY. IT IS ONLY ABOUT THE FACT THAT I LOVED CARL BOENISH AND WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WHO WISH TO CARRY ON THE SPORT GET RECOGNIZED FOR IT.
Please send all info to:

Rick (or Joy) Harrison
7316 Houston Drive
Hitchcock, TX. 77563

Good Luck, Pay Attention to Detail, Drive Fast and Take Chances and all of that stuff.
Blue Skies and Soft Walls!
Rick Harrison BASE 38
Night BASE 13.
We also track the El Capitan numbers if anyone is interested.

[guest]

Yo!
Out of curiosity, what was the last BASE issued.
Just wondering how may BASE# holders there are now.Thanx Rick and Co for taking over this task

c-ya!

[guest]

Yo. Sorry I can't tell you exactly, but there are well over 500 BASE numbers for regular BASE. The night numbers are well below 200 so get out there and find that elusive night cliff. My brother and I were the first to do Half Dome at night years ago in 1982. It was probably the scariest BASE jump of my life and given the NPS attitude, I wouldn't recommend it. Find a short cliff over water or a smooth landing area. I would suggest Norway, but if it is in the middle of the summer, it never really gets dark enough to be a true night jump. Good Luck, Rick.
BASE 38

[guest]

Thanks to Rick and Randy and Joy for all there work on keeping the numbers going. Got mine today!! BASE 570 & Night BASE 102

[guest]

Feels good, don't it!

Nick_BR
BASE 194

[guest]

Thanks much for taking over the #'s...must have been a real pain in the ass but it is greatly appreciated!
Gracias!
#578

[guest]

I remember calling Jean at 2:00 AM that night I did my fourth object as if it was yesterday. I didn't want to call and probably wake her up at that hour, but those in my group said, "You don't want someone to swoop YOUR number, do ya kid?"

Then, just a few days later, I remember telling "Nick_BR" what number Jean gave me (yes, I woke her up, but she didn't mind a bit!), and Nick (there was no "BR" back then, nor was there e-mail and call-names) said, "Wow, they're up that high already?! Well, someday you might be able to claim that you're still in the original 300."

He was in the original 100, which I thought (and still do) was way cool. We wondered how long it would take to roll every next hundred.

I remember how hard I worked to get that last object (time, money and traveling obstacles kept it at bay for two years), and how good it felt to finally get it, and (most important) how much fun it was. CONGRATULATIONS!!


jkl

[guest]

I guess I meant original 200!

(That's even funnier)

Hey, you're still my hero!

:-)

jkl

[PerFlare]

I got mine BASE # to day. So now is PerFlare also BASE576

Thanx Rick, Randy and Joy for taking on a great tradition, and yes Kjerag Exit #5 are the best visual. I have jumped 4 or 5 times and I am going to jump it many times more :-)


Stay safe!
PerFlare
BASE576

[guest]

Rick,do you plan to count a DAM as a bilding or are bildings the only way to get a B.

[bubba]

A dam has qualified as a building previously?!

[guest]

There was a period of time when numbers were being awarded with the dam being counted as a building.As the record will show, I was wondering if that will still be the case with the new system or what please let us know Rick.Hopefully not as we all know a dam is not a building unless your just after a number.

[guest]

"Hopefully not as
>we all know a dam
>is not a building unless
>your just after a number."

just as both are just fixed objects unless
your, (sic), just after a number.

enjoy the experience.............................
not the bureaucracy.

kleggo

[guest]

Hi Rick and Joy...hope your Christmas and New Year went well...I was in Chamonix and Belgium to complete 18 jumps in four days...not bad for the middle of winter!!!I did my qualifying night span on the 26th December and was wondering what else you need from me to allow the issue of a night BASE number...the jump was from a Bridge at Steinebucke in Belgium at around 18.10 local time...my e mail address is below...drop me a line and let me know what else you need...cheers

Sean

mojo240@talk21.com

[guest]

what designates a building,i recently jumped a 270'man made pumping station,phone ringing off the hook, office, maintenance area, windows ,doors, & a spectacular ledge.Not your typical apartment bld.

[guest]

Real easy, depends on how you feel about a number. I waited until I jumped a bridge, a transmitting antenna, a cliff and an apartment building. I've never heard of the hoover dam being called a hoover building, or a smoke stack being called a smoke antenna or a smoke tower. If you can't jump real objects and need to use other objects, well, I guess those are wannabe base jumpers. Since my buddy ended up with some stitches on his elbow from jumping an apartment complex with me at night, it was a couple days when i realized that I qualified for a base number. A number never proofs credibility, it is only in your heart that defines true base jumpers.
brian

[guest]

HEY ANYBODY KNOW WHERE YOSEMITE SAM IS B.A.S.E.#4 I THINK? B.A.S.E. 296!

[guest]

IT'S GREAT FUN JUST GETTING YOUR DAMN B.A.S.E.!!!
YHAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[guest]

I'm interested in learning how to jump. What do I do and where can I go. I live in Boston, MA. Is Canada a possibility?

[guest]

Hello Rick (or Joy),
I've been B.A.S.E. Jumping for many years and my day number is 390 received it sometime in 94.I didn't know that there where night numbers. When I got my B.A.S.E.#, There were very few legal day type jumps around so of course, all of my jumps to that point were at night.I now have 687 total jumps, and way over half of those were and night.If you are handing out night numbers, why don't you go ahead and put me down for one. I am still very active (mostly in Arizona) and it might be cool to have a night number. I'm typing this from a computer at work and the address that shows up wont be mine. I you would like to get in touch with me, my e-mail address is kevamber@primenet.com. Hope to here from you soon.
Kevin McGuire

[guest]

This is a nice site.

[guest]

Hi Rick,
I am registered as BASE 66 and my friends Scott Elder and Bernard Poirier as BASE 64 & 65. I just published a book about becoming the first scandinavian BASE jumper. (my website base66.com will be up and running within 2 weeks). The book is in swedish, sorry about that. I would like to offer one of those green plastic cards with our Base numbers to my friends Bernard and Scott and I would like one myself. Do I send a check to your adress for 30$US?

Jevto Dedijer
465 rue des Franciscains
Quebec, Quebec
G1S 2R2 Canada
Phone: 1418-5279569 Fax: 1418-5279972
my e-mail changed to : dedijer@sympatico.ca

[rush]

I know exactly how hard it is to get that last object.I have been jumping for over 6 years and still have not got that illusive "B". I have been standing at the top with rig on back, and for numerous reasons have never been able to nail that last object.It has become a burning desire and intend on fulfilling that desire soon."I hope".

[rush]

If wind blows Around it is "B"
If wind blows through itis "A"
If wind blows under it is "S"
if wind blows up it is "E"
So a dam would class as a "E" Jump even though it was man made.

[guest]

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