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Ueli Gegenschatz: Ted Talks February 2009

Posted on September 17, 2010 | Leave a comment

Ueli Gegenschatz

(January 3, 1971 – November 13, 2009, Zurich)

Ueli Gegenschatz took flight just about every way a human can: paragliding, skydiving, BASE jumping (from the Eiffel Tower), and most breathtakingly: by donning a wingsuit and soaring.

Why you should listen to him:

Ueli Gegenschatz was known for his expert paragliding, skydiving and BASE jumping — and his utterly jawdropping flight in a wingsuit, a high-tech flying-squirrel-inspired getup that let himsoar as close as humanly possible to our shared dream of flight. His “addiction to speed” continues to inspire.

A member of the Swiss national paragliding team for four years, Gegenschatz co-founded the Red Bull acro team in 1995. His BASE jumping stunts are the stuff of YouTube legend: the Eiffel Tower; Petronas Towers in KL; the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau peaks all in one day.

Duly Noted

Posted on September 17, 2010 | Leave a comment

Added article on Jeb Corliss by Carl Hoffman from the November 01, 2010 issue of Air & Space Magazine to the “In Others Words” pages.
Clair Crawford has a new website titled: BASE Girl which is found at: BASE Girl
Gen Montreuil started her “Dreams that Soar” project a little under two weeks ago at Skydiving Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois. As the project was not funded during her Kickstarter fundraiser, she is still looking for donations to aid her on her journey for the next three months. You can give to this remarkable artist at: Donate Here
The Gracious Few have released their debut CD, you can find all the information on this video.
The Canadian BASE Association will be launching their own website to connect and reconnect jumpers from across Canada by months end. Stay tuned for link.
I am working on several interviews that I intend to have published here by the end of the year.
If you haven’t purchased your Yoda T-shirt, we still have a couple of Medium, Large and x-Large shirts in stock. If you have received your shirt and still need to pay for it, please do. Also, looking for photos of all you Yoda T-shirt wearing jumpers to add to the gallery.
We still have copies of “Confessions of an Idiot” by Chris ‘douggs’ McDougall available through our Shoppe. Don’t end up being one of those people who when they are no longer available wishing you could find a copy or begging to borrow your friends. Chris does not leave the reader disappointment as he bares all.
Lastly, if you haven’t purchased Slade Ham’s latest CD, “Three legged-unicorn”, why not? (available on itunes)