Keeping a promise

[MT]

Here's some advice, never promise anything you don't want to, regardless of what your wife / girlfriend is doing at the time

I promised that I would quit BASE once we were due to have a child, well the time has come and while on one hand I'm over the moon at the prospect of having a child on the other hand the idea that when I visit France again I wont be free to lep off what I choose is quite saddening

I am sure many other BASErs have faced this situation before, I empathise with you.

I am quitting BASE as I do reckon that it would be a bit unfair to risk leaving a child fatherless. That said, I hope my child doesn't mind me scowling at him / her all the time This is my personal decision and it has a lot to do with the woman I chose to marry. To those of you with wives who love you for who you are, warts and all, you're very lucky, I don't for one second think adventurers should all stop once they have children, just wusses like me (more afraid of my wife than I am of a 300' cliff).

I never did that many jumps over the past five years and I haven't actually jumped in quite a while anyway, but it wasn't for the want of trying.

Who's going to jump the E exit point I found in Ireland? 320' overhung, reasonable landing area! 10 minute walk to exit point, hadn't walked landing area the day I found it, shoulda feckin' jumped it anyway, too late now.

To all you current BASE jumpers & upcoming BASE jumpers, remember most of these objects aint going anywhere in a hurry:

Don't be afraid to climb down
Take your time packing
Ensure you aren't so petrified that you wont be able to deal with the inevitable problems you WILL encounter
Most of all, live the life most of us are either too afraid to or unable to due to other commitments.

MT (over and out - other than possibly Bridge Day)

_ASE (never found myself close to a building tall enough)