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BASE Jumping on Bridge Day at New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia . BASE Jumping at the New River Gorge Bridge in 2010 Equipment for BASE Jumping can include the parachute, harness, helmet, altimeter, action camera (optional), two way radio and gps.

Countdown to Saturday, October 19, 2019! Catch the BASE jumpers leaping 800+ feet into the New River Gorge below! Rappelling, skydiving, and more adventures abound. Bridge Day, one of the largest extreme sports event in the world, is held annually on the third Saturday in October in Fayette County, Info‧Rappel & High Line‧Base‧Vendors‧Sponsors‧News & Media

This Video Taken At The New River Gorge Bridge Will Leave You Stunned. Alright West Virginia, are you ready for a little adrenaline rush? This awesome video shows BASE jumpers jumping off of the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. For those of you that aren't familiar with BASE jumping, BASE stands for: building, antenna, span, and Earth (like cliffs).

Jump height: 875 ft (266.70 m) The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3030 ft (924 m) long over the New River Gorge. It is located near Fayetteville, in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States, West Virginia. It is the fourth longest bridge and is crossed by nearly 16,200 motor vehicles per day.

"BASE" stands for Building, Antenna (tower), Span (arch or bridge), and Earth (cliff or natural formation), the four categories of objects in which BASE jumpers jump from. Looking for information on Bridge Day? While the bridge may be the crown on the Beautiful New River Gorge, Bridge Day is an event hosted by the Bridge Day commission.

Check out this compilation of Base Jumps off of the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. This video was shot on Bridge Day, October 20th, 2012.For more i...

Bungee jumping off the New River Gorge Bridge was tried a couple of times during Bridge Day festivities, but it was decided that base jumping was a much more enjoyable attraction for spectators and participants alike.

Bridge Day is the oldest and largest organized BASE jumping event in the world, held annually on the third Saturday in October in Fayetteville, WV. It also happens to be the largest one day event in the state of West Virginia, attended 100,000 spectators who can watch a BASE jumper leap off the 876' New River Gorge Bridge every 30 seconds.

BASE Jumpers from all over come to Bridge Day in Fayetteville West Virginia, to jump off the 876 ft.high bridge.

Schubert, of Alta Loma, Calif., had been well known in the sport of BASE jumping since 1966, when he and a friend became the first people to jump from El Capitan, a nearly 3,000-foot-tall rock ...

BASE Jumping on Bridge Day at New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia . BASE Jumping at the New River Gorge Bridge in 2010 Equipment for BASE Jumping can include the parachute, harness, helmet, altimeter, action camera (optional), two way radio and gps.

Countdown to Saturday, October 19, 2019! Catch the BASE jumpers leaping 800+ feet into the New River Gorge below! Rappelling, skydiving, and more adventures abound. Bridge Day, one of the largest extreme sports event in the world, is held annually on the third Saturday in October in Fayette County, Info‧Rappel & High Line‧Base‧Vendors‧Sponsors‧News & Media

This Video Taken At The New River Gorge Bridge Will Leave You Stunned. Alright West Virginia, are you ready for a little adrenaline rush? This awesome video shows BASE jumpers jumping off of the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. For those of you that aren't familiar with BASE jumping, BASE stands for: building, antenna, span, and Earth (like cliffs).

Jump height: 875 ft (266.70 m) The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3030 ft (924 m) long over the New River Gorge. It is located near Fayetteville, in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States, West Virginia. It is the fourth longest bridge and is crossed by nearly 16,200 motor vehicles per day.

"BASE" stands for Building, Antenna (tower), Span (arch or bridge), and Earth (cliff or natural formation), the four categories of objects in which BASE jumpers jump from. Looking for information on Bridge Day? While the bridge may be the crown on the Beautiful New River Gorge, Bridge Day is an event hosted by the Bridge Day commission.

Check out this compilation of Base Jumps off of the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. This video was shot on Bridge Day, October 20th, 2012.For more i...

Bungee jumping off the New River Gorge Bridge was tried a couple of times during Bridge Day festivities, but it was decided that base jumping was a much more enjoyable attraction for spectators and participants alike.

Bridge Day is the oldest and largest organized BASE jumping event in the world, held annually on the third Saturday in October in Fayetteville, WV. It also happens to be the largest one day event in the state of West Virginia, attended 100,000 spectators who can watch a BASE jumper leap off the 876' New River Gorge Bridge every 30 seconds.

BASE Jumpers from all over come to Bridge Day in Fayetteville West Virginia, to jump off the 876 ft.high bridge.

Schubert, of Alta Loma, Calif., had been well known in the sport of BASE jumping since 1966, when he and a friend became the first people to jump from El Capitan, a nearly 3,000-foot-tall rock ...

BASE Jumping at Bridge Day 2010

Bridge Day Tandems 2022. We at Tandem Base, are pleased to announce that we will once again be offering Tandem Base jumps, at the 876 ft New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, WV during Bridge Day 2022. Bridge Day will fall on October 15, 2022. This will be the 10th year of participation at BD for Tandem Base, and we are very excited to offer ...

It's the 39th anniversary for the New River Gorge Bridge Day. This one of the largest extreme sports events in the world and is held on the New River Gorge B...

There have been four known BASE-jumper fatalities at the bridge -- one each in 1983, 1986, 1987, and 2006. The 1986 fatality was an illegal jump not associated with Bridge Day. The New River Gorge Bridge is owned and operated by West Virginia's highway department, and patrolled by the Fayetteville County Sheriff's Department.

Bridge Day takes event every year in Fayetteville, WV on New River Gorge Bridge. Base Jumpers Gather to Jump off The Bridge there. The day was beautiful and ...

It was the third Bridge Day fatality and the fourth overall death from BASE jumping off the New River Gorge Bridge. In 1983, Michael Glenn Williams, 25, was the first Bridge Day fatality.

The New River Gorge Bridge is the longest, single-span steel arch bridge in the western hemisphere, and a magnet for BASE jumpers. The October event is said to be the largest one-day festival in the state of West Virginia, and involves considerable logistical support. Rangers at the park learned that a BASE jump group out of Ohio was planning ...

I have even less desire to try the gorge's other adrenaline-fueled sport: BASE (buildings, antennas, spans, and Earth) jumping from the New River Gorge Bridge into the river, 267 meters below.

Daredevils jump 800+ feet on West Virginia 'holiday'. 01:25. Link copied. Our Gadi Schwartz went to West Virginia for the annual Bridge Day, the one day every year when the New River Gorge ...

BASE jumpers make the leap from the New River Gorge Bridge at a recent Bridge Day. The primary attraction for Bridge Day has been canceled for 2021. The BASE Jumping Coordinator for Bridge Day made the decision to cancel jumping from Bridge Day this year at a meeting of the Bridge Day Commission Wednesday according to media reports.

310 West Oyler Avenue Oak Hill, WV 25901. Toll-Free: 800-927-0263 bridgedayofficialbridgeday.com

West Virginia's New River Gorge is full of wild and wonderful outdoor adventures. Laura Watilo Blake. Lonely Planet Writer. 2 March 2020. Home to some of the world's best whitewater, soaring cliffs for rock climbing and an annual BASE jumping festival, the New River Gorge in West Virginia is literally the jumping off point for extreme sports.

For now, though, BASE jumping from the New River Gorge Bridge is still only legal between 9 A.M. and 3 P.M. on the third Saturday of October. And it's a constant stream of jumpers right up until ...

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FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WVNS) — The Bridge Day Commission held a meeting on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 to discuss the upcoming event. Marcus Ellison, the BASE Jumping Coordinator for Bridge Day, made the decision to cancel the tradition this year. This mean BASE Jumping off the New River Gorge Bridge will not happen for the 2021 […]

The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet (924 m) long over the New River Gorge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. With an arch 1,700 feet (518 m) long, the New River Gorge Bridge was the world's longest single-span arch bridge for 26 years; it is now the fifth longest.Part of U.S. Route 19, its construction marked ...

The New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia is easily accessible from major interstates. It is within a days drive of 2/3 of America's population. If you are commercial traffic, the detour away from Rt. 19 is on I-79 and I-64/77 and goes into place at 5:30 a.m. on the third Saturday in October.

Largest Organized Base Jump Event in the World. On the third Saturday of every October, BASE jumpers from across the globe zero their sights on the New River Gorge Bridge, giddy with excitement to huck themselves into a dizzying free fall before splashing into the swift waters of the world's second-oldest river 876 feet below.

The initial person to jump off the bridge was Cowen's Burton Ervin, a coal-mine foreman who jumped off the bridge on August 1, 1979, using a conventional parachute. The first Bridge Day was held on the New River Gorge Bridge in 1980 with an attendance of roughly 40,000 people.

BASE Jumping on Bridge Day at New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia . BASE Jumping at the New River Gorge Bridge in 2010 Equipment for BASE Jumping can include the parachute, harness, helmet, altimeter, action camera (optional), two way radio and gps.

Countdown to Saturday, October 19, 2019! Catch the BASE jumpers leaping 800+ feet into the New River Gorge below! Rappelling, skydiving, and more adventures abound. Bridge Day, one of the largest extreme sports event in the world, is held annually on the third Saturday in October in Fayette County, Info‧Rappel & High Line‧Base‧Vendors‧Sponsors‧News & Media

This Video Taken At The New River Gorge Bridge Will Leave You Stunned. Alright West Virginia, are you ready for a little adrenaline rush? This awesome video shows BASE jumpers jumping off of the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. For those of you that aren't familiar with BASE jumping, BASE stands for: building, antenna, span, and Earth (like cliffs).

Jump height: 875 ft (266.70 m) The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3030 ft (924 m) long over the New River Gorge. It is located near Fayetteville, in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States, West Virginia. It is the fourth longest bridge and is crossed by nearly 16,200 motor vehicles per day.

"BASE" stands for Building, Antenna (tower), Span (arch or bridge), and Earth (cliff or natural formation), the four categories of objects in which BASE jumpers jump from. Looking for information on Bridge Day? While the bridge may be the crown on the Beautiful New River Gorge, Bridge Day is an event hosted by the Bridge Day commission.

Check out this compilation of Base Jumps off of the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. This video was shot on Bridge Day, October 20th, 2012.For more i...

Bungee jumping off the New River Gorge Bridge was tried a couple of times during Bridge Day festivities, but it was decided that base jumping was a much more enjoyable attraction for spectators and participants alike.

Bridge Day is the oldest and largest organized BASE jumping event in the world, held annually on the third Saturday in October in Fayetteville, WV. It also happens to be the largest one day event in the state of West Virginia, attended 100,000 spectators who can watch a BASE jumper leap off the 876' New River Gorge Bridge every 30 seconds.

BASE Jumpers from all over come to Bridge Day in Fayetteville West Virginia, to jump off the 876 ft.high bridge.

Schubert, of Alta Loma, Calif., had been well known in the sport of BASE jumping since 1966, when he and a friend became the first people to jump from El Capitan, a nearly 3,000-foot-tall rock ...

BASE Jumping at Bridge Day 2010

Bridge Day Tandems 2022. We at Tandem Base, are pleased to announce that we will once again be offering Tandem Base jumps, at the 876 ft New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, WV during Bridge Day 2022. Bridge Day will fall on October 15, 2022. This will be the 10th year of participation at BD for Tandem Base, and we are very excited to offer ...

It's the 39th anniversary for the New River Gorge Bridge Day. This one of the largest extreme sports events in the world and is held on the New River Gorge B...

There have been four known BASE-jumper fatalities at the bridge -- one each in 1983, 1986, 1987, and 2006. The 1986 fatality was an illegal jump not associated with Bridge Day. The New River Gorge Bridge is owned and operated by West Virginia's highway department, and patrolled by the Fayetteville County Sheriff's Department.

Bridge Day takes event every year in Fayetteville, WV on New River Gorge Bridge. Base Jumpers Gather to Jump off The Bridge there. The day was beautiful and ...

It was the third Bridge Day fatality and the fourth overall death from BASE jumping off the New River Gorge Bridge. In 1983, Michael Glenn Williams, 25, was the first Bridge Day fatality.

The New River Gorge Bridge is the longest, single-span steel arch bridge in the western hemisphere, and a magnet for BASE jumpers. The October event is said to be the largest one-day festival in the state of West Virginia, and involves considerable logistical support. Rangers at the park learned that a BASE jump group out of Ohio was planning ...

I have even less desire to try the gorge's other adrenaline-fueled sport: BASE (buildings, antennas, spans, and Earth) jumping from the New River Gorge Bridge into the river, 267 meters below.

Daredevils jump 800+ feet on West Virginia 'holiday'. 01:25. Link copied. Our Gadi Schwartz went to West Virginia for the annual Bridge Day, the one day every year when the New River Gorge ...

BASE jumpers make the leap from the New River Gorge Bridge at a recent Bridge Day. The primary attraction for Bridge Day has been canceled for 2021. The BASE Jumping Coordinator for Bridge Day made the decision to cancel jumping from Bridge Day this year at a meeting of the Bridge Day Commission Wednesday according to media reports.

310 West Oyler Avenue Oak Hill, WV 25901. Toll-Free: 800-927-0263 bridgedayofficialbridgeday.com

West Virginia's New River Gorge is full of wild and wonderful outdoor adventures. Laura Watilo Blake. Lonely Planet Writer. 2 March 2020. Home to some of the world's best whitewater, soaring cliffs for rock climbing and an annual BASE jumping festival, the New River Gorge in West Virginia is literally the jumping off point for extreme sports.

For now, though, BASE jumping from the New River Gorge Bridge is still only legal between 9 A.M. and 3 P.M. on the third Saturday of October. And it's a constant stream of jumpers right up until ...

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FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WVNS) — The Bridge Day Commission held a meeting on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 to discuss the upcoming event. Marcus Ellison, the BASE Jumping Coordinator for Bridge Day, made the decision to cancel the tradition this year. This mean BASE Jumping off the New River Gorge Bridge will not happen for the 2021 […]

The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet (924 m) long over the New River Gorge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. With an arch 1,700 feet (518 m) long, the New River Gorge Bridge was the world's longest single-span arch bridge for 26 years; it is now the fifth longest.Part of U.S. Route 19, its construction marked ...

The New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia is easily accessible from major interstates. It is within a days drive of 2/3 of America's population. If you are commercial traffic, the detour away from Rt. 19 is on I-79 and I-64/77 and goes into place at 5:30 a.m. on the third Saturday in October.

Largest Organized Base Jump Event in the World. On the third Saturday of every October, BASE jumpers from across the globe zero their sights on the New River Gorge Bridge, giddy with excitement to huck themselves into a dizzying free fall before splashing into the swift waters of the world's second-oldest river 876 feet below.

The initial person to jump off the bridge was Cowen's Burton Ervin, a coal-mine foreman who jumped off the bridge on August 1, 1979, using a conventional parachute. The first Bridge Day was held on the New River Gorge Bridge in 1980 with an attendance of roughly 40,000 people.

BASE jumpers make the leap from the New River Gorge Bridge at a recent Bridge Day. The primary attraction for Bridge Day has been canceled for 2021. The BASE Jumping Coordinator for Bridge Day made the decision to cancel jumping from Bridge Day this year at a meeting of the Bridge Day Commission Wednesday according to media reports.

Last weekend was the annual New River Gorge Bridge Day Festival in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Thousands converged around 876-foot bridge for fall camping, river adventures, live music, and ...

I have even less desire to try the gorge's other adrenaline-fueled sport: BASE (buildings, antennas, spans, and Earth) jumping from the New River Gorge Bridge into the river, 267 meters below.

The BASE Jumping Coordinator for Bridge Day made the decision to cancel the tradition this year. This means BASE Jumping off the New River Gorge Bridge will not happen for the 2021 event. They will be sending a letter to people who are already signed up to jump.

A former deputy solicitor from the state of South Carolina committed suicide earlier this week by jumping off of the New River Gorge ... In his spare time, Maye was a pilot, skydiver, base jumper ...

America's newest national park, New River Gorge, provides a wide range of outdoor activities including climbing, rafting, and BASE jumping.

Dare devils were base jumping 876 feet from New River Gorge Bridge to the river below on Saturday in West Va

The most famous bridge in BASE Jumping is the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia, USA. On one day every year, the bridge is open for legal BASE Jumps, which coincides with a local festival on what is known in the area as Bridge Day. Finally, Earth is any large, natural formation that is suitably big enough to jump from.

The first New River Gorge Bridge jumper was right. According to the official Bridge Day website, nearly 80,000 spectators were expected to come to this year's event. The nearly 400 jumpers this year also nearly doubled the number of spectators who first watched Ervin jump from the bridge in 1979.

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We're raffling off one tandem BASE jump at this year's Bridge Day, and tickets are now on sale. If you're chosen, you can jump off the New River Gorge bridge with the other BASE jumpers at America's biggest BASE jumping festival! There's a few rules you'll need to consider before purchasing a ticket: You must be 18 years of age or ...

The New River Gorge is home to the world's biggest BASE jumping festival: Bridge Day. 5. Hellbenders, a rare type of gigantic salamander, live in the New River Gorge. Some of these amphibians reach 2 feet long! 6. Kaymoor One, a former mine in the gorge, produced more than 16 million tons of coal during its lifetime. 7.

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A BASE jumper flips after leaping from the New River Gorge Bridge in October 2019 in Fayetteville. At Wednesday's Bridge Day Commission meeting, representatives responsible for organizing the ...

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Every third Saturday in October, people rush to New River Gorge Bridge for the opportunity to jump off of it. Yes, you can actually jump off this bridge. Bridge Day in West Virginia has become quite the phenomena and takes the title of largest single-day festival in the state .

Suspended 876 feet above a mighty Appalachian canyon, the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is a man-made marvel inside New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, America's ...

On October 19, 450 people will BASE jump off the New River Gorge Bridge, near Fayetteville, West Virginia, the only legally sanctioned BASE jumping event in the U.S.

New River Gorge National Park and Preserve's hunting regulations follow the WVDNR's regulations with the following exceptions or additions: *Baiting game is never allowed in the park, this is considered feeding the wildlife. *Trapping is NOT permitted in the park. *No permanent tree stands may be placed on park land.

The New River Gorge is considered by BASE enthusiasts to be a world-class jump with a safe landing zone, and jumpers from all over the globe descend on Fayetteville for Bridge Day.

Browse 136 bridge base jumping stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. base jumper on bridge day - bridge base jumping stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images. Daredevil free falls off the New River Gorge bridge, through morning fog, and towards the New River 876 feet below, as part ...

Held annually every third Saturday in October on the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayette County, West Virginia, this is the only day each year thousands of spectators can walk across the bridge and watch as serious BASE jumpers get their chance to fly 876 feet into the Gorge below and rappellers ascend and descend from the catwalk. Admission: none.

Every third Saturday in October since 1980, the New River Gorge Bridge becomes the only place in the National Parks Service dominion where it is legal to BASE jump. The first years saw only five ...

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However, there are still a couple legal jumping spots in the U.S.: Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho, and the New River Gorge's Bridge Day. To qualify for Bridge Day, a jumper will have to have already skydived or BASE jumped at least 100 times, have jumped within the past 2 years, and have completed a training course.

Bridge Day Base Jumping. WV. Website. Bridge Day High Line. WV. Website. Bridge Day Rappel ... New River Gorge National Park Trails. 104 Main Street, Glen Jean, WV, 25840 ... 609 Main Street, Mount Hope, WV, 25880 (304) 877-2211. Website. New River Birding and Nature Festival. 310 W. Oyler Avenue, Oak Hill, WV, 25901. Website. New River Gorge ...

Over the edge. Once a year, hundreds of people voluntarily jump off one of America's largest bridges and into West Virginia's New River Gorge. But for many of these BASE jumpers, it's not enough ...

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‎2014‎年‎10‎月‎17‎日BASE jumping day —. Some 450 BASE jumpers will jump off New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia, on Saturday, October 18, as part of Bridge Day 2014, marking the 35th year of the ...

Bungee jumping from the bridge was banned in 1993 after a few injuries. Sadly, this dangerous activity doesn't always end well. There have been three casualties involving BASE jumpers on the bridge—in 1983, 1987, and 2006. The New River Gorge Bridge is 924 m (3030 ft) long, 267 m (876 ft) high, and 21 m (70 ft) wide.

The New River Gorge Bridge deck is 876 feet (267 m) above the river. This annual event attracts about 450 BASE jumpers and nearly 200,000 spectators. 1,100 jumps may occur during the six hours that it is legal, providing conditions are suitable. During the early days of BASE jumping, the NPS issued permits that authorized jumps from El Capitan ...

To that end, Aiello tells the class about an experience he had at Bridge Day, a legal BASE jumping event off the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, W.Va., that attracts hundreds of jumpers ...

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NEW CREEK, WV - OCTOBER 15: A BASE jumper soars over the New River Gorge after jumping from the New River Bridge, along with 831 jumpers, from the 876 ft span into the river valley below on October 15, 2005 in New Creek, West Virginia.

The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is a unit of the United States National Park Service (NPS) designed to protect and maintain the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains. Established in 1978 as a national river and redesignated in 2020, the park and preserve stretches for 53 miles (85 km) from just downstream of Hinton to Hawks Nest State Park near ...

Originator of Bridge Day passes away days before annual event. Burton Ervin, the first man to ever jump off of the New River Gorge Bridge, died Thursday evening — less than two days before the ...

BASE jumping over the New River Gorge on Bridge Day. Photo courtesy Debra Parker and Matt Sanchez DAREDEVILS from across the globe descended on New River Gorge in West Virginia earlier this month, less than a year after the 70,000-acre area gained national park status.

The fatality was the first in 19 years at the popular event. It was the third Bridge Day fatality and the fourth overall death from BASE jumping off the New River Gorge Bridge. In 1983, Michael Glenn Williams, 25, was the first Bridge Day fatality. It was determined that Williams had a slow main opening and possibly deployed his reserve too ...

FILE - A lone base jumper floats under the New River Gorge Bridge during the annual Bridge Day festival in Fayetteville, WVa., on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. Parachutists won't jump off the nation's third-highest bridge at West Virginia's largest outdoor festival next month due to worries about sufficient emergency health care amid the ...

The only thing new with New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is its status as our latest national park. The river is very old, and New River Gorge National River had long been known as an East Coast outdoors activities hub offering diverse activities including whitewater rafting with Class V rapids, excellent rock climbing, and even BASE jumping from the landmark New River Gorge Bridge.

Just a month ago, Bridge Day organizers tepidly approved holding the annual New River Gorge Bridge Day, after the urging of Gov. Jim Justice. Two days ago, the Base Jumping Coordinator for the event decided to cancel that popular activity due to concerns about the current capability of local emergency services to handle potential emergencies ...

BASE jumping. Bridge Day is the only day of the year people are allowed to BASE jump off the bridge into the New River Gorge 876 feet (267 meters) below, one of the few exceptions to a general ban on BASE jumping within the U.S. National Park System.People are also allowed to rappel from the span on Bridge Day. About four hundred BASE jumpers participate in each year's festival.

BASE jumping literaly stands for Building, Antenna, Span (bridge), Earth (cliff). When skydiving isnt quite enough what do you do, base jump. Jumping from a fixed object. It is the craziest fucking shit ever. Basicaly you find a building or anything thats about 400ft and up, and jump off pulling your chute only seconds from the ground. If your reall skilled you do some flips and spins on the ...

This is the New River Gorge Bridge, the third largest steel arch bridge in the world. At 876 feet from the bottom of the gorge, this is also the second highest vehicular bridge in the Americas and the fifth highest in the world. I recognized the bridge as I drove over it. This bridge is closed once per year for "Bridge Day" when people are allowed to walk onto the bridge. There is usually base ...

The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel-arched bridge in Fayetteville, WV located about 16 miles from the campground. With a length of 3,030 ft (924 m), it was for many years the longest of its type in the world . Its arch extends 1,700 ft (518 m). Part of U.S. Highway 19, the bridge is crossed by an average of 16,200 vehicles per day.